Earlier right now BioWare introduced a brand new piece of merch for Mass Impact followers: a statue of Commander Shepard from the opening of Mass Impact 2, the place when you want reminding they’re discovered useless and floating in house. 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 all the things was OK on the BioWare Gear Retailer.
The statue, launched as a part of a variety 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 Impact Shepard’s Dying Statue depicts Mass Impact 2’s dramatic opening scene: Commander Shepard expelled from a crumbling Normandy and hurtling by means of house to her premature demise”.
That’s a…bizarre factor to seize in a statue, weirder nonetheless when it’s pitched that means 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 saying the statue, however pull the statue itself from their on-line retailer as effectively. In a press release issued this night, BioWare say:
Hello all,
Earlier right now, we introduced the sale of our newest Mass Impact Shepard statue. This statue was supposed to be a part of a collection commemorating among the key and most emotional moments within the collection. The way in which we introduced it didn’t convey that correctly, nor does it give the second within the collection the credit score it deserves.
Consequently, we’ll be pausing gross sales on the statue till we are able to share the bigger plan with you.
Thanks,
BioWare Gear Retailer
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