Month: June 2019

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Mass Effect 2 in First Person? You Bet! There are Plans for the Rest of the Trilogy Too

One Mass Effect modder has been hard at work to bring first-person mode to the original Mass Effect trilogy. LordEmil1 has pushed out a couple of videos showcasing his work on Mass Effect 2. While first-person mode isn’t functioning properly (yet) in combat, it is working as intended when in conversation with NPCs/companions, walking in the Normandy and on the Citadel, etc. According to LordEmil1, there are plans to bring first-person to both Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 3 as well.

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Atlas Devs Prepping Single Player Mode for Mid-July Beta Testing

The Atlas site has been updated with a preview of Mega Update 3. There are no definitive plans for release, but devs are providing players a peek at new content. When the update launches, it will come with an array of new islands and Discoveries, new sail skins, the new Sea Horse creature, and the ISO: Blackwood standalone map. Lastly, a single player mode is in the works that will not require running a server in the background.

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Destiny 2 Players will be Able to ‘Transmog’ Legendary Armors Starting with Shadowkeep

Bungie is overhauling the Eververse in Destiny 2 starting with the Shadowkeep expansion coming this fall. Essentially, players will be unlocking a “transmog” system that allows them to change the look of any Legendary sets in the game, a cosmetic option that is separate from the perks on gear. These “universal ornaments” can be applied to all Legendary sets coming this fall. “They override the look of your equipped gear while preserving the perks, mods, & stats of the original item.

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EA Vice President of Legal Adroitly Renames Lootboxes as ‘Surprise Mechanics’

EA’s Vice President of Legal Kerry Hopkins has been testifying in front of the United Kingdom’s Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee on the issue of microtransactions. When asked about “lootboxes”, Hopkins came up with a new and quite novel name for them: “Surprise mechanics.” “Well, first, we don’t call them lootboxes. We look at them as surprise mechanics…this is something people enjoy. They enjoy surprises.”