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I tend to lose my sense of connection to science fictional narratives once they get into the realm of prophecies and pseudo-deities, so the idea of a return to the Mass Effect universe that’s only about the neat spaceshippy stuff and none of the Circle Of Destiny soapboxing appeals enormously. Frinstance, this unofficial mod for the TIGHT space strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire which plans to recreate the Normandy and its multi-species chums’ war against the Geth, Collectors and Reapers.(more…)

#pc Today's reason why mods are the greatest thing in all of PC gaming: a small team of fans has turned space strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire into a Mass Effect experience. More »

#masseffect Red Sand, an ambitious Mass Effect prequel film shot by fans (but starring the official voice of Commander Shepard, Mark Meer), was finally released today. You can check it out above. More »

Mass Effect - Therum Part 2: Sheppard and company debrief aboard the Normandy, Liara tries to help Sheppard make sense of her visions, the Commander keeps the Council updated on their mission to Therum.

#masseffect It may not be quite 1:1 scale, but at 18.5 inches, this new Mass Effect statue is still one enormous piece of adult collectible. More »

#masseffect We recently shared fan artist Andrew Ryan's lovely Dragon Age/Mass Effect crossover art, starring our 22nd century sci-fi heroes in the roles and costumes of Thedas's fantasy realm. That post featured a work in progress; Ryan has been adding detail and characters ever since. More »

#minecraft Players re-create all kinds of amazing things in Minecraft, from the vistas of Game of Thrones to the bright world of a href="http://kotaku.com/5944359/the-glorious-edible-candy-kingdom-of-adventure-time-recreated-in-minecraft">Adventure Time. More »

Mass Effect - Feros Part 1: Arriving on Feros, the crew of the Normandy find that the small colony is over-run by Geth. Sheppard has to get to the ExoGeni headquarters to stop the Geth attack and discover what they're after.

Mass Effect - Conversations with Joker: We get to learn more about Flight Lieutenant Officer Jeffrey Moreau.

#fineart Mike Sass worked at BioWare for twelve years. That's an astonishing amount of time for an artist to stay put at the one studio, but it also means that if you've ever picked up a BioWare game or even seen an advertisement for one, you've likely seen his stuff. More »

#masseffect I have joked about "Dragon Effect" before, when playing through BioWare's vaguely parallel science-fiction and fantasy-franchises at the same time. Fan artist Andrew Ryan Art, though, has done one better. More »

Mass Effect - The Citadel Part 1: The crew of the Normandy arrives on the Citadel and confronts the council with allegations that Saren is a murderer. Without proof, they are forced to go searching for evidence on their own. Sheppard meets a hard-hitting Turian C-Sec officer who might help her.

Mass Effect - Conversations with Dr. Chakwas: Sheppard learns a little something about the good Doctor.

Mass Effect - Eden Prime Part 3: After disabling the charges planted by the Geth, Sheppard absorbs the damaged Prothean beacon into her mind. Upon waking up back on the Normandy, Sheppard finds she's had a terrible vision of the past. Or the future...

Mass Effect - Eden Prime Part 2: As the team continues their search for the missing Prothean beacon, Saren slaughters Nilus, and Sheppard and her crew stumble upon a handful of survivors.

Mass Effect - Eden Prime Part 1: Arrive on the verdant world of Eden Prime and discover a dangerous force that hasn't been seen beyond the veil in centuries! Jenkins meets an untimely end and Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams becomes part of Commander Sheppard's crew.

Mass Effect - Introduction: Meet Commander Sheppard and learn of a new and mysterious plight that has hit the outlying colony world of Eden Prime.

#masseffect The images you're about to see were all done by Benjamin Huen, an artist now at Valve who used to work at BioWare. They're incredible. Especially the Mass Effect portrait pieces, which you'd demand be made available for purchase, if some of them weren't...already available for purchase. More »

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#masseffect The female version of Mass Effect hero Commander Shepard finally made it onto the cover of a Mass Effect game this year—as long as you reversed the piece of cardboard in Mass Effect 3's box. She even finally starred in a Mass Effect trailer, a scant five years after hordes of players started playing as her in the first Mass Effect. More »

Having all three Mass Effect games in a single package for $59.99 is one hell of a deal.

Electronic Arts and BioWare are packaging the Mass Effect trilogy as a single package this fall, giving you Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 for $59.99.

Even better, the original Mass Effect is coming to PlayStation 3. The catch? The trilogy package is coming to Xbox 360 and PC on November 6, while the PS3 compilation is “at a later date.”

In addition to a package deal, the original Mass Effect will be available as a standalone download on PlayStation Network, whenever that version is finished.

This coincides with the announcement of N7 Day on November 6, a “worldwide celebration” of the franchise that will coincide with a “variety of in-game, online and live events.”

#masseffect EA has announced All three Mass Effect games will be available for the price of one when EA releases the Mass Effect Trilogy compilation on November 6th, 2012 for Xbox 360 and PC. The collection marks the first time that the original Mass Effect—which was released as an Xbox 360 exclusive—will be playable on the PlayStation 3. According to EA's press release, the PS3 version will be out at a later date. More »

#art Russian artist Amales has been featured here on Kotaku before. For her ferrets. But boy, in the time since, she's been busy. More »

#masseffect Kotobukiya, one of the world's top collectible companies, has a line of pieces it calls "Bishoujo". What that normally means for fans are statues of female characters rendered in anime style and with, um, disproportionate proportions. More »

#masseffect Richard Boylan, a cinematic artist at BioWare, has spent his waking hours for the last few years working on the Mass Effect series. All that synth, and white walls, and clean space stations...it's enough to drive a man to make a death metal horror movie. More »

#masseffect Jessie lives with two Mass Effect nerds, who play the games all the time. Jessie has never played Mass Effect. When asked to name/describe the characters in the series, then, this is what she came up with. More »

#masseffect When the cosplay team at Propped Up Creations do Mass Effect, they do not screw around. Rather than take the easy route and dress up as humans, in this gallery you'll see a Turian (Garrus), a Krogan (Wrex) and a very Joan Collins-looking Solarian (Mordin). More »

#cosplay It was only yesterday we featured the Iron Woman cosplay of PaleFunnyGhost, but that was nothing compared to this. More »

#cosplay The answer, apparently, is seven, with the help of Legion, Joker, EDI, Kasumi, and three Tali'Zorahs. I'm suddenly jealous that I could never bring more than two companions with my Shepard in a party. More »

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