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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn turns the best Mass Effect mission into an entire game

And makes it better.

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Former Dragon Age lead says Baldur's Gate 3 studio Larian is taking a "risk" by making Divinity right after its 2023 RPG hit, but he applauds the devs for it

The company won't be pulled in multiple directions

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Exodus Finally Has a Release Date — But Its Octopus Sniper Might Be the Real Star of Gamescom

Exodus finally has an April 7, 2027 release date — but Gamescom's real star was Salt, an octopus mercenary in a sniper mech. We look at whether its strangest companions can help it escape the Mass Effect comparisons.

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Archetype’s sci-fi RPG releases in early 2027.

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EA could sell "dormant IPs" like Ultima and Wing Commander after Saudi acquisition, former manager says: "There are plenty of IPs like that at EA that nobody cares about at this moment"

"I think probably they will leverage that either by just selling it or trying to find external studios that can work on that"

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The biggest leaks in PC gaming history

GTA 6, Half-Life 2, The Witcher 3, and tons of other games sprung huge leaks before they launched.

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Former EA manager will "believe" the next Mass Effect is happening "when I see it" after $55 billion acquisition: "They can pull the plug very, very easily"

BioWare remains largely quiet about Mass Effect 5

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Will the next Mass Effect actually release under EA's new owners? 'I'll believe it when I see it,' says Newzoo's director of market intelligence and former EA manager

Emmanuel Rosier is here to pour cold water on my hopes and dreams.

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These Mass Effect veterans are carrying the RPG's "principles" into a new game that sounds like Dispatch meets The X-Files

After 20 years in RPGs, meet the ex-BioWare devs "taking a risk to make a heartfelt, focused, passionate game" with The Eventide

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"If I was buying BioWare, I would want everything": Former Dragon Age lead thinks "there are several ways" the developer survives EA's $55 billion buyout, but none are pretty

It's a foggy road ahead

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic devs were so committed to the RPG's bad language that they spent a day watching the films to prove Lucasfilm wrong

But in the end, Lucasfilm got its way

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BioWare veteran says Baldur's Gate 3 was such a great sequel because it didn't try to be too much like Baldur's Gate 2

Mark Darrah thinks Larian succeeded because it wasn't afraid to do its own thing.

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Selling BioWare? It might be among the post-Saudi EA’s first moves

Not a great sign for this iconic studio.

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Dragon Age was always "too niche, too backwards, too old-school" in EA's eyes, former BioWare lead argues

Mark Darrah believes EA had an easier time understanding Mass Effect

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BioWare vets' new X Files-like mystery game could "not exist in the AAA space" that would rather "throw money at a problem" than experiment

The Eventide is proudly indie

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Owlcat co-founder says the studio won't turn its back on hardcore RPGs as it hits 600 employees and preps its own Mass Effect killer

At this point, I think I trust the process.

PC Gamer

The great RPG debate: Do RPGs really need romanceable companions?

Knocking boots with companions has become an RPG tradition, but does it really add anything?

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Dragon Age's former producer had envisioned a 'Champions Edition' equivalent to Mass Effect's Legendary Edition, but he doesn't think it will happen anymore: 'There are basically no companies that could help you'

"There's basically no one outside of BioWare anymore that understands the Aurora engine."

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Another BioWare veteran steps forth to say a Dragon Age remaster isn't impossible, but that doesn't mean it will happen: "In no means a trivial exercise"

"I have a unique perspective on the tech under the hood," Trent Oster says

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"Basically no one at BioWare" knows how Dragon Age works anymore, says studio veteran, so don't expect a remaster like Mass Effect's even if one would sell "super well"

The potential is there, though

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'Dragon Age' Remastered Trilogy Faces Major Roadblocks, Former BioWare Producer Says

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah explains why a "Dragon Age" remastered trilogy is unlikely, citing outdated engines and BioWare's current priorities.

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EA is 'a hedge fund with a videogame hobby,' former Dragon Age boss says, and that's why he reckons the series is probably dead and buried

Mark Darrah doesn't think there's anyone left at BioWare who would pitch a new Dragon Age game, and he doesn't think studio executives would let anyone else do it either.

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Baldur's Gate 4 should just be an "oversized expansion pack for Baldur's Gate 3," BioWare veteran says: "Get Larian to agree to license out the Divinity Engine"

Well, Larian, what do you say?

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Dragon Age veteran says a series comeback would be difficult with EA's "frightening" graveyard of dormant IP: "I suspect that it wouldn't happen"

BioWare legend Mark Darrah isn't hopeful for the RPG series' future

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The toughest choices in PC games

And what happens when you make them.

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