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Mass Effect 2

Platforms

PC
PS3
Xbox 360

Initial release Jan. 26, 2010

Developers

Bioware

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG
Shooter
Simulation

Publishers

Electronic Arts

Franchise Mass Effect

Mass Effect 2 Spotlight

Review | Mass Effect 2: Overlord review

Good lord.

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Mass Effect director Casey Hudson's "AAA" sci-fi game cancelled, studio closing

Due to "unexpected shortfall of funding".

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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.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Robots

One one one one one.

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Mass Effect 2 Feed

A screenshot of robo companion EDI from the Mass Effect series. She is a silver-skinned cyborg with neat bobbed hair and an orange eye-width visor.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Robots

One one one one one.

Nov. 12, 2025 Robert Purchese

Concept art for Humanoid Origin's untitled sci-fi game showing a solo traveller roaming a desolate alien landscape, jagged mountains in the distance and a vast spherical structure looming to their right.

News

Mass Effect director Casey Hudson's "AAA" sci-fi game cancelled, studio closing

Due to "unexpected shortfall of funding".

Nov. 25, 2024 Matt Wales

An image of Mass Effect-inspired armour in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

News

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first patch slips in some Mass Effect armour as an N7 Day treat

Plus DLSS fixes and more.

Nov. 7, 2024 Matt Wales

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.

News

Mass Effect is officially getting a TV adaptation at Amazon

With Fast & Furious 9 writer onboard.

Nov. 7, 2024 Matt Wales

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.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Presidents

The make-believe kind.

July 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

Promotional art showing Destiny 2's Mass Effect collaboration event cosmetics.

News

Mass Effect is coming to Destiny 2 next month in new collaboration event

Starts 13th February.

Jan. 30, 2024 Matt Wales

Artwork for Overwatch 2 showing a selection of its heroes posing dramatically against a reddening sky.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Character classes

Rogue likes.

July 19, 2023 Robert Purchese

Bioware pulls dead FemShep statue from merch store

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Bioware pulls dead FemShep statue from merch store

See you, space commander.

June 13, 2023 Liv Ngan

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.

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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."

May 20, 2023 Robert Purchese

Final Fantasy 7 hero Cloud Strife on the back of a bulky motorbike, sword drawn - and scraping along the floor. He's not wearing a helmet and I don't know how advisable it is to drive with that sword. It's an accident waiting to happen.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Mini-games

Micro machines.

May 3, 2023 Robert Purchese

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.

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Supporters | Five of The Best: Relationships

Who needs them?

Jan. 18, 2023 Robert Purchese

Ex-BioWare writer discusses early ideas for Mass Effect trilogy ending

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Ex-BioWare writer discusses early ideas for Mass Effect trilogy ending

"It involved luring the Reapers through the Mass Relays..."

July 15, 2022 Tom Phillips

Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC made free, as EA finally ditches BioWare Points

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Dragon Age and Mass Effect DLC made free, as EA finally ditches BioWare Points

End credits.

July 14, 2022 Tom Phillips

Have you ever gone to great lengths to save an NPC?

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Have you ever gone to great lengths to save an NPC?

"It's a labour of love."

Sept. 13, 2021 Grace Curtis

Mass Effect romance options: All male and female Shepard romance options in the Legendary Edition explained

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.

May 14, 2021 Renee-Francisca Lopez

In Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the trilogy's best ending is still available if you only play ME3

News

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.

May 14, 2021 Tom Phillips

Plotting a course: how Mass Effect 3 brought the trilogy to a close

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.

May 14, 2021 Tom Phillips

Mass Effect 2 writer discusses impact of Fox News on game's LGBTQ+ romances

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Mass Effect 2 writer discusses impact of Fox News on game's LGBTQ+ romances

Jack relationship changed from pan to straight.

Jan. 22, 2021 Tom Phillips

Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah announce departure from BioWare

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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.

Dec. 3, 2020 Matt Wales

The release of the rumoured Mass Effect trilogy remaster was scheduled for October but "could start to slip"

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The release of the rumoured Mass Effect trilogy remaster was scheduled for October but "could start to slip"

“I know it's real."

Aug. 29, 2020 Vikki Blake

Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition book pops up for pre-order

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Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition book pops up for pre-order

Go geth it.

July 19, 2020 Wesley Yin-Poole

Five of the Best: Friends

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Five of the Best: Friends

Sorry Ross.

March 20, 2020 Robert Purchese

It turns out 9 out of 10 Mass Effect players were Paragon

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It turns out 9 out of 10 Mass Effect players were Paragon

Good times.

Feb. 22, 2020 Wesley Yin-Poole

Syd Mead's artistic legacy lives on through video games

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Syd Mead's artistic legacy lives on through video games

From Aliens to Cyberpunk via the Mass Effect arc.

Jan. 29, 2020 Ewan Wilson

10 years later, Mass Effect 2's Suicide Mission is BioWare at the top of its game

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10 years later, Mass Effect 2's Suicide Mission is BioWare at the top of its game

Assuming direct control.

Jan. 27, 2020 Tom Phillips

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