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This one is called Mass Effect: Retribution also by Drew Karpyshyn, and it’s set to be a prequel to Mass Effect 2, detailing events concerning the Illusive Man (voiced in ME 2 by Martin Sheen).
“Retribution is set in the universe fans know well from the video game and novel series—one in which humanity has explored the very farthest reaches of the universe, only to discover the ruthless Reapers, a race bent on extinguishing all organic life. One man is bent on discovering the Reapers' secrets, the mysterious Illusive Man, the leader of a pro-human, black ops group, Cerberus. And he's devised the perfect plan: implant a human subject with Reaper technology in order to study the enemy.
He also has the perfect test subject—Paul Grayson, an ex-Cerberus operative. Grayson betrayed Cerberus in order to save his daughter. So when Grayson is kidnapped and made the subject of Cerberus' evil experiments, the Illusive Man will finally have his revenge...”
– Blurb from BioWare website
This isn’t the only novel based on Mass Effect. There are two others, Mass Effect: Ascension, and Mass Effect: Revelation, as well as Mass Effect Redemption, a Dark Horse comic series.
Another year starts, and just as expected, the delays are coming in. It’s been said that Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has been delayed again, as has Ruse. For Conviction, instead of February 2010, it’ll now be April – for the time being.
And Singularity, a title by Raven and published by Activision, has also been pushed back later into 2010, while Star Wars: The Old Republic has been sent to 2011 without any supper.
Oh, and by the way, another title by the name of Elemental: War of Magic is going to come out later on in 2010 now. That’s also a delay right there.
I must say that Singularity in particular looks quite good, and more original than most Raven titles. And that’s saying a lot.
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Ubisoft Delays Splinter Cell Conviction, RUSE
Star Wars: The Old Republic Delayed Until 2011?
Elemental: War of Magic now due in third quarter 2010
Mass Effect 2 is scheduled for a January 26th release this year, but a week before, on January 19th (Tuesday next week), the soundtrack for the game is arriving. You can all ready grab it at Amazon for pre-order.
The soundtrack is composed by Jack Wall, who also made the soundtrack for the first game.
Here’s the track list:
CD 1
1. The Illusive Man
2. Humans Are Disappearing
3. The Attack
4. The Lazarus Project
5. A Rude Awakening
6. The Normandy Reborn
7. Miranda
8. Jacob
9. Freedom's Progress
10. Thane
11. Garrus
12. An Unknown Enemy
13. Samara
CD 2
1. Grunt
2. Horizon
3. Tali
4. Mordin
5. The Normandy Attacked
6. Jack
7. Legion
8. Jump Drive
9. Crash Landing
10. The Collector Base
11. The End Run
12. Suicide Mission
13. New Worlds
14. Reflections
You can check out the page for the soundtrack below, along with all the individual mp3s where you can listen to samples and buy them when the date arrives.
Mass Effect 2 Soundtrack
A couple of great deals on Amazon at the moment. Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition for the PC is at half-price, so that’s $60 off! And then there’s Fable 2 Limited Edition for the Xbox 360, which has a sizeable chunk bitten out with a $23 saving. And that’s the brand new price. You can get it cheaper if you check the Best Price.
PC
Fallout 3: Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition - $59.99 - Save $60.00
Xbox 360
Fable 2 Limited Edition - $30.65 - Save $23.39
I couldn’t resist that headline. Yes, these are new shots of the game to rival STALKER, Metro 2033. It just looks so awesome to me. The character detail is very good. In fact I thought I saw Captain Price from Modern Warfare 2 in there somewhere. It does kind of remind me of that game somehow, not to mention a little STALKER, too.
Anyhow, I like doing the photo album thing just for show, but I’ve put the separate thumbnails here too, for those with no appreciation for art. Your welcome.
I’ve only ever played Assassin’s Creed 1, and I’m still waiting on AC 2 which should see a release on PC in March 2010. But in that time, the third game in the main series has been confirmed.
There were rumours going around at one stage that suggested that the game’s setting would take place in WW II and feature a female assassin this time around.
All I know is, if that’s true, there’s going to be a lot of “fail, fail, fail”, and “epic fail” shouted and left in blog comments by the masses when it comes out. Don’t they know that we don’t want WW II games anymore?
Anyway, there’s official talk that says it will feature multiplayer, which could work, and that it will be a properly full game, and not end up with the whole DLC scandal of AC 2. Assassin’s Creed II’s main story consisted of an addition two chapters which were taken out and then offered as DLC packs later on. That’s low, considering some people still thought that the game was too short. Now they know the reason.
The game could see a release sometime possibly in 2010 or 2011, the latter sounding more realistic. They should take more time on it and not go the WW II route. Seriously. No word on what platforms it will appear on either, but I think since the PC and consoles were featured last time and the time before that, it’s a safe bet we’ll all get a chance with it.
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