After confirming that the Mass Effect trilogy would not be coming to the Playstation 3, BioWare CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka commented that “the most important thing is quality, so we’re never going to compromise that.” Does that mean that developing for PS3 would compromise quality?

Here’s yet another instance of nit-picking someone’s words. While most 360 fans will almost certainly assume this is what Dr. Ray was saying (taking a subtle stab at the PS3), I think it’s more than likely he just thinks starting development on Mass Effect for another console would be detrimental to the momentum they already have on the 360.

Mass Effect was always slated as a 360 exclusive and was planned out long before the EA deal. Everyone thought the Mass Effect sequels would go multiplatform because of EA, but BioWare probably feels it would just slow them down. After all, if the 360’s successor is supposed to be out by 2010 (ha!) and the whole Mass Effect trilogy is supposed to be on 360, BioWare is working on a very limited time frame.

Then again, maybe he was ever so subtly professing his love for Xbox since BioWare was Xbox exclusive up until now. Who knows? Dr. Ray knows, but I’m sure he’ll never come out and explicitly confirm anything. That’s just not how BioWare rolls. They remain morally ambiguous and let you, the gamer, decide for yourself.

Source: XboxOz360

Steam, Valve’s download service, has been picking up…city crims, in the form of the Grand Theft Auto 3 Trilogy.

GTA1 & 2 have been available to download for years, but it would be quite the gift from Rockstar to get these more recent titles.

However, the release of the GTA trilogy isn’t yet certain. The games have only had a phantom appearance on Steam, with $0 price tag. Unlike their predecessors we doubt they’ll be free.

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With GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas on Steam, what could come after that but the next generation sequel, Grand Theft Auto 4? If such a release is in the pipeline, we expect it would only be a year or so after the initial console release.

Source: Steam Forums