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EA teases new BioWare project [It's Mass Effect 3]
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EatChildren
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Kittonwy said:
Probably still very well as its a good game, and nearly all the mechinics (shooting included) are quite solid.
EatChildren
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Compiled everything we 'know', and included some info on BioWare Montreal.
The teaser video
1. View here. Does not show anything other than quick cuts of a soldier in armor lifting up a sniper rifle. Brief view of outside his window, nothing specific shown.
2. The rilfe is the Incisor Rifle from Mass Effect 2. Outside of a slight alteration to the front and subdued texture, it is 100% identical right down to the little details. If this does not indicate the project is Mass Effect, it is a reused art asset from Mass Effect. It is, unquestionably, the Incisor Rifle.
3. Soldier's armor does not directly resemble any of the armor from Mass Effect. However, it also appears quite futuristic compared to modern armor, and is a similar 'style' to what might appear in a Mass Effect game.
4. There are quick bright yellow cuts with black silhouettes scattered throughout the video. Most of these are impossible to identify, and so resemblences to Mass Effect material is impossible to verify. There is only one still that can be identified; this shot happens to be this character from Fallout: New Vegas. It is possible then that parts of this teaser were cut with material from other games that intend to be revealled at VGA 2010, in this case the New Vegas DLC pack. For this reason it is important to be skeptical that any of the bright yellow cuts are even related to BioWare specific teaser, or any of the cuts at all for that matter.
5. At the end of the trailer we briefly see the message 'Look Closer'. This would imply that there are details in the video to pay attention to.
The Twitter hints
1. BioWare has twitterd two QR codes. Both of these can be found on the Mass Effect 2 twitter, as well as the Dragon Age II' twitter.
2. First code is here. It reads as the binary code '001101010011010100101110001110000011010000110101'. This, when converted to ASCII is '55.845'. The meaning for this number is unknwon, however it is likely that it is referencing the atomic weight of an iron atom, which shares the same value.
3. Second code is here. It reads as the binary code '0010110100110001001100100011100000101110001101011011000001000110'. This, when converted to ASCII is '-128.5°F'. This is approximately the coldest temperature recorded naturally on Earth, at Vostok, Antarctica.
4. Like any good puzzle, we dont know for sure what these numbers toghether could mean. However, if we are to run with Mass Effect, it is interesting to note that in Mass Effect 2 there appears a planet called Aequitas. The official description of this planet has it's surface temperature as -89.1°C, which is approximately -128.5°F, Additionally, the planet is described as having 'famous Iron Canyons'. This planet, in Mass Effect, is the only obvious referencing of both of these clues.
BioWare Montreal's history
1. March 2009, BioWare Montreal opens. Employs approximately 30 staff, with the studio set to provide development support for Mass Effect 2 (art assets, side quests, etc).
2. January 2010, BioWare confirm that Mass Effect will not be confined to a single trilogy.
3. June 2010, BioWare Montreal advertises for a multiplayer programmer, with the role to "take existing single player user experiences and make them multiplayer safe".
4. July 2010, ex-Raven (WOlfenstein, Singularity) developer Manveer Heir joins BioWare Montreal as a senior level designer for an unspecified 'Mass Effect' project.
5. September 2010, BioWare Montreal plans to doubles staff from approximately 27 to 55 employees. Yanick Roy reconfirms Mass Effect work by stating We're also doubling our contribution to whatever happens next in the Mass Effect franchise".
6. September 2010, BioWare Montreal advertise for various positions associated with genres described as 'military-grade FPS' and 'popular FPS'. Listings were switched from a BioWare specific advertising to EA, and so it may not be BioWare specific.
The teaser video
1. View here. Does not show anything other than quick cuts of a soldier in armor lifting up a sniper rifle. Brief view of outside his window, nothing specific shown.
2. The rilfe is the Incisor Rifle from Mass Effect 2. Outside of a slight alteration to the front and subdued texture, it is 100% identical right down to the little details. If this does not indicate the project is Mass Effect, it is a reused art asset from Mass Effect. It is, unquestionably, the Incisor Rifle.
3. Soldier's armor does not directly resemble any of the armor from Mass Effect. However, it also appears quite futuristic compared to modern armor, and is a similar 'style' to what might appear in a Mass Effect game.
4. There are quick bright yellow cuts with black silhouettes scattered throughout the video. Most of these are impossible to identify, and so resemblences to Mass Effect material is impossible to verify. There is only one still that can be identified; this shot happens to be this character from Fallout: New Vegas. It is possible then that parts of this teaser were cut with material from other games that intend to be revealled at VGA 2010, in this case the New Vegas DLC pack. For this reason it is important to be skeptical that any of the bright yellow cuts are even related to BioWare specific teaser, or any of the cuts at all for that matter.
5. At the end of the trailer we briefly see the message 'Look Closer'. This would imply that there are details in the video to pay attention to.
The Twitter hints
1. BioWare has twitterd two QR codes. Both of these can be found on the Mass Effect 2 twitter, as well as the Dragon Age II' twitter.
2. First code is here. It reads as the binary code '001101010011010100101110001110000011010000110101'. This, when converted to ASCII is '55.845'. The meaning for this number is unknwon, however it is likely that it is referencing the atomic weight of an iron atom, which shares the same value.
3. Second code is here. It reads as the binary code '0010110100110001001100100011100000101110001101011011000001000110'. This, when converted to ASCII is '-128.5°F'. This is approximately the coldest temperature recorded naturally on Earth, at Vostok, Antarctica.
4. Like any good puzzle, we dont know for sure what these numbers toghether could mean. However, if we are to run with Mass Effect, it is interesting to note that in Mass Effect 2 there appears a planet called Aequitas. The official description of this planet has it's surface temperature as -89.1°C, which is approximately -128.5°F, Additionally, the planet is described as having 'famous Iron Canyons'. This planet, in Mass Effect, is the only obvious referencing of both of these clues.
BioWare Montreal's history
1. March 2009, BioWare Montreal opens. Employs approximately 30 staff, with the studio set to provide development support for Mass Effect 2 (art assets, side quests, etc).
2. January 2010, BioWare confirm that Mass Effect will not be confined to a single trilogy.
3. June 2010, BioWare Montreal advertises for a multiplayer programmer, with the role to "take existing single player user experiences and make them multiplayer safe".
4. July 2010, ex-Raven (WOlfenstein, Singularity) developer Manveer Heir joins BioWare Montreal as a senior level designer for an unspecified 'Mass Effect' project.
5. September 2010, BioWare Montreal plans to doubles staff from approximately 27 to 55 employees. Yanick Roy reconfirms Mass Effect work by stating We're also doubling our contribution to whatever happens next in the Mass Effect franchise".
6. September 2010, BioWare Montreal advertise for various positions associated with genres described as 'military-grade FPS' and 'popular FPS'. Listings were switched from a BioWare specific advertising to EA, and so it may not be BioWare specific.
gregor7777
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Great post.
sweetvar26
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Lots of information in that post.
So far it looks like a Mass Effect FPS with multiplayer. If this is true, I wonder if it will delay Mass Effect 3.
So far it looks like a Mass Effect FPS with multiplayer. If this is true, I wonder if it will delay Mass Effect 3.
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
sweetvar26 said:
BioWare Edmonton houses ~350 employees and is the main driving force behind both the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises. Montreal only had ~27 people there prior to recent developments, and they were just an asset/extra support team for ME2.
It might have a slight impact, but not a major one, as a majority of ME3's development will be done at Edmonton, not Montreal.
Assuming this game is even Montreal's at all.
Well, BioWare is currently an 800 person studio, so in theory they should be able to handle this title without a large delay to Mass Effect 3.sweetvar26 said:
If I had to guess though, I'd guess Mass Effect 3 would be more of a March title than a January title assuming the rumors are true.
They could be using Visceral Montreal's people to help as well. That's a 400-ish person studio without any currently announced projects now that I think about it.EatChildren said:
EatChildren
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Nirolak said:
Very true. If Edmonton are busy with DA2 and ME3, and Austin busy with TOR, there probably isn't a lot of BioWare specific staff available to hit up a Mass Effect spin-off, especially since Montreal is so new and not all that big. Having Visceral Montreal support with assets and what-not, with the core design taking place at BioWare Montreal, would make a lot of sense.
Patryn said:
My exact thoughts too. There is potential for a multiplayer prequel game, with Turians vs. humans (first contact war), Krogan vs. everyone (genophage), geth vs. Quarians (geth rebellion), geth vs. everyone....could be quite exicitng with different classes.
But no ME3. That should be my single player only masturbation session.
Fimbulvetr
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duckroll said:
Momo thread.
EatChildren
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Painraze said:
Walt Disney. They'll dethaw him when he's needed for the next assignment.
Somebody mentioned this a little earlier, but its possible that a spin-off shooter could be centered around the Garvug conflict. Its the most up-to-date conflict in the Mass Effect universe, with casualities well into the thousands.
The Cerberus Daily News has been posting news of the war for the last couple of months. On the same day that they released the teaser the Cerberus Daily News was updated with;
I'm probably stretching it now though
.sweetvar26
Member
Acidote said:
That is what I was thinking when I mentioned about the delay couple of posts above. Not for the developing reasons but for the launch window.
Lionheart1827
Member
Haven't been following this thread since the other day, but this was posted on Biowares facebook 16 minutes ago.
Stumpokapow
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Lionheart1827 said:Haven't been following this thread since the other day, but this was posted on Biowares facebook 16 minutes ago.
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Secret Intelligence Service
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Hidden intelligence headquarters in Antarctica?
First contact, where the aliens land/crash/have a monolith in Antarctica and you play the division tasked to keep it under wraps or alternatively the division handling alien affairs?
Those would be my two guesses as of right now.
First contact, where the aliens land/crash/have a monolith in Antarctica and you play the division tasked to keep it under wraps or alternatively the division handling alien affairs?
Those would be my two guesses as of right now.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Stumpokapow said:
Sounds awesome if true. I'd love a ME game where they explain how we first came in contact with aliens/technology.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
An elite group the player gets to be a part of to save the world/universe? Looks like thats one thing so far from the Bioware chart.Stumpokapow said:
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Stumpokapow said:
Sounds like you just stumbled upon... The Event!
NBC beat you to it
diztrukted
Member
Acidote said:
I just did this, OMG i can't believe some of the things on there.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
EatChildren said:
So basically it's not Mass Effect 3. Gotcha.