Mass Effect 2 gets new box art design

Posted Nov 17th 2009 7:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: RPG, Mass Effect Series

It's unusual for a publisher to go back and redesign the box art for a game. Yet that's what Bioware and Electronic Arts have decided to do with the artwork for the Mass Effect 2 retail release. You can check out the original artwork in our earlier August 2 story.

We are not quite sure why the companies decided to go back and do a revamp of the box art. Quite frankly the original looks more dynamic and action packed to us. This new version seems to have the characters in less dynamic poses. Oh well, marketing was never our strong point.

Gallery: Mass Effect 2 Screenshots

Tags: bioware, ea, electronic-arts, mass-effect-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

I like the new one better. I didn't like the way he was running in the original.Posted at 11:59PM on Nov 17th 2009 by Redmist

Is that Shepherd's mom on the box or what?Posted at 1:33AM on Nov 18th 2009 by smi04

Hahaha... I love how when I clicked back to that August article, the reviewer is "meh" on the box art which doesn't convey the "space opera" scope of the game, and yet here he bemoans the new artwork as "less dynamic".
No making you happy, is there Mr. Callaham. (It's ok... I understand. I set the bar really high for BioWare too. I'm confident the game will deliver though, no matter what the box looks like.)Posted at 10:56AM on Nov 19th 2009 by Froggy

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