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Here are the free games hitting PlayStation Plus Essential in December 2022

Each month, PlayStation offers a handful of games at no additional cost to its PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Now, the company has revealed the trio of titles hitting PlayStation Plus Essential in December. (PlayStation will announce December’s PS Plus Extra and Premium games in the coming days.)

Notably, this month’s highlight is Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a remastered PS4 collection of BioWare Edmonton’s beloved sci-fi shooter Mass Effect trilogy. Rounding out this month are two PS4 and PS5 games, the third-person platformer fighter Divine Knockout: Founder’s Edition and action-RPG Biomutant.

All three games will be available for free through PS Plus from December 6th to January 2nd. Meanwhile, November’s free PS Plus Essential games will remain available until December 5th.

PS Plus Essential costs $11.99 CAD/month.

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Source: PlayStation

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Canadian developers BioWare confirm Dragon Age Netflix series

Canadian developer BioWare has confirmed that a Netflix series based on its video game series Dragon Age is on the way.

The Netflix anime series, Dragon Age: Absolution, was announced at Netflix Geeked Week 2022 alongside a teaser trailer. The series, show-run by Mairghread Scott, will feature new characters inspired by Dragon Age lore.

New characters include elves, mages, knights, Quarni, Red Templars, demons, and more. Dragon Age: Absolution will release sometime in December 2022. It’s unclear when the series will release. Bioware recently confirmed that Dragon Age 4 won’t be released this year.

For more information on the new releases from Netflix’s Geeked Week, check out this link.

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Sources: BioWare, Neflix

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Former Mass Effect devs show off new fantasy game, Nightingale

A new trailer for the Canadian-made game Nightingale was revealed at Summer Game Fest 2022.

It’s a shared world survival-crafting title from Edmonton-based Inflexion Games, a new studio made up of former BioWare (Mass Effect) developers, including former general manager Aaron Flynn.

Notably, the game is set in a Victorian fantasy world of Nightingale, which gives it a visually distinct look. In Nightingale, you’ll be able to play alone or with other people as you gather materials, craft new items and face off against all kinds of twisted creatures.

The trailer showcases some crafting gameplay, with the character harvesting resources with an axe, as well as fighting against spiders and other beasts with shotguns, crossbows and more.

Check out the gameplay trailer for yourself:

A release date for Nightingale hasn’t yet been confirmed, but you can sign up for updates on the game via its website.

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BioWare confirms ‘Dragon Age 4’ title, says game isn’t coming this year

The next Dragon Age game will officially be titled Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.

Developer BioWare Edmonton confirmed the news in a blog post. The title refers to the character of Solas, an elven outlaw mage who was introduced in 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition.

BioWare teased his involvement in the game way back in 2018 when it teased the new Dragon Age with the hashtag “TheDreadWolfRises,” which refers to Solas’ nickname. However, BioWare says it’s not yet ready to show the antagonist in Dreadwolf.

On top of the title reveal, BioWare confirmed what many had expected: Dreadwolf will not release in 2022. A release window for Dreadwolf had never been specified, but the dripfeed of updates on the game had led to speculation that it was still a ways out.

That said, BioWare promises to share details “later this year.” Given the timing of this update — shortly before the start of the busy June gaming event period — it’s safe to assume that Dreadwolf won’t make an appearance at the likes of Summer Game Fest.

However, Gamescom’s ‘Opening Night Live’ showcase is in late August, while The Game Awards follow in December. In the past, Dragon Age updates have come at both these events, so it’s possible we might next see Dreadwolf at one of them.

In any event, there’s a lot of hype for Dreadwolf, which will be BioWare’s first new game since 2019’s Anthem. (Last year, it released the well-received remaster collection of its popular Mass Effect trilogy.) However, given the tepid response to both that game and 2017’s Mass Effect: Andromeda (developed by the now-defunct BioWare Montreal), all eyes are on Dreadwolf to mark a return to form for the beloved Canadian studio.

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BioWare seems to confirm Commander Shepard for new Mass Effect in now-updated page

Edmonton-based developer BioWare has seemingly leaked a key story detail for its untitled Mass Effect game.

As spotted by YouTube user MrHulthen, the official BioWare Gear store’s listing for a lithograph based on the upcoming game indicated that original Mass Effect trilogy hero Commander Shepard will return:

“The show goes on. Shepard’s final quest may have ended the threat of the Reapers but at great cost including Earth itself. While Shepard and the survivors are left to pick up the pieces, fans are left wondering what’s next.”

However, it’s since been updated to remove any mention of Shepard:

“The show goes on… The threat of the Reapers might have been ended, but at great cost including Earth itself. While the survivors are left to pick up the pieces, fans are left wondering what’s next.”

It’s quite curious, considering this came from an official BioWare page. Since its formal reveal in December 2020, details for the upcoming Mass Effect have been scarce. All BioWare has confirmed is that the game is picking up after the events of Mass Effect 3 and that fan-favourite Shepard companion Liara is returning.

Note: spoilers for Mass Effect 3 to follow:

What’s most interesting about BioWare’s gaffe, however, is that Shepard dies in all but one of Mass Effect 3‘s possible endings. While some fans have speculated on the limited marketing material that is available that Shepard is alive in the new Mass Effect, BioWare has remained coy, simply saying there are “at least five” surprises in the official poster.

In any case, a core appeal of the Mass Effect series its “choose-your-own-adventure” branching narrative. Should Shepard really be alive in the new game, that would make that one Mass Effect 3 ending canon, which would, ostensibly, run counter to the choice-driven ethos of the series. It remains to be seen how BioWare will ultimately thread that needle.

What we do know, though, is that the game is in “early development,” so it likely won’t release for a number of years. In the meantime, BioWare has Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, last year’s remastered collection of the original trilogy, as well as the upcoming fourth Dragon Age game.

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Via: IGN