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Tuesday5th Nov 2024
News Dragon Age Remaster Collection Wouldn't Be 'As Easy' As Mass Effect, Admits BioWare
But "never say never"
Following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard last week, there's been a spike in fans returning to the series in general. If you were wondering whether EA plans to give the earlier games a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style makeover, BioWare has now provided an update. In the same Rolling Stone interview, Dragon Age's...
Tuesday29th Oct 2024
News Mass Effect Lead Says Next Game Will Retain The 'Mature Tone' Of EA's Original Trilogy
We get an ME update as Dragon Age ships
BioWare is about to ship its first original game in a good while here with Dragon Age: The Veilguard - a title we happen to like a lot here at Pure Xbox. However, naturally, folks are now beginning to wonder about the next Mass Effect game coming from the EA developer - and the project's director has a small...
Wednesday8th Nov 2023
News BioWare Celebrates N7 Day 2023 With New Mass Effect Teaser Trailer
"There are answers, but you'll have to wait"
It was the Mass Effect series' N7 Day earlier this week and as part of this, legendary developer BioWare has shared another teaser. In a brief blog update wishing the community a "Happy N7 Day", franchise director and executive producer Mike Gamble mentioned how the team was approaching the "future of...
Tuesday12th Sep 2023
News The Next Mass Effect Could Drop Andromeda's Open World Elements
A new rumour suggests it's "going back to its classic format"
Although BioWare has eliminated 50 roles at the studio, it's assured fans the next Mass Effect game is still in good hands - with the game's lead Mike Gamble and his team continuing on with pre-production work. With this in mind, there's a recent rumour doing the rounds about the next...
Friday7th Jan 2022
News BioWare: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Shows The Value Of 'Striving For Excellence'
"The feedback has been insanely positive"
In case you've been living under a rock, Mass Effect Legendary Edition was officially added to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate via EA Play yesterday, and BioWare has been speaking a bit about the game's success in 2021. In a recent update, BioWare Studio General Manager Gary McKay highlighted that the game has...
Tuesday4th Jan 2022
News How To Pre-Install Mass Effect Legendary Edition With Xbox Game Pass
Heading to EA Play this week
Good news! Mass Effect Legendary Edition is coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate via EA Play later this week on Thursday, January 6th. The bad news is there's no official way to pre-install it, at least not at the time of writing. Fortunately, even though you can't officially pre-install it with Game Pass, there is a way...
Saturday4th Dec 2021
News New Evidence Hints At Mass Effect Legendary Edition Coming To Xbox Game Pass
As part of EA Play
We've been hearing rumours recently that Mass Effect Legendary Edition is coming to Xbox Game Pass, and while the original evidence was a bit sketchy, this new evidence seems to be much more concrete that it's on the way soon. Twitter user Aggiornamenti Lumia, who is known for scan
Friday26th Nov 2021
News Mass Effect TV Show Plan "Makes Me Cringe A Little", Admits Former BioWare Writer
Some things just don't translate well to other mediums
Former BioWare lead writer, David Gaider, has posted a rather lengthy Twitter thread in which he says that the idea of a potential Amazon-backed Mass Effect television show makes him "cringe". The ex-Biowa
Monday22nd Nov 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Rumoured For Xbox Game Pass, But We're Not So Sure
It looks more like a mistake for now
You might have seen a rumour cropping up over the past few days suggesting Mass Effect Legendary Edition is coming to Xbox Game Pass soon, but after doing a little extra digging, we're not so sure that's the case. A couple of eagle-eyed Reddit users appeared to spot this initially, noticing that the Xbox Game...
Monday8th Nov 2021
News BioWare Celebrates 'N7 Day' With Artwork Of The Next Mass Effect
Take a closer look...
BioWare has just celebrated N7 Day - it's now been almost 14 years since Commander Shepard first boarded the Normandy. To mark this special occasion, the official Mass Effect Twitter account has shared some artwork from the team working on the "next" Mass Effect. The developer is even encouraging fans to download the higher...
Thursday5th Aug 2021
News EA: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Sales Were 'Well Above Expectations'
"There is enduring power to the franchisees and IP that we are building"
If you were worried that Mass Effect may have had its time in the sun, then fear not. The latest earnings report from EA confirms that the recently released Mass Effect Legendary Edition performed "well above expectations". The last quarter is said to have delivered a "big...
Monday7th Jun 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition's Latest Patch Fixes Xbox Wireless Headset Issues
Here are the full patch notes
Certain Xbox players have been affected with an issue in Mass Effect Legendary Edition since the game's launch, which has caused freezes and crashes when using a wireless headset in the game's launcher. Today's update appears to have rectified those problems, along with delivering a wealth of other updates and fixes...
Wednesday2nd Jun 2021
News Mass Effect Dev Shares An Easter Egg 'No One Has Stumbled Upon'
"As far as I know no one ever stumbled upon it"
Here's a fun little Easter Egg for everyone out there who's picked up Mass Effect Legendary Edition. An ex-BioWare developer has shared one hidden secret from Mass Effect 3, which he says "no one ever stumbled upon". The cool fact was shared by the former BioWare designer Richard Boisvert on
Monday17th May 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition's First Patch Is Now Available, Here's Everything Included
Along with various achievement issues
EA and BioWare have released the first patch for Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which aims to rectify the wireless headset issue that has been causing the game to crash on Xbox Series X. Although, it still causes issues if the headset is turned on or off in the launcher. Along with this, a variety of other...
News Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer Could Come To The Legendary Edition
"I would never say no to that"
When Mass Effect Legendary Edition was announced, there was one question on many fan's minds: Where is Mass Effect 3's multiplayer? While the collection brings all three games into one lovely package, the multiplayer is nowhere to be seen, which left the community slightly miffed. But there is some hope on the...
Friday14th May 2021
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Out Now
It's mostly early impressions so far
Today's the day! Mass Effect Legendary Edition is now finally available on Xbox, and the first few reviews and impressions have begun trickling in over the past 24 hours, although there's not too much to look at thus far. It seems pretty much every outlet was affected by getting review access later than...
Thursday13th May 2021
News EA Explains Why Your Mass Effect Legendary Edition Pre-Load Is Only 20GB On Xbox
It's all to do with Smart Delivery
The whole situation surrounding Mass Effect Legendary Edition's pre-load on Xbox has been a little confusing up to this point. Some people have reported seeing a file size of 80GB+, some have reported seeing a file size of just 100mb, and now others are reporting seeing a file size of just over 20GB. Which is it?!...
Monday10th May 2021
News Official Email Suggests Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is Releasing A Day Early On Xbox
"The availability date for the item has changed"
Here's an interesting little discovery! Microsoft has been emailing some Xbox users who have pre-ordered Mass Effect Legendary Edition over the weekend, telling them that the game will available earlier than expected later this week. Specifically, the email mentions that the game's availability date...
Sunday9th May 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition's Achievement List Drives Us Nuts
It's a small problem, we're not going to lie
With Mass Effect Legendary Edition coming on May 14, we're excited at the thought of playing through three fantastic RPGs all over again. With us being achievement hunters as well, the prospect of earning a gargantuan amount of gamerscore across three titles fills us with glee - but there's one small...
Friday7th May 2021
News If You 'Like Pain', You Can Use The Original Vehicle Controls In Mass Effect Legendary Edition
"It's like night and day"
We're not sure why you would, but there's an option to use the original Mako vehicle controls in Mass Effect Legendary Edition. For those who don't remember, they were some of the most awkward and unresponsive controls ever seen for commanding a vehicle. Luckily, the remastered version will introduce a new control scheme,...
Thursday6th May 2021
News Unsurprisingly, Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is A Pretty Big Download On Xbox
And it's available to pre-load now
Mass Effect Legendary Edition will be with us in just over a week on Friday. May 14, and you can begin pre-loading the game as of today! As you might expect, it's a big download clocking in at just over 84GB. The pre-load is beginning to roll out if you're already pre-ordered the game (don't forget to take...
Wednesday5th May 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition's Performance Options Showcase Huge Xbox Series X Advantage
Another great example of backwards compatibility
EA has released the specifications of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on all platforms, and while there's no native next-gen version, the Xbox Series X version is boasting one impressive result over other platforms. The game is set to come with two options for players to take advantage of. First off is...
Tuesday4th May 2021
PSA Buying Mass Effect Legendary Edition? You Can Get 6000 Microsoft Points For Free
If you buy it on the Microsoft Store
If you're a keen user of the brilliant Microsoft Rewards program then you'll probably know this already, but if you want to pre-order next week's Mass Effect Legendary Edition digitally, you can get 6000 Microsoft Rewards points for free! All you need to do is head to the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox, locate...
Saturday1st May 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Looks Set To Have A Sizeable Day One Patch
Featuring visual and performance improvements
We're now just a couple of weeks away from the release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on May 14, and when you get it on day one, it looks like you'll need to download an extra 10GB+ for its initial patch. Patch 01.01 has already been discovered for the game on PlayStation, where it's a size of 11.8GB,...
Friday16th Apr 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is Getting A Lovely Photo Mode
Give your artistic side some freedom in space
As is the tradition with most games these days, BioWare has confirmed that Mass Effect Legendary Edition will allow you to be a shutterbug, as a photo mode is coming bundled into the game. Shared on Twitter by Mac Walters, the game's project director, fans got a first look at the photo mode in action...
Tuesday13th Apr 2021
Video EA Reveals Side-By-Side Comparison For The Mass Effect Remaster Trilogy
See how much better the Legendary Edition will look
We're fast creeping up on the release of the highly anticipated Mass Effect Legendary Edition on May 14, but before then, EA and BioWare have started the hype train rolling with a bunch of gameplay and details over the past few days. The latest bit of marketing has arrived in the form of an...
Saturday10th Apr 2021
News Mass Effect Legendary Edition Has Gone Gold Ahead Of Its Release
The release has hit lift off
In a world of constant game delays, many have worried whether Mass Effect Legendary Edition would be the next for the chopping block. But it doesn't seem that way, as the game has gone gold ahead of its May 14 release. Mac Walters, the project director on the game, confirmed the news on Twitter. For those that don't...
Tuesday6th Apr 2021
News Good News Achievement Hunters, Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Streamline Its Cheevies
Achievement unlocked
EA has dropped a motherload of Mass Effect Legendary Edition details today, but one that some specific Xbox fans are going to love is how BioWare is planning to streamline achievements across the three games. Achievement hunters will be happy to know brand-new achievements are being added to the trilogy. But not only that,...
Video Here's 10 Minutes Of Gameplay From The Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster
And a whole bunch of new details
The highly-anticipated release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition is just around the corner on May 14th, which is remastering the first three Mass Effect games, and we've been treated to loads of new footage and details. IGN has provided the ten minutes of gameplay above, which delves into a performance preview...
Thursday25th Feb 2021
News The Witcher Actor, Henry Cavill, Appears To Be Teasing A Mass Effect Project
Increase magnification!
Henry Cavill, most notable for this role as Superman and Geralt of Rivia in the Netflix adaptation of The Witcher, has been teasing a new project on his Instagram. Upon closer inspection, it appears that it could be related to the Mass Effect universe. In a tease on Instagram, Cavill can be seen getting prepped to shoot with...
