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BioWare reveals that Mass Effect: Andromeda will do away with the traditional class system of past games, in favor of a progression where players can choose any skills. Although developer BioWare has made a name for itself on the back of class-based RPG experiences, its latest title, Mass Effect: Andromeda, will be doing away with that structured setup. Instead, Andromeda players will have the freedom to choose any abilities or loadouts they wish, and there will be no classes in the new Mass Effect....

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is now officially announced after months of rumors regarding a remaster of the original Mass Effect trilogy. BioWare will be bundling Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, and all of each game’s respective DLC into a single package, to be released in spring 2021. But fans are already worrying that Mass Effect: Legendary Edition won’t actually include all of each game. BioWare’s announcement made no mention of any Mass Effect multiplayer being retained in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition....

In the Mass Effect universe, it’s up to Commander Shepard to save the galaxy from threats like the dreaded Reaper fleets and the rogue Cerberus organization, and the Commander can’t do it alone. Shepard enlists all kinds of allies to the team, and two key shipmates aboard the Normandy are Joker, the pilot, and EDI, an advanced AI. Joker has always been the Normandy’s pilot, both when Captain Anderson and Shepard commanded the ship, and he’s the Alliance Navy’s top pilot....

I’m not very clued into what is or isn’t unanimously beloved in the Mass Effect series. It wasn’t exactly a giant part of my childhood like it was for so many others. While people were gallivanting through this sci-fi RPG in the 2010s, I was playing Saints Row and Skyrim - different folks, eh? Fortunately, Mass Effect Legendary Edition offered me a chance to rectify that, and so far, I’m loving and appreciating this series in a way I doubt I would’ve back then....

BioWare released a trailer for the next chapter of the Mass Effect series. The new game – colloquially known as Mass Effect 4 – appears to pick up after the events of Mass Effect 3. The recovery of a piece of N7 armor in the trailer has led to speculation that Shepard could even be returning as the protagonist of Mass Effect 4. However, Shepard is not the only option. Mass Effect 4 could see an old friend from the original trilogy return as the new game’s protagonist as well....

Mediatonic is enlisting the help of the Fall Guys community, asking players to vote on and curate their own playlist. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout became an instant success over the summer, becoming the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time. Despite waning in popularity due to the meteoric rise of Among Us, Fall Guys has still managed to keep its loyal fanbase happy with constant updates, new skins, and two new seasons worth of content....

The next episode of The Simpsons will chronicle Bart as he becomes an esports star. After 30 seasons, it’s hard to find new ideas for any show, but The Simpsons have found something unique. In an upcoming episode of the long-running cartoon titled, “E My Sports,” Bart Simpson will become a professional gamer, according to Polygon. The game in question is called Conflict of Enemies, but will probably look a little familiar to League of Legends fans, as the show creators worked with Riot Games to create an authentic esports experience....

Mega Man enthusiasts and gamers the world over should feast their eyes upon the trailer for Mega Maker, a fan-made project many speculate may not make it to launch. Created by small-scale freeware game developer WreckingProgram, Mega Maker makes level sharing in the popular Capcom series a reality, essentially giving Mega Man players the equivalent of Nintendo’s Super Mario Maker. The announcement video, posted on the WreckingPrograms YouTube channel, gives a look at all the nifty features tucked inside – including upwards of 100 tile sets, brand-new backgrounds, a blippy chiptune soundtrack, and 12 fresh robot master stages – and when to expect the title to debut....

The best VR headsets to buy Windows Mixed Reality: What is it, what headsets are available and which should you buy? Release date and price Launch event held at Mobile World Congress Release date in the coming months? Design and features Surely a thinner and lighter design Still with transparent lenses for seeing the world around you Hololens 2 use cases Epic Games will support HoloLens Plenty of augmented reality demos Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Azure Kinect sensor...

Just in time for the theatrical release of Captain Marvel, Microsoft reveals a new custom Xbox One X and controller based on the design of the Marvel hero. Captain Marvel, who made our list of Marvel Characters we want to see get their own game, has officially entered the MCU with her latest movie, and it seems likely that this Xbox One X was made as a way to commemorate this event....

Warner Brothers Entertainment and Monolith Games today released a trailer for The Blade of Galadriel, its new story DLC for Middle-earth: Shadow of War. The content itself is also available today as part of the expansion pass or individually for $14.99. The story has players taking on the role of dual blade-wielding Elven assassin Eltariel, who has been tasked by Galadriel to take out the Nazgul - the new enemies for Shadow of War’s Nemesis System....

First of all, yes, there is a Minecraft esports scene. It actually got started around four years ago where two teams face off in an arena-style map armed with whatever they can construct. It’s basically like a team deathmatch version of Fortnite, but with super-low poly counts. It doesn’t look all that impressive now, but just wait until Minecraft gets ray-tracing support. Second of all, Minecraft esports is big in China, and as has been the case in China since the technology age began, they’re not too particular about copyright laws in their promotional material....

Creator of the popular blog “Built by Brock” has found a way to add a full GameCube remote adapter to an official Nintendo Switch dock, making it the first of its kind and sorely needed among many players. Customized accessories have always been popular for video game consoles, but the Nintendo Switch dock has been a particularly difficult peripheral to work with, largely due to its voltage. As a result, buying third-party docks has led to some consoles becoming bricked and effectively unusable, so this news is most certainly welcome....

Madden NFL 21 users who are also Pittsburgh Steelers fans that focus on playing the franchise mode have a new player on the digital team’s roster. Joe Haeg, a fifth-year offensive lineman who last played for the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, reportedly signed with the Steelers over the weekend and will be a member of its roster in Madden NFL 22. Haeg will most likely continue the role he served with the Bucs on his new team....

When the trailer for Rainbow Six: Patriots hit during the Spike Video Game Awards last year, many fans were taken aback by the direction this next entry was headed. Rainbow Six has always been a team that deals with domestic threats, but typically those threats never felt as visceral, or as real, as the ones depicted in the trailer. It seemed like a huge gamble for Ubisoft, but one that could bring a new sense of realism to the shooter genre, something gamers haven’t seen for some time....

Several updates have been made to this article. Andrew Day, chief executive of Irish company Keywords Studios, is not shy about admitting that certain video games have a unique allure. Getting better, faster, and moving on to the next level all appeal to him. “I have one of those horrible personalities, that if I open a game, I find, before I know where I am, that I have spent tens of hours on it,” he says....

Multiplayer in Kingdom Hearts has been a dream of many players, looking to take the AI driven companion mechanics and replace it with real-live humans to help journey through a given area or fight a boss together. Of course, this is a dream that came true back in 2009 when Square Enix released spin-off title Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for the DS with local and online multiplayer capabilities. Unfortunately, it seems like even the developer has resigned this era of Kingdom Hearts to be forgotten, even limiting Days to a set of viewable cutscenes in the HD collections....

Evil Geniuses has decided to part ways with League of Legends support player Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam ahead of the 2021 LCS season, the 21-year-old revealed yesterday. The former Cloud9 support spent the last year with Evil Geniuses, playing two splits on the organization’s starting LCS roster. Zeyzal now moves into free agency, and is currently looking for a new home for the 2021 season. Zeyzal signed with Evil Geniuses ahead of the 2020 season, after a successful year with Cloud9....

Warner Bros. Interactive releases a brand new trailer for the open-world game LEGO City Undercover ahead of its launch on the Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One. When Warner Bros. Interactive confirmed that LEGO City: Undercover would be coming to the Nintendo Switch (along with PC, PS4 and Xbox One) many were surprised. Although the former-Wii U exclusive garnered lots of positive criticism, with Game Rant’s own review calling it a “wonderful addition” to the Wii U’s library of games, it didn’t sell particularly well....

It’s been a long journey for Ed Boon since he shook up the world of video games by bringing his pixelated gore to the arcades in 1992. The fighting franchise has gone through a lot of changes since its inception. New fatalities, new finishers (remember Friendship? How about Babalities?), and plenty of guest stars. Mortal Kombat 11 keeps up the habit of adding more, more, more, right up to its impressive DLC character reveals, like the latest one presenting Rambo alongside old fan favorites Rain and Mileena....