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How Modders Spent Three Years Remastering
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- The ME3Tweaks modding group is releasing a remastered mod of Mass Effect 3’s cooperative multiplayer mode for the Legendary Edition on PC, completing the work they began with the Pinnacle Station DLC mod in 2021.
- Development started about three years ago, led by modder Mgamerz, who leveraged improved modding tools and collaboration with BioWare to port multiplayer maps and rebuild the mode with new features and progression options.
- The mod includes new multiplayer modes like Coalition and Unified, offers customizable progression and unlock settings to respect players’ time, and adds new store items such as banners from the cancelled Mass Effect: Universe project.
- Unlike the original multiplayer, the mod supports private servers independent of BioWare’s infrastructure, potentially preserving the multiplayer experience beyond the official servers’ shutdown following BioWare’s closure.
- Mgamerz emphasized that the mod is a fan-made rendition meant to complement, not replace, BioWare’s original work, and noted minimal AI use in development, primarily for research and prototyping rather than asset creation.
