Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3 Launch Dates Announced 37
Electronic Arts used their E3 press conference to show off a number of upcoming games and provide release dates for a few of them. BioWare's Mass Effect 3 is due out March 6th, 2012, at which time Commander Shepherd will return to defend earth from the Reapers. Battlefield 3 is closer to launch, currently planned for October 26th, with a beta in September. Some new video clips of the game are available. Star Wars: The Old Republic got impressive new trailers, but not many hard details (though they did talk about raiding not long ago). Gamespot's liveblog of the event has more information about the various presentations, including snippets on Need for Speed: The Run, FIFA 12, The Sims Social for Facebook, and Curt Shilling's Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which is planned for next year.
Oooooooo! I can't wait! (Score:1, Flamebait)
I see that my 'disable ads' option is gone... has this changed for article content too?
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Oh -- I just noticed that too. Was there some announcement about that?
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I noticed the ads as well. I didn't think there was any dip in reputation or whatever so I thought it odd. Guess it isn't just me. Sorry about the off-topic.
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I was referring to the point that this 'article' reads like an ad (and tried to link it to the 'no ads' feature) - perhaps I wasn't clear, sorry.
Great, there goes my weekend. (Score:2)
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I had the unfortunate experience of having to play 2 without my save file. It really irked me to find out a certain character I saved in the first game was dead in the second one because of this. I don't see why they don't give you the option of setting up the things you did in the first game for those players who don't have their save file. Is it really a big deal if someone lies and setups their data inaccurately?
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The point is that it sells games. ME1 sales had a pretty nice spike right before ME2 was released, probably because of save import feature. There really was very little in term of other reasons for it, and it was very visible (and advertised).
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For what it's worth, there is a saved gamed editor [masseffectsaves.com] so you can change your newly-created ME2 save to reflect what you want.
I think that the game doesn't provide you with an interface to edit things is because (a) they want you to play the first game, (b) they don't want to offer spoilers to those who start playing with ME2, and (c) there's a heck of a lot of choices to make, many of them mundane.
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Surely they just want to charge you extra for Genesis?
Which FPS to get? (Score:1)
From what I have read BF3 will be micro payment hell, where you have to pay real money to get each and every weapon upgrade.
Call of duty 3 looks like it will have a monthly fee to play online without a handicap.
Finally a chance to kick my FPS addiction?
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Where did you hear that exactly?
Re:Which FPS to get? (Score:5, Interesting)
From what I have read BF3 will be micro payment hell, where you have to pay real money to get each and every weapon upgrade.
Sure you're not confusing it with the completely unrelated Battlefield Play4Free, modelled after Battlefield Heroes but with the BF2 engine and maps?
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Ya I've heard nothing of the "pay for each weapon" thing in BF3. Of course nothing is final till it is out but from the sounds of it it'll be very much like past Battlefield games in the you pay for the game and that is that. Servers are separate, not provided by EA, and are up to individuals to buy from hosting companies as they wish.
Now I'm sure there'll be DLC, but I can't imagine it'll be as you talk about. In Bad Company 2, the current BF game, there have been two DLC packs. One was fairly cheap, $5ish
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They price gouge their customers worse than Airlines.
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Call of duty 3 looks like it will have a monthly fee to play online without a handicap.
No handicap. The Elite subscription fee gets you access to (pretty extensive) online stats tracking and bonus content, but the info I've read is really specific that not subscribing will not handicap you in any way. It sounds like your fear is that there will be weapons/perks available only to paying subscribers, but all the info I've found specifically says that won't be the case. I expect the subscribers will get goodies like weapon and player skins, and possibly deals on the DLC.
Can't speak for BF 3 t
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I can only assume you meant CoD: MW3, since CoD3 came out six or so years ago for original XBox...
Also until I really read that some place I'm going to have a hard time believing any developer would cripple their flagship franchise like that.
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Rules and setting means nothing...al that matters is YOU GET A CHOICE TO BANG AN ALIEN CHICK!
Bioware is ready for the bishojo market.
Mods (Score:1)
If battlefield 3 does not deliver tools for modders, Im not interested.
The battlefield series was more then a game, it was a platform!
As soon as Forgotten hope 2 appeared is stopped playing vanilla BF2 altogether.
Its madness to cut the ability to produce free content for your product, but i guess EA/DICE isnt looking for a solid game with longevity anymore.
Why not call it Battlefield 2011(+n) and be done with it.
March 26 of WHAT YEAR?? (Score:1)
I'm amused that a company would announce the release of a game almost 10 months out. I would say that there's about the same chance of the world ending in a fiery conflagration or massive economic meltdown as there is of Mass Effect 3 being released on that date.
But I guess it's good to have something to pretend to look forward to, even if it's only as a distraction from the Great Depression II.
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I'm amused that a company would announce the release of a game almost 10 months out. I would say that there's about the same chance of the world ending in a fiery conflagration or massive economic meltdown as there is of Mass Effect 3 being released on that date.
But I guess it's good to have something to pretend to look forward to, even if it's only as a distraction from the Great Depression II.
I'm willing to bet that this announcement will see additional sales of Mass Effect 1 and 2.
More time for ME2 (Score:1)
Some how i never quite finished ME2. I was really, really close but had an unfortunate incident involving Ghost. Fortunately I had my saves copied over to drop box. But still haven't taken the time to go back and finish it. Now I apparently have more time then November to finish ME2.
Now I just have to wait for the inevitible similar announcement about Skyrim. I know it's coming, you know it's coming...
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Really? The climax to ME2 is probably the best part of the whole game.
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Okay one of two scenarios: the inevitable delay until the "first half" of 2012...or they release on time and release a several gigabyte patch with out a couple months of release... Or I'm just cynical... :-)
and SSX (Score:1)
Broken link in summary (Score:1)
The Old Republic is vaporware (Score:2)
There have been rumors flying around for some time that The Old Republic development is essentially a complete clusterfuck, with no end in sight. Why on earth EA took the great Knights of the Old Republic IP and decided to completely ignore its console roots (KOTOR 1 and 2 sold WAY more console copies than PC) in favor of a PC-only MMO is beyond me. KOTOR 3 & 4 could have been two of the biggest-selling games in 360/PS3 history. Instead they went with a PC-only title that has been in development hell fo