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The best Xbox 360 games showcase just how many memorable and fantastic titles found a home on Microsoft’s console. To say the Xbox 360 was a huge success is no exaggeration. After first launching in 2005, the console went on to see close 90 million units, with an extensive library …

Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) may be leaving behind the Milky Way and Paragon / Renegade system, but not everything from the original trilogy is being tossed out the airlock. In fact, Mass Effect 2 (opens in new tab)’s loyalty missions will be making a return in the …

The Mass Effect series helped define the previous console generation. It was a third-person cover shooter, for one thing, which is as close to the Xbox 360 heartland as you can get this side of Don Mattrick’s Kinect-packed basement. It also set a new high bar for storytelling and cinematic …

If the idea of Mass Effect Andromeda (opens in new tab) isn’t scratching your relay-flavoured itch because of its lack of Commander Shepard, you might just be in luck. In an interview with Game Informer (opens in new tab), executive vice president of EA, Patrick Soderlund has suggested that remasters of …

Making progress is a lot like making moonshine: damned difficult to see exactly what’s going to happen while you’re actually doing it. Simply, it often takes hindsight to truly appreciate progress. When it comes to video game design, few single developments have been considered quite such major shifts as that …

Who, exactly, asked for this? You and I don’t run multimillion-dollar video game companies. We’re not fully cognizant of all the incredibly hard work, nerve-wracking deadlines, and unforeseen costs that go into making amazing games; we simply want to play and enjoy the finished product. But even if we’re not …

A whole new side of Mass Effect Long before a game ever hits retail shelves, it comes into existence as an idea. That broad concept is then refined into a series of ideas, ranging from plot details to mechanics. Those designs are then formulated, refined, tested, and scrapped until only …

The two purposes of a game map are to show you which direction you should be heading towards and more importantly, to indicate which area you’re yet to loot for power-ups and collectibles. But some maps are made with so much love and serve up so many with original ideas …

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Although the upcoming Mass Effect movie is in the very early stages of production, Casey Hudson, creator of the series, and Mark Protosevich, screenwriter, were on hand during today’s Legendary Pictures panel to discuss their desire to create a videogame adaptation worth watching. Jon Jashni, Chief Creative Officer of Legendary …