Electronic Arts stock jumped today over unsubstantiated rumors that Microsoft is looking to acquire them.

I think this is pretty well known, but in case it wasn’t obvious by the influx of press coverage, Sega sent out a press release confirming a 2008 target for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. While Sonic has had a rocky road since he moved into the third dimension, I’m pretty excited for a Sonic [...]

Bioware and Microsoft aren’t pinching pennies on the voice talent for Mass Effect. They reeled Seth Green of Austin Powers/Robot Chicken fame to play the voice of Joker, the pilot of the Normandy. Keith David, the voice of the Arbiter in Halo 3, takes on the role of Captain David Anderson and Aliens alum, Lance [...]

Electronic Arts struck a deal with Elevation Partners to purchase Pandemic Studios who is developing Mercenaries 2: World in Flames for EA and BioWare. Microsoft assures the public that the purchase won’t knock back Mass Effect’s November 20th release date and the game is still going to be an Xbox 360 exclusive. However, BioWare owns [...]

Microsoft has plans to release the Mass Effect Limited Collector’s Edition, a bundle package with the game and some goodies for fans. For an extra a little extra money you get: the Galactic Codex: Essentials novel, the snappy titled “A Future Imagined” art book and a DVD that goes behind the scenes on the Interactive [...]

Now that Halo 3 has gone gold it’s time for Microsoft to focus on their next big game, Mass Effect. On November 20th Mass Effect will ship to retailers. That means you should be able to get BioWare’s space epic in your hands starting November 21st. Previously Mass Effect had a November window, now that [...]

Coming into E3 there were only a few games that had gained a "Can't Wait" status in my book. Some of them didn't really live up to expectations as well as I'd hoped, though there's still time to fix them (hopefully). Others exceeded my lofty wants and needs and now I'm counting down the [...]

Sega’s mascot has been naturally pushed into racing games and successfully starred in his own pinball game. However, even at the height of his popularity he has never starred in an RPG. Bioware, the developers of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series, is about to change that. They are about to develop the [...]

 
Thanks to everyone who sent in the tip about Mass Effect being delayed until September. Before posting it up I sent an e-mail to Microsoft and got back this response:
 
We have not made any official announcements regarding release timing for “Mass Effect.” At this time, any information about the game’s release date is purely rumor [...]

After Jade Empire and Knights of the Old Republic, I’d be willing to buy just about anything Bioware puts out. But seeing these new screenshots just make me want the game all the more.
 
I mean just check out how cool the description on Bioware’s site sounds:
 
"The galaxy is trapped in an [...]