Earlier in the present day BioWare introduced a brand new piece of merch for Mass Effect followers: a statue of Commander Shepard from the opening of Mass Effect 2, the place if you happen to want reminding they’re discovered lifeless and floating in area. The statue was accompanied by a barely odd press launch, and the mix of the 2 has led to quite a lot of followers spending the day questioning if the whole lot was OK on the BioWare Gear Store.
The statue, launched as a part of a spread that additionally options Kaidan, Thane and the Illusive Man, was pitched in a press launch as a “dialog starter”, and described it as “The Mass Effect Shepard’s Death Statue depicts Mass Effect 2’s dramatic opening scene: Commander Shepard expelled from a crumbling Normandy and hurtling by way of area to her premature demise”.
That’s a…bizarre factor to seize in a statue, weirder nonetheless when it’s pitched that manner and also you see the sculpt:
To be clear, no person is offended at this. It’s simply…bizarre! And so many individuals thought in order that, having had a day of suggestions, BioWare have determined to not solely pull the press launch asserting the statue, however pull the statue itself from their on-line retailer as properly. In a press release issued this night, BioWare say:
Hi all,
Earlier in the present day, we introduced the sale of our newest Mass Effect Shepard statue. This statue was supposed to be a part of a collection commemorating a few of the key and most emotional moments within the collection. The manner we introduced it didn’t convey that correctly, nor does it give the second within the collection the credit score it deserves.
As a consequence, we’ll be pausing gross sales on the statue till we will share the bigger plan with you.
Thanks,
BioWare Gear Store
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