http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/08/16/ea-strongly-hints-that-mass-effect-games-will-get-remastered.aspx?utm_content=buffer8647c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This console generation has become known for its plethora of remasters. Some, like The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto V, have been solid updates to last generation's brightest games. Others haven't fared as well.

Right now, EA is the last big publisher to be staying away from that arms race. When I spoke with Patrick Soderlund, executive vice president for EA Studios at E3 2015, he emphasized that the company was looking ahead to new projects instead of dipping into the back catalog for remasters.

In the year since, that position has been reversed, as EA is now strongly considering a move into the remaster space. Of all the publisher's games, one series that stands out as having strong demand from fans: Mass Effect.

In our conversation at EA's Gamescom welcome event, Soderlund stopped short of confirming the remasters are coming, but he strongly hinted that they might be in the offing when we asked about BioWare's sci-fi trilogy specifically. Here's that segment of my interview:

Game Informer: One of the things I asked you last year when we sat down at E3 was about Mass Effect. At the time, there were two publishers that hadn't really dipped into the remaster world: you and Activision. Activision has since released a number of remasters or ports, and now they are working on a full-on remaster for MW. Revisiting this as the last man standing on remasters, has anything changed? Like a Mass Effect trilogy remaster?

Soderlund: What's changed is that there is proof in the market that people want it, maybe more than there was when we spoke. There were some that did it before, but I think there is even more clear evidence that this is something that people really want. The honest answer is that we are absolutely actively looking at it. I can't announce anything today, but you can expect us most likely to follow our fellow partners in Activision and other companies that have done this successfully.

Despite the strong desire from the market for remasters of popular games like Mass Effect, the decision isn't an easy one. Soderlund told me that there are a number of factors EA is considering so it doesn't make a mistake.

"We have to be careful in choosing the right brands for the right reasons at the right time," he explained. "A remaster is something that you can just do or do it really well. I want to make sure that if we were to do it, we would do it really well and that people feel that it's the same game but it feels so much better in this new shape and form. There have been titles that have come out that have done it really well, and there have been others that maybe haven't done it so well. We just want to make sure that we stay in the 'done it really well' camp."

With Mass Effect Andromeda on the way, the timing seems like it might be perfect to revisit Commander Shepard's adventure. EA says that Andromeda is still on track to make its current release window, though fans have expressed concern since the public hasn't seen gameplay yet.

"You'll get [your first look at gameplay] in the not too distant future," Soderlund said when I inquired about the game's absence from E3 and Gamescom. "I get people want to see gameplay and I just came back from a short vacation and I played through the first three hours of the game. It's very playable, and there is no alarm about, 'Why aren't they showing it?' It's strictly that the game will get the right type of exposure at the right time and that we can the right voice for it. Right now we're focused on our big titles for [October through December], and when that's done, we'll shift to Mass Effect. You'll see a lot more very shortly."

Nukes

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Quote from: Desty on August 16, 2016, 06:18:58 AM

You're an INTJ

Why?

The INT part is clear to you, so I'll explain the difference of the last letter.

P is for openminded people who question everything for the sake of it (Secondclass for instance)
J is for people who want the truth; determined people who are either stubborn or strong-willed

The biggest difference between an ESTP and an ESTJ is that the ESTJ wants order, whereas the ESTP wants to control his enviroment. The ESTP wants to take in the environment and conquer it whereas the ESTJ wants to put his beliefs into action.

If that isn't enough, then read this. The INTJ reads books because knowledge is useful, whereas the INTP reads books because understanding is important to them. The INTP could for instance read garbage if it had logic and rules, whereas the INTJ probably wouldn't see the point in it.

Edit: I've also read that the INTJ will skip out on details and give you the core, whereas the INTP will want to include every detail, and say stuff like "y'know, but that's not certain"

So does this mean I get to be intp by myself?

Damn even Britain's noguns shooters are qts

I wonder how you even get into the sport here

If I were able to go to a gun range and have a go I'd totally do that. Seems pretty fun.

I guess I'll have to just satisfy myself with airsoft and paintball in the mean time.

Quote from: BaconShelf on August 16, 2016, 06:13:03 AM

Last time I checked (two years ago) was a 26.

And I've lost a lot of weight since then.

Whaaat
I always took you for a skinny guy

No. I used to be fairly erm.... large as a kid. More recently I've started doing a lotmore walking (~3 mile walk home from college) and I've been trying to cut down on eating as much ie actually stopping eating when I'm full. I don't eat much junk food anyway so it's not bothered me.

A bunch of the clothes I used to wear comfortably are now kinda baggy on me which is a good sign. Kinda at a point now where the minimal exercise I do is balanced by what I eat so I don't gain or lose anything.

I've been thinking about trying to do some proper exercise though. Like, going for runs. I've been considering joining the Army if I don't get into uni (It's something I've always been interestedin but never properly considered) so I reckon I'd be able to meet the standards if I actually bothered to put in the effort.

Wow that was long winded.

Last time I checked (two years ago) was a 26.

And I've lost a lot of weight since then.

Does this mean I'm indirectly one of the best users?

Found a picture of secondclass

I enjoyed the settlements mechanic.

But I'd be quite happy to never see it in a future Fallout again.

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https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/015737133

oh my

please be real

and please be obsidian

please save fallout

Ehhh


The logo looks fake as fuck. All jagged, the NO text underneath doesn't look right either. Doesn't look like a vector-made logo like most logos are at all.

I wouldn't get excited.

Could be a placeholder. The Fallout 4 logo on that site is similar.

Oh cool

I kind of hope not though. My knowledge of US geography isn't great but I'm pretty sure orleans is east coast. I want to see more legion.

Oh, I was right. Sort of.

Still, I hope if Obsidian does a game they go back west, there's still a ton of interesting stuff there.

https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/015737133

oh my

please be real

and please be obsidian

please save fallout

Ehhh


The logo looks fake as fuck. All jagged, the NO text underneath doesn't look right either. Doesn't look like a vector-made logo like most logos are at all.

I wouldn't get excited.

Yay, nobody voted for me.

Not sure if that means I'm good at not pissing people off or if I'm just not noticed.

CMD
Saber
Loaf
Xsean
Elegiac

wew

Well its just fixed itself. Dunno why that happened.

Have you ever tried writing? I've found it a cool thing to do when I'm sick of everything. Particularly last year when I was feeling really shitty about everything.

I do it now more because I enjoy it than it being necessary. It's a nice creative outlet.