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There’s no gentle way to put it, so I’ll just spell it out: Mass Effect 3 was delayed until early 2012. Some fans booed the decision, but I say anything that makes the game better is fine by me. So long as my Liara-loving-Femshep and their epic romance are intact, I’m happy. Now, if only the team would take a hint from their coworkers on the Dragon Age team and let the boys in on the fun as well. Update - They have!
Tidbits about the new game are rolling out left and right, adding to the fever pitch of anticipation. In this interview posted on Gamepro, Executive Producer Casey Hudson served up details on new environments and a new system for first-time players...
There’s no gentle way to put it, so I’ll just spell it out: Mass Effect 3 was delayed until early 2012. Some fans booed the decision, but I say anything that makes the game better is fine by me. So long as my Liara-loving-Femshep and their epic romance are intact, I’m happy. Now, if only the team would take a hint from their coworkers on the Dragon Age team and let the boys in on the fun as well. Update - They have!
Tidbits about the new game are rolling out left and right, adding to the fever pitch of anticipation. In this interview posted on Gamepro, Executive Producer Casey Hudson served up details on new environments and a new system for first-time players...
- 5/17/2011
- by Danielle Riendeau
- The Backlot
Do you remember the Super Mario Bros movie? Either you’ve erased it from your memory, or failing that, it’s ingrained itself onto your brain forever, like some virtual cattle-brand. It was the stuff of nightmares, a true example of Hollywood at its appallingly naïve worst. They took a game based on a fundamentally light-hearted adventure in which two whacky Italian brothers side-scroll across the screen, jumping on Goombas and eating colourful mushrooms (which explains a great deal)... and turned it into a dystopian B-movie. It had zero resemblance to the game except for the slapped-on character names.
Yet for the changes within the industry itself, Hollywood’s take hasn’t changed a bit. If you take a look at the track record of game-to-movie adaptations across the years, it’s plain to see that the standard has not been raised one bit. Movies like Street Fighter, House of the Dead,...
Yet for the changes within the industry itself, Hollywood’s take hasn’t changed a bit. If you take a look at the track record of game-to-movie adaptations across the years, it’s plain to see that the standard has not been raised one bit. Movies like Street Fighter, House of the Dead,...
- 12/10/2010
- Shadowlocked
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