Further to the earlier press release announcing the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut on PS3, Bioware have clarified the new content. It’s basically “additional cinematics and epilogue scenes”. There are no new endings, it simply extended the existing ones.
The ending of Mass Effect 3 is to get ending specific LDC aimed at adding “clarity” and “deeper insights” to the trilogy’s final moments. The DLC’s free and due in summer.
Okay, Mikey Newman, the story lead on Aliens: Colonial Marines, doesn’t specifically say Mass Effect but there aren’t any other games being petitioned right now are there? [Checks] No, good. As a creative man he’s obviously very passionate about the whole ending debacle and has a few words to say.
So the bleating masses have stropped their way to victory and convinced BioWare to cook up DLC that will ‘clarify’ Mass Effect 3′s ending. Yes it’s utterly bonkers, but it got us thinking – if we threw a big enough tantrum could we retrospectively change other PlayStation game endings? Here’s a rundown of five videogame conclusions that didn’t properly massage our satisfaction gland, and why we’d want them changed. Naturally…
Imagine if, at the end of Return Of The Jedi, there was an hour-long epilogue explaining the fate of every single character in the entire Star Wars saga. It would suck, right? You’d get bored, and the thrills and tension of that epic final battle would be diminished. Well, that’s what people want from BioWare. They want a neat ending for Mass Effect 3 that provides closure. They want a…
Goodbye Ezio, hello… Connor? This month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast finds editor Ben Wilson and the team taking a closer look at Assassin’s Creed III, discussing what Quantic Dream’s new tech demo Kara means for the future of PS3, and revisiting the midnight launch of PlayStation Vita. Also: the team’s all-time favourite game soundtracks, who they’d give their last Rolo to, and staff writer Louise takes on the tequila challenge…
This week in the world of PlayStation trophies, we sneak a look at the cups to be won in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, blast zombies for awards in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, plus we have a top tip for becoming Master and Commander in Mass Effect 3.
[Don't worry this is spoiler free] File this under “Wha…?”, subcategory, “The f***”. Subsection, “Jesus”. Fan are apparently so unhappy with the ending of Mass Effect 3 that a petition wasn’t enough. No, instead they’ve started an appeal that’s currently at $37, 338.
This week in the world of PlayStation trophies, we take a peek at the awards on offer in zombie-fest Yakuza: Dead Souls, earn shiny medals with Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 3, plus we have a top tip for netting 200 kills with the GAU-19 in Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
So, Mass Effect 3 has been in shops for mere hours now (if you live in the US, anyway) and that’s been more than enough time for a small but very loud portion of the gaming community to launch a backlash against it – just check out the metacritic user score of (currently) 3.2. Making a stand is great when there’s something worth standing against – and the internet’s fearsomely good…
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