Bioware Responds to Fan Outrage

Earlier today Bioware's Co-Founder, Dr. Ray Muzyka, posted a response on the Bioware Blog to all of the fans disappointed by Mass Effect 3's ending.  From what I see, Bioware is handling this better than any other company I could imagine if they were in this same situation, and for that, I believe they deserve respect simply for listening to their fans.  On his post, he addressed how:

It’s incredibly painful to receive feedback from our core fans that the game’s endings were not up to their expectations. Our first instinct is to defend our work and point to the high ratings offered by critics – but out of respect to our fans, we need to accept the criticism and feedback with humility.

It's nice to see a company who really listens to their fans, and defends their work by taking criticism and using it to improve their game.  We will be hearing more about how Bioware is going to handle the endings in April.

In related news, the "Demand a Better Ending to Mass Effect 3" protest has gained over 50,000 likes on Facebook, and over 5,000 followers on Twitter.  They have also been working to more organize themselves, by getting pages setup in other languages, working on a website, and creating more ideas to support the movement.  Someone also organized a Child's Play Charity Drive to help petition Bioware, which has raised over $77,000 dollars for Child's Play.

It's amazing how a disappointing ending can not only spark uproar all over the internet and get Bioware's attention, but also bring gamers together. 

Batman: Arkham Asylum for 99 Cents

OnLive is offering Arkham Asylum for the crazy low price of 99 cents to celebrate receiving 45K Facebook fans!  You all can get in on this deal by putting in this code when you go to buy the game on OnLive "99CENTS".  If you were a bit late, OnLive is donating $1 for each additional facebook fan by Monday Night to Childs Play!

Humble Indie Bundle #3 Launches With Five More Great Indie Games

The two previous Humble Indie Bundles were a huge success. Using a pay-what-you-want platform raising millions of dollars for developers as well as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play charities.

The third bundle launched earlier today, and as of this writing it's currently racked up over $255,000 in sales with that number constantly growing. You can even watch as the site's money counter updates in real-time.

Humble Indie Bundle #3 includes Hammerfight, Cogs, VVVVVV, And Yet It Moves, and Crayon Physics Deluxe. All five of these games will run on Windows, Mac, and Linux with no DRM restrictions, and each will come with Steam keys.

I've only played VVVVVV and Cogs, but I can vouch for both of them. It goes without saying that these bundles usually include the best of the best the indie world has to offer, so it safe to assume we'll be getting some quality games.

Pay-what-you-want is exactly what it sounds like, you choose what you think you should pay for these games. The average contribution is $4.25, if money situation is tight though you're open to go lower.

If you want to be a real good person though you can try and pay more than the current top contributers one of whom is Minecraft creator Notch. Each donating over $2000 to a good cause.