Mass Effect 2 - Retribution Book Announced

Dhruin

Dhruin

SasqWatch
Joined
August 30, 2006
Messages
11,842
Location
Sydney, Australia
BioWare has announced a third Mass Effect book by Drew Karpyshyn, titled Retribution.
BioWare and Del Ray are pleased to announce a brand new novel set in the Mass Effect universe Mass Effect: Retribution.
Mass Effect Retribution will again be written by Drew Karpyshyn, the author of both Mass Effect: Revelation and Mass Effect: Ascension. This novel reveals the Illusive Man's attempts to impant a human with the technology of a Reaper!
Click to expand...
More information.
 
Joined
Aug 30, 2006
Messages
11,842
Location
Sydney, Australia
To whom it may concern...

...please, stop posting about Mass Effect 2, especially when the news does not even regard the game but mere "tie-in" (read: "cash-in") materials. You're giving Bioware some free advertising and I'm certain they appreciate it, but you're also cluttering up the space for legitimate RPG news with nonsense.
Thanks!
 
Joined
Feb 12, 2007
Messages
141
I can't do that, I'm sorry.

Every newsbit we post could be construed as free advertising and there's certainly no reason to exclude ME2. The book might be tangential but I personally own Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, so I can reasonably extrapolate that some of our readers might be interested in a Bio game book.

ME2 marketing is peaking and there isn't much else happening out there, so I can understand it might irritate you. That's the way it is.
 
Joined
Aug 30, 2006
Messages
11,842
Location
Sydney, Australia
I still have yet to read any of the ME books. I read the DA book before playing DA, and that definetly added a lot of background. A friend of mine says the ME books do the same to ME, so perhaps I should read them at some point.

Also, it seems the book features the Illusive Man, which means he probably won't be killed in ME2.
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
7,586
Location
Bergen
Dhruin said:
The book might be tangential but I personally own Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, so I can reasonably extrapolate that some of our readers might be interested in a Bio game book.
Click to expand...

Ditto ... though it isn't normally what I would do, many folks like buying these books, so why *not* cover it? As far as I'm concerned, anything about Mass Effect is legit to cover.
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
14,951
Dhruin said:
I agree with that. I don't cover miscellaneous merchandise like figurines or T-shirts.
Click to expand...

Crap ... there goes the post for Capt. Shepard with the Kung Fu Grip! :D
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
14,951
Yes, please keep posting about book tie ins. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise as I don't go to the official forums or website..
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
179
Location
Australia
themadhatter is being silly. I appreciate the fact that Mass Effect 2 and other non-zomg-true-hardcore-cRPGs get airtime here, even on multiple platforms. I play both PC and Xbox and certainly like more than just the Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Arcanum and Planescape: Torment games. Mass Effect is a hybrid, but has enough RPG in it to be called that.

I read the first book and it was a nice introduction to the game universe. I mean, it's not the greatest sci-fi/fantasy book ever (that honour goes to George R.R. Martin :)), but I guess it was never intended as such. Cash-in or no, it put me in the right mood for the game. Maybe I should get this, too, for exactly that reason.
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
2,915
Location
The Netherlands
And that is the point, really ... fan service. Like games from movies.
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
14,951
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom