![The El Presidente protagonist character from the Tropico series of games. They're white-skinned with fairly bushy black beard, and they have aviator sunglasses and a military dress suit and hat on. Behind them, a tropical paradise has skyscrapers and power plants on.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tropico_6_el_presidente_headline.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Review | Mass Effect
Pause for effect.
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Mass Effect - Keeper locations: How to complete the Citadel: Scan the Keeper Mission
Where to find all 21 Keepers.
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Supporters | Five of the Best: Presidents
The make-believe kind.
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![The El Presidente protagonist character from the Tropico series of games. They're white-skinned with fairly bushy black beard, and they have aviator sunglasses and a military dress suit and hat on. Behind them, a tropical paradise has skyscrapers and power plants on.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tropico_6_el_presidente_headline.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Shepard gives a quizzical look, standing on the Citadel.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/maxresdefault-(1)_bv0fQvp.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Mass Effect's sprinting was an illusion too, just like Dragon Age's horse boost
Neigh difference.
![Promotional art showing Destiny 2's Mass Effect collaboration event cosmetics.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/destiny-2-mass-effect-event.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![The OutRun box art, showing the back - the butt - of the red hot Ferrari, gleaming in the sun and scorching its way down the open road.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/outrun_f70yVS5.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Joker from the Mass Effect games](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/maxresdefault-3298379538.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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BioWare lays off senior writing staff as part of its recent job cuts
"I just assumed he'd eventually be buried under one of the cornerstones. I imagine everyone did."
![Rolls of cream-coloured musical parchment paper with music printed on them. Someone's got some practising to do.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fiveofthebest_titlemusic.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Artwork for Overwatch 2 showing a selection of its heroes posing dramatically against a reddening sky.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/overwatch-2-tier-list-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A helmeted character - presumably Shepard - standing side on to the camera, with a planet as a backdrop, and light coming from the horizon. Half it is paragon blue, the other half renegade red.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mass_effect_brighter.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Making Mass Effect, from the birth of a trilogy to Andromeda and beyond
"I'm a person who is always dreaming up new worlds."
![Mass Effect's former lead writer Mac Walters.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Untitled_tdE9OBv.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Mass Effect veteran Mac Walters leaves BioWare after 19 years
"With a new year comes new adventures."
![A raven-haired woman in period costume closes her eyes as some kind of magical force swirls around her. It's Morrigan from Dragon Age.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/morrigan_cropped.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Can we really only be wowed by something once?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/tracer_art.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Ex-BioWare writer discusses early ideas for Mass Effect trilogy ending](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mass-effect-legendary-edition.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Ex-BioWare writer discusses early ideas for Mass Effect trilogy ending
"It involved luring the Reapers through the Mass Relays..."
![Mass Effect fan reimagines first game with Arcane's introduction](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Untitled-1_9EJ3Hc1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Mass Effect Legendary Edition changed a character's race, fixing a decade-old bug](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/-1621247470387.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Mass Effect Legendary Edition changed a character's race, fixing a decade-old bug
Cleaning blitz.
![Mass Effect - Keeper locations: How to complete the Citadel: Scan the Keeper Mission](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mass-effect-keeper-locations-how-complete-citadel-scan-mission-1620655835987.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
Mass Effect - Keeper locations: How to complete the Citadel: Scan the Keeper Mission
Where to find all 21 Keepers.
![Mass Effect romance options: All male and female Shepard romance options in the Legendary Edition explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mass-effect-romance-options-male-and-female-shepard-8020-1620922835836.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Guide
Mass Effect romance options: All male and female Shepard romance options in the Legendary Edition explained
All romances and flings across all three games explained.
![In Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the trilogy's best ending is still available if you only play ME3](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/in-mass-effect-legendary-edition-the-trilogys-best-ending-is-still-available-if-you-only-play-me3-1620987963785.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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In Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the trilogy's best ending is still available if you only play ME3
But you'll need to complete "almost all" content available.
![Plotting a course: how Mass Effect 3 brought the trilogy to a close](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/plotting-a-course-how-mass-effect-3-brought-the-trilogy-to-a-close-1620915481958.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Interview
Plotting a course: how Mass Effect 3 brought the trilogy to a close
BioWare talks scrapped Reaper boss, switched missions, and picking up the pieces after ME2's Suicide Mission.
![Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has an option for those original, terrible Mako controls](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/-1620379966019.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has an option for those original, terrible Mako controls
"For those people out there who do like pain."
![Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah announce departure from BioWare](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/casey-hudson-and-mark-darrah-announce-departure-from-bioware-1607035706820.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah announce departure from BioWare
"They will always be an essential part of the studio's history", says EA.
![The release of the rumoured Mass Effect trilogy remaster was scheduled for October but "could start to slip"](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/-1598716589834.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition book pops up for pre-order](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/art-of-the-mass-effect-trilogy-expanded-edition-book-pops-up-for-pre-order-1595177671241.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Minimal Affect is a cel-shaded mix of Family Guy and BioWare](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/-1587650173627.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Five of the Best: Friends](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/five-of-the-best-friends-1584701555798.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![It turns out 9 out of 10 Mass Effect players were Paragon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/it-turns-out-9-out-of-10-mass-effect-players-were-paragon-1582393694944.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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