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A truce between BioWare and Mass Effect 3 fans who are angry with how the studio handled the trilogy’s finale may be close at hand. Today, studio co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka issued an end-all-be-all statement to fans confirming that BioWare has heard the complaints and is pursuing solutions that may …

Playing Armored Core V, the latest in From Software’s cultish series of rock ‘em, sock ‘em giant AC (mecha) simulators, was something of an emotional journey. After the dust cleared, our therapist (a former Nintendo gameplay counselor, now in private practice) helped us identify four distinct phases: confusion, excitement, disillusionment, …

Sony’s just released a new story trailer for Resistance: Burning Skies, Nihilistic Software’s Vita-bound addition to the popular alt-history FPS series. The trailer’s narrated from the POV of the game’s protagonist, Staten Island firefighter Tom Riley, single-handedly fighting off the Chimera Invasion with a variety of increasingly non-standard-issue weaponry – …

Mounting fury (opens in new tab) over Mass Effect 3’s ending (or lack thereof, according to some), has motivated BioWare to re-evaluate the way it left its space-faring trilogy. Today, the studio issued a statement to fans insisting Commander Shepard’s final moments are not set in stone, and that it …

Don’t be fooled by the lack of suicidal penguins and bear-loving oddballs in Werner Herzog’s documentary about Death Row. His tenacious curiosity, eye for absurd-yet-telling details and passionate humanism are upfront here, braiding a study of capital punishment in Texas with an incisive, compassionate portrait of life in death’s shadow. …

BOOK REVIEW Swift and sure London’s a city that knows its place in the history books; taking over 2,000 years of civilisation in its stride, it’s hardly surprising it’s become a favourite setting for urban fantasies: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere , Simon Green’s Nightside books, and now Kate Griffin’s Matthew Swift …

In February, Interplay founder Brian Fargo announced he’d be following in Double Fine’s footsteps and setting up a Kickstarter campaign to fund a sequel to his 1988 end-of-days RPG Wasteland. Now, less than one month later, Fargo’s crowdfunding experiment is proving to be a massive success, generating over $1 million …

Irrational Games has unveiled the next “Heavy Hitter” scheduled to make life a little harder for Booker and Elizabeth in BioShock Infinite. Remember how last week we said the Motorized Patriot was Columbia’s Big Daddy? Looks like we spoke too soon… The Handyman enemy type gets its moniker from its …

It was only a matter of time before Alan Moore let the world know exactly what he though about DC’s Before Watchmen prequels , and in an interview with comics writer Kurt Amacker for publisher Seraphemera Books , he’s done just that. Letting rip in a lengthy interview that makes …

In case you didn’t know, Jet Set Radio is one of the best games ever made. Forget the Xbox-only pseudo sequel and the GBA ‘conversion’, it’s the Dreamcast original that’s where it’s at. It is one of those few games that tries to be cool and actually succeeds. Many games …