MASS EFFECT LEGENDARY EDITION

Developer BioWare Publisher Electronic Arts Format PC, PS4, Xbox One Origin Canada Release May 14

BioWare’s space-opera trilogy might still be its finest, so news of this remastered collection was welcomed by enthusiasts of long-form sci-fi storytelling, alien romance and resource mining. The first game will see the most tweaking, naturally, though expect improved textures across all three games and 40 pieces of accompanying DLC (minus one bonus chapter lost to corrupted source code, and the third game’s multiplayer mode). We have to confess, though, looking at the footage we wonder how much of the visual upgrade work has involved lens flare, which is being used in quantities unseen outside the oeuvre of JJ Abrams.