Mass Effect (2007) News

What Mass Effect 5 can learn from each game in the series

The ambition of the first Mass Effect game cannot be overstated. A young BioWare was taking risks and moving away from the isometric RPG games that had initially propelled the Canadian studio to success. It was an original IP, built using the newly released Unreal Engine 3, that put a starship at the player's fingertips and told them to explore an entire galaxy.

The writing team was clearly passionate about sci-fi, taking inspiration from Alien, Blade Runner, and Star Trek. The result was an impressive melting pot of ideas. Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect's lead writer, nailed the game's sense of adventure and political intrigue. Fellow wordsmith Chris L'Etoile injected credible sci-fi lore into the Codex and planetary descriptions. And project lead Casey Hudson came up with the foundational concepts that would shape the course of the entire trilogy, including Commander Shepard's insectoid foe - the Reapers.

BioWare's creative efforts paid dividends. Mass Effect's release was met with critical acclaim, leaving behind a legacy as bright as the stars it had so vividly imagined.

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Henry Cavill teases 'secret project' that might involve Mass Effect

Famed actor, PC gamer, and sexy system builder Henry Cavill may soon be going to space—virtually, at least. The actor posted an image on Instagram earlier today with the cryptic message, "Secret project? Or just a handful of paper with random words on it.... Guess you'll have to wait and see."..
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Henry Cavill prints out Mass Effect Wikipedia page, internet explodes

Is Henry Cavill going to be in a film or TV adaptation of Mass Effect? I don't know, but Cavill certainly wants you to think he is. The actor has taken to Instagram with a trolling tease that he's working on something in the Mass Effect universe, and the implications are obvious. Either Cavill is being extremely mean to Mass Effect fans, or we're about to see BioWare's sci-fi epic move beyond the world of RPG games.

The image shows Cavill at a make-up table. At the edge of the screen, there's a piece of paper with a pile of blurry text on it. "Secret project? Or just a handful of paper with random words on it," Cavill teases in the photo's caption. "Guess you'll have to wait and see. Happy hump day all."

The blurry text is an excerpt from the Mass Effect 3 Wikipedia page, as the folks at Gamepressure discovered by running the photo through a deblur program. The text specifically references the bit in ME3 where you deal with the battle between the Quarians and the Geth.

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Pre-order Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and DLC from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3, plus promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4k Ultra HD.

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The Expanse helped me understand a major Mass Effect plot point

The Amazon Prime series The Expanse is great. It’s really excellent sci-fi, and shares many parallels with one of my most loved game series, Mass Effect. Today, I would like to tell you about how The Expanse made me less annoyed at one of the major plot points in the very first Mass Effect.

Fair warning, I’m about to drop some spoilers for The Expanse here (not for Season 5 though! I haven’t seen any of that myself just yet), so read on at your own risk.

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