Mass Effect 3 will require Origin

News has it that Mass Effect 3 will require Origin for both physical and digital copies. So for those not a fan of Origin you may want to give this a miss.

Biowares Chris Priestly has come out to say quite obvious things related to the games connection to EAs digital distribution system like both digital and physical copies will require "a one time, single authorisation for the for the single player" and that "there is no limit to the number of installs. Playing Mass Effect 3 multi-player will require will require a constant connection". 

Who would have thought playing multi-player would require an online connection. You know because we haven't been playing multiplayer games online for years now have we. Why he even mentioned the limit on the amount you can install a game you have rightly purchased I don't even know. I install games I own on a number of different computers and have uninstalled and reinstalled games numerous times. I don't need someone to tell me I can install my game where ever and when I want, I already know that. 

According to IGNs piece on this he has mentioned it not being on Steam due to their "restrictive terms of service", the exact phrase that was used last time Valve and EA had problems, I think with Battlefield along with some other games getting pulled. We can sit and debate all day long about the reasoning behind it whether you think Steam have got restrictive ToS or it's EAs way to narrow the competition a little. The thing that annoys me most is the fact that neither side have actually came out and said exactly what these terms are. Every bit of news about this is vague, "it limits how developers interact with customers to sell downloadable content". That doesn't explain anything. How does it do that? It can't be about only selling DLC through Steam as many GFWL games do exactly that, Bioshock 2 being a prime example as I have bought DLC through the GFWL store for my Steam copy of Bioshock 2, I'm sure many other games apply to my theory here as well. I would be less annoyed if they just came out and said we don't like it due to this, this and these parts of your terms and actually provide these terms for people so they actually understand what is going on, rather than sitting behind vague and blatantly prepared comments on the matter. I want actual answers, not pish (I'm bringing pish back it's not used enough) people will be "yeah, okay, whatever" then forget about.

Anyway I digress, long story short if you were hoping on picking up the latest installment of Mass Effect on Steam, think again. Just remember you have an unlimited amount of installs when you get it.......

EA ban SWTOR players for 'Exploit'

It seems EA are wielding the ban hammer in their new Star Wars mmo. The reason? Design flaws. Apparently low level characters can do a chest run in a 40+ area resulting in loot for those that dare it. So instead of doing the reasonable thing and patching this flaw out. You know like most other mmos would do. Put some enemies near the chests which would kill them or lock the area for lower levels, they throw around bans and warnings. Most game have or have had design flaws which allow people who find them to exploit them. But in this day and age we have the ability to easily distribute patches to the masses that play these game. Patches with could easily solve this problem and not make people lose out on the money they pay to play this game. I don't agree with this at all. Welcome to the world of mmos, if people find flaws in designs and take advantage of it while they can before it's patched, it's happened in many well known ones such as WoW and Guild Wars, the game ecomony all ways balances its self out over time as the players control it.

By the logic they are using there power levelling should be a bannable offence as well as the low levels will be in high level areas getting you guessed it high level loot. Meh I don't really care anyway as the next MMO I am getting is Guild Wars 2. But is finding flaws really a bannable offense? I wouldn't say so. If people find out about them, the developers will as well. Which leads to them patching it which leads to less flaws which leads to a better game in general. So does it matter that a few people get a little extra from this? No. Ecomonys in mmos always fluctuate. The sooner they learn that the better. The loot in the chests will be quite high in price at the moment but as more and more people get to that stage in the game it will cancel it out. It's how these things work ffs.