Neowin News Feed for: Effect

MSNBC looks at the effect of Demigod piracy

Spencer Scott — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:26:31 +0000

There has been quite a bit of discussion in the past couple of weeks about piracy, Demigod, and the possible effect on the industry as a whole. In reading various blogs, community forums, and... Read more...

Patch coming for Mass Effect PC

Sam Symons — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:08:18 +0000

BioWare has announced on their forums that a patch is on the way for the PC version of Mass Effect. Currently there is no information available, but Chris Priestly, Community Coordinator for BioWare, has said... Read more...

Spore, Mass Effect PC to Require Validation Every Ten Days

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:47:55 +0000

BioWare technical producer Derek French has said that the PC versions of both Mass Effect and Spore will make use of copy protection that will require online validation every ten days in order for the... Read more...

EA Calls Fox Out on "Insulting" Mass Effect Inaccuracies

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:01:37 +0000

Electronic Arts, likely sick of having their recently-acquired role-playing franchise Mass Effect dragged through the mud on national television, has requested that Fox News Channel correct their error-plagued segment on the game. In the letter,... Read more...

Mass Effect coming to PC in 2007?

Todd Tanner — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:04:25 +0000

Kotaku has the scoop that a UK gaming magazine, PC Gamer UK to be exact, has word that Bioware's next big game Mass Effect which up until now has been an Xbox 360 exclusive -... Read more...

Xbox makes huge gains as price-cut takes effect

Marcel Klum — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:15:35 +0000

Microsoft's Xbox has had its most successful week to date this year in Japan, capturing almost 7 per cent market share following a price cut to the hardware and the launch of a Project Gotham... Read more...

European VAT tax goes into effect

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 22:20:27 +0000

Changes to European Union tax laws are now in effect that will add a 17.5 percent sales tax to downloadable games and online gaming services. A news item on Sony Online's official... Read more...

Update on SP1 effect to Corp version

Steven Parker — Sat, 27 Jul 2002 09:01:47 +0000

Thanks Angeldeath for sending me the following text.. I did some more testing based on what MS wrote in that email and I found one thing that I can't believe I over-looked and wanted to... Read more...