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Mass Effect 3 with Kinect

January 23, 2012January 31, 2012 Doug Groves Bioware, Kinect, Mass Effect 3, ME3, Xbox 3604 Comments

YouTube video link Last week, a promotional video showing the Kinect integration in Mass Effect 3 was release. action. The Kinect integration actually appears pretty useful, especially in the issuing of commands to the non-player teammates. They do mention that while there is almost a second of lag while the Kinect interprets the command, it ultimately does pay off. Joystiq had some hands on time with it, and has some good things to say about it. For example, you can point to a location and issue a move command via…

Dragon Age 2: Dragon Harder

March 14, 2011March 15, 2011 Wesley Fok Bioware, Dragon Age 2, EA, PC gaming, PS3, review, Xbox 3601 Comment

I’ve poured almost thirty hours into Dragon Age 2 since its release less than a week ago, and in that time I’ve been slowly getting a handle on what exactly I like and don’t like about the game. Narrative concerns I will probably leave for another day, but there were a few things I noticed:

Mass Effect 2 coming to the PS3 in January 2011

August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 Doug Groves Bioware, Electronic Arts, GamesCon, GamesCon 2010, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, ME, ME2, PS3, Sony3 Comments

It was bound to happen. With Mass Effect being one of the most innovative franchises to come along in a long time, in both story telling and gameplay mechanics, it’s no surprise that BioWare has announced that it’s bringing the hit game to the PS3. To further entice PS3 players, BioWare is including hours of bonus content to immerse them into the ME universe. [I hope some of this bonus content fills in the back-story from Mass Effect 1 for PS3 owners, since the second game’s story is even better…

A Visual Guide To The Role-Playing Game

June 2, 2010June 2, 2010 drsquid Bethesda, Bioware, Console gaming, Gaming, JRPG, Kotaku, MMORPG, RPG, Squaresoft, Video game1 Comment

Last week Kotaku posted a very cool, and informative, infographic about RPG video games – In case you needed a quick primer on the who’s who and what’s what of the role-playing genre, or just want something pretty to hang on the fridge, here’s The Kotaku Genre Guide to Role-Playing Games. Consider this a round-up of some of the key info you need to know to stay abreast of the role-playing game genre. You’ve got the top-ranked games, a field guide to RPG sub-genres, and a look at some of…

Canadian Video Game Award winners announced

May 6, 2010May 6, 2010 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed II, Bioware, Canadian Video Game Awards, Capybara Games, CVGA, Dragon Age, Prototype, Ubisoft0 comment

Dragon Age: Origins took home the top prize of Game of the Year at the inaugural Canadian Video Game Awards. Though the Bioware RPG took the top award, along with Best Writing, it was Ubisoft Montreal’s Assassin’s Creed II which took the most awards, with Best Console Game, Best Game Design and Best Visual Arts, and shares the award for Best Technology with Prototype, from Radical Entertainment in Vancouver. Toronto developer Capybara Games also took home Best Handheld Game for Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, and Best Downloadable Game…

Mass Effect 2 review

February 15, 2010 Doug Groves Bioware, Mass Effect 2, review, RPG7 Comments

Before jumping into the proper review, let’s get one thing out of the way. If you haven’t yet played the first Mass Effect, you will be missing something from Mass Effect 2. In the same way that The Empire Strikes Back is a better movie than Star Wars, not seeing the first just takes away from the overall experience. Sure you can jump right in, and it won’t hurt the enjoyment, but if you watch them both, it’s a richer experience. Sure, in the case of Mass Effect, that’s a…

Fan Expo 09: Dragon Age Origins

October 7, 2009October 9, 2009 Doug Groves Bioware, Chris Priestly, Dragon Age, event, Fan Expo 2009, interview4 Comments

Alex talks with Chris Priestly of Bioware about their upcoming game Dragon Age: Origins. It’s a wide ranging discussion about everything from sex in the game and refining moral choice options to developing the tool set for user generated content and discussing the dev team behind the new RPG. Some people have been having some issues with the Blip video frame rate so click more to see a YouTube version in 2 parts