Bioware Confirms Mass Effect 3 Story Leaks, Microsoft Blows It Out Of Proportion

Way to go, Bioware. Talk about handling the situation incompetently, and talk about being absolute d***s.

The source

This basically confirms that the leaked story- which read like a God awful fan fiction, by the way- is real.

*facepalm*

EDIT:

In case anyone wants to read the leaked spoilers, click here. BE WARNED, THERE ARE MAJOR SPOILERS CONTAINED HEREIN

EDIT 2: As it turns out, it was Microsoft that sent the C&D notice to NeoGAF. Talk about masking your own incompetence with MORE incompetence :lol:

In any case, I apologize for any harsh remakrs I may have directed towards Bioware because of this incident now. Consider all of those directed at Microsoft now.

EDIT 3:

To everyone hating on the game's story because it doesn't reflect ANY choices you made in the last two games, keep in mind that this is supposed to be the default story reflecting only one type of playthrough. That is, this is likely the story of the game if you don't import a save file from the previous games. The story of YOUR game is likely to be different based on what kind of save file you imported.

Seriously, STOP HATING.

They say that the informations is out of date yet don't want it to spoil the story for people?

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

They don't want people to spoil the game?

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

airshocker

They say that the informations is out of date yet don't want it to spoil the story for people?

gameofthering

The cat is out of the bag Bioware. Too late to pretend the leak didn't happen.KC_Hokie

They aren't, they even admitted it happened.

Who's complaining about anything? a) Bioware acted like a bunch of d***s sending a C&D notice to an independent non profit non affiliated gaming forum Infringement of free speech, actually b) It's not as if removing the thread from NeoGAF will do anything, the story is out there on the internet, you could literally google it now and get a thousand hits.charizard1605

You are.

They have the script copyrighted. They're well within their rights to force ANYBODY to take the leaks off their website. What right do you have to read it? It's also not an infringement on free-speech. Not per the SCOTUS.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]The cat is out of the bag Bioware. Too late to pretend the leak didn't happen.GD1551

They aren't, they even admitted it happened.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

charizard1605

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]The cat is out of the bag Bioware. Too late to pretend the leak didn't happen.KC_Hokie

They aren't, they even admitted it happened.

Because one of the main draws of mass effect is the story, why would they want people spoiling it 5 months before release date?

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="GD1551"]

They aren't, they even admitted it happened.

GD1551

Because one of the main draws of mass effect is the story, why would they want people spoiling it 5 months before release date?

Way to go, Bioware. Talk about handling the situation incompetently, and talk about being absolute d***s.

The source

This basically confirms that the leaked story- which read like a God awful fan fiction, by the way- is real.

*facepalm*

charizard1605

The bolded is pretty much how Bioware rolls these days.

It is a shame how much more competent studios like Radon Labs gets defunct while Bioware thrives. Radon Labs who made Drakensang and the sequel The River of Time, 2 games that play very similar to Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age: Origins.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Who's complaining about anything? a) Bioware acted like a bunch of d***s sending a C&D notice to an independent non profit non affiliated gaming forum Infringement of free speech, actually b) It's not as if removing the thread from NeoGAF will do anything, the story is out there on the internet, you could literally google it now and get a thousand hits.airshocker

You are.

They have the script copyrighted. They're well within their rights to force ANYBODY to take the leaks off their website. What right do you have to read it? It's also not an infringement on free-speech. Not per the SCOTUS.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]Who's complaining about anything? a) Bioware acted like a bunch of d***s sending a C&D notice to an independent non profit non affiliated gaming forum Infringement of free speech, actually b) It's not as if removing the thread from NeoGAF will do anything, the story is out there on the internet, you could literally google it now and get a thousand hits.airshocker

You are.

They have the script copyrighted. They're well within their rights to force ANYBODY to take the leaks off their website. What right do you have to read it? It's also not an infringement on free-speech. Not per the SCOTUS.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

charizard1605

The more I read about this game, the less I want to play it. Good going Bioware.foxhound_fox

The more I read about this game, the less I want to play it. Good going Bioware.foxhound_fox

Here's a solution, don't read the story leaks...

Now I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think it works like that. They can't sue someone for copyright infringement for just posting the script. They're not stealing it and calling it their own. They're not using it to gain money nor are they changing it to suit their desires. The credit is being given to Bioware so they can't really do anything about it. Not to mention that removing it from 1 site will do nothing. Someone please correct me if I am wrong because like I said, I'm not a lawyer.SF_KiLLaMaN

Perhaps you need to reread what I said. I never even mentioned anybody suing anybody. A cease and desist letter is not Bioware suing GAF.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

charizard1605

The more I read about this game, the less I want to play it. Good going Bioware.foxhound_fox

I don't understand. Getting upset that someone leaked your biggest coming release story/script thing and getting PO'd about it is a bad thing?

Wtf?

TC please add this to the first post:

To anyone who wants to read the leaked story documents telling us spoilers about the plot of ME3, just go here: http://pastebin.com/KYJNWGug

The reason why this is lame is how they approached it. C&D really now? They easily could of sent a message to admins about it and just ask, but not only that, it was a self contained spoilers thread anyway, meaning that only people who wanted to have the game spoiled for them would go into the thread.

Also, sending a C&D over this, they had to know it would cause a big deal when they could of easily handled it silently. Pretty stupid way of handling it honestly.

Have you guys read the ME3 wikipedia page yet? Do it now. Something tells me newt-gingrich was involved.

As long as I can continue to save the universe and kick some Reaper and Geth ass, i'll be more than satisfied. Heil68

This game is gonna suck anyhow

Why are people so mad over this? I don't understand it but whatever. So yeah bioware used sent a CD notice, so what? You would a board that is frequented by many developers would be more understanding of the situation.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]The more I read about this game, the less I want to play it. Good going Bioware.gameguy6700

I haven't heard anything about this leak. What was so bad about the story?

Why are people so mad over this? I don't understand it but whatever. So yeah bioware used sent a CD notice, so what? You would a board that is frequented by many developers would be more understanding of the situation.

GD1551

^^^ This. I don't see the reason for hate towards BioWare at all.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="airshocker"]

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

Inconsistancy

Is there any better way to get people to look at the story leaks than pointing a gun/C&D at neogaf?
These companies think they own us and the law but they can't do anything right :lol:

A C&D, really? They didn't need to go that far lol.

[QUOTE="Inconsistancy"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] Who's complaining about anything? a) Bioware acted like a bunch of d***s sending a C&D notice to an independent non profit non affiliated gaming forum Infringement of free speech, actually b) It's not as if removing the thread from NeoGAF will do anything, the story is out there on the internet, you could literally google it now and get a thousand hits. MacBoomStick

GameSpot doesn't have freedom of speech?

http://pastebin.com/KYJNWGug = Leaked story files

I wouldn't be able to post this if GameSpot prevented freedom of speech.

[QUOTE="MacBoomStick"][QUOTE="Inconsistancy"] Those forums are PRIVATE, there is NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Can I call people here stupid, no, I get modded, where's my freedom of speech? Oh yea, I don't have any here. peterw007

GameSpot doesn't have freedom of speech?

http://pastebin.com/KYJNWGug = Leaked story files

I wouldn't be able to post this if GameSpot prevented freedom of speech.

[QUOTE="gameguy6700"][QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]The more I read about this game, the less I want to play it. Good going Bioware.Techn0holic89

[spoiler] I just read the script, It's pretty apperent that you will at some point will met and help either Legion or Tali. How would that work if they both died in Mass effect 2? There seem half the game is based around meeting old characters, I don't see how that could be if most of them died in Mass effect 2. [/spoiler]

NeoGAF has different rules and may not take something down that gamespot would.

MacBoomStick

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

Oh god, you can't read the ME3 storyline now! Guess you'll just have to wait until it's released, like the rest of us. :roll:

The things people on this board complain about baffles me.

charizard1605