BioWare today revealed that the Mass Effect Legendary Edition will launch May 14th on PC via Origin and Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with forward compatibility on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The Mass Effect Legendary Edition features the single-player base content and 40+ DLC story, weapons and armor packs from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 and will allow players to relive the legend of Commander Shepard in 4K Ultra HD with HDR.
The Mass Effect Legendary Edition will deliver an enhanced visual experience featuring remastered character models and tens of thousands of up-ressed textures. Improvements to shaders and VFX, updated lighting and improved dynamic shadows, volumetrics and depth-of-field add a new level of immersion across the trilogy. Pre-rendered cinematics have also been enhanced to make every story moment feel even more impactful.
The original Mass Effect game features comprehensive world-building enhancements with added detail and depth to locations like Eden Prime, Ilos and Feros that players will explore in their journey across the galaxy. Mass Effect also includes updated interfaces and UI as well as a variety of quality-of-life improvements. In addition, combat and exploration are modernized through improved aiming, squad controls and behavior, Mako handling and cameras.
The Mass Effect Legendary Edition features unified character creation options that persists across all three titles and is complete with an improved and expanded selection of hair, makeup and skin tone options. The Female Shepard default appearance from Mass Effect 3 is now available as the default female Shepard appearance in character creation in all three games, further adding to the unified experience across the trilogy.
Publisher 505 Games and developer Remedy Games today announced that Control: Ultimate Edition is now available digitally on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, in addition to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Ultimate Edition includes the base game as well as The Foundation and AWE expansions.
NIS America today announced that Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, the latest installment in the action role-playing game series, is now available for PlayStation 4. The Nintendo Switch and PC versions will launch in Summer 2021.
Today, Electronic Arts announced a multiyear UEFA license extension, ensuring club football remains exclusive to EA Sports. EA is expanding football video game access through multiple in-development mobile offerings, and by broadening the PC free-to-download FIFA Online 4 title’s reach to potentially 80 million players in more than 15 new countries. Additionally, the franchise will launch on Stadia for the first time when EA Sports FIFA 21 is available March 17th for Stadia.
Publisher Merge Games and developer Dope Games today revealed the Breaking Bad inspired simulator, Definitely Not Fried Chicken, coming to Steam later on this year. With its tongue planted firmly in its cheek, Definitely Not Fried Chicken is the ultimate in drug empire strategy and simulation.
A business management sim with a twist, players will grow their drug trade empire through ‘legitimate’ fronts by managing both sides of the business. One uses the front door, another uses the back. Acquire new ‘businesses’, meet new clientele, develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money, and leave a city in ruin.
Phil Harrison, Vice President and GM of Google Stadia, today announced Google will be shutting down its internal game development studios in Montreal and Los Angeles, and refocus Stadia as a gaming service for third-party developers.
Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio are returning to the streets of Kamurocho, Tokyo, to present Judgment’s tale of murder and mystery in remastered form on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Stadia on April 23rd. Previously released on PlayStation 4 in 2019, Judgment takes advantage of the new hardware with refined visuals in 60 frames per second along with improved load times and includes all previously released DLC on these three platforms.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics today kicked off a year-long 25th anniversary celebration of Tomb Raider, the videogame series that debuted in October 1996. Fans can access the 25th anniversary webpage at https://tombraider.com/25.
Tomb Raider’s year-long celebration of its 25th anniversary will feature in-depth explorations of the major games released in the franchise, including nostalgic media deep from the archives, developer interviews, community activities, live playthroughs, and more. Over the coming months, developer Crystal Dynamics will re-visit the lineup of major Tomb Raider games, focusing on one game each month. Fans of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft can look forward to additional franchise announcements over the course of the year.
Fallen Flag Studio and United Label today announced that the boss-rush action game, Eldest Souls, is coming to current and previous generation platforms at launch, alongside the previously announced Nintendo Switch and PC versions.
Sony Interactive Entertainment’s San Diego Studio today revealed Fernando Tatis Jr. as the cover athlete for MLB The Show 21, which will be available April 20th on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and for the first time in franchise history, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
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