Tash is a self-diagnosed gaming fanatic with a doctorate in Psychology. She's also a self-confessed Mass Effect fangirl and will likely talk your ears off if you ever get her started on the subject. A lover of all things RPG and adventure, she has more gamer related action figures and memorabilia than any 30 something year old professional has a right to own, and has spent more time than she’d like to admit to daydreaming about exactly what she would do should the Zombie Apocalypse actually happen.
Surprisingly, there are other things happening in the world of video games this week other than the release of Mass Effect 3. I know – I was shocked to discover this. One such thing is the release of the Pirelli Car Pack for Forza 4, which will be releasing March 6. The pack will provide ten new vehicles to the game, including cars from all the heavy hitting giants such as Ferrari, Aston Martin and BMW.
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Bethesda’s fantasy RPG power-hitter has taken home more awards, and it’s at this point that I wonder why people even bother to nominate other games in the categories that Skyrim is nominated in, because seriously – they are never going to win. The awards on this occassion were from Norway’s Gullstikka and Skyrim walked away with four shiny new wins: Best Adventure/RPG, Best Game, Best PC game and Best Console Game. I expect if the awards had a ‘Best game ever of this century in the history of ever’ award, that Skyrim would have won that too.
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Excellent news for Little Space Heroes fans, with Bubble Gum Interactive announcing that a series of cartoons based on their whimsical sci-fi-themed online game for kids is in production. Focusing on the backstory of Little Space Heroes, the cartoons will be made available for a variety of mediums (including mobile, online and tv broadcast). Two Australian Industry heavy-hitters will join the Bubble Gum Interactive team to produce the comics, with the Little Space Heroes virtual universe receiving funding from Screen Australia.
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Mass Effect 3 is almost here, and Bioware have released what we’ve all been waiting for – the official launch trailer. And if you thought the Mass Effect 2 launch trailer was good – just wait until you see this one.
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Excellent news for DC Universe Online players, with game update 10 now live. The main feature of the update is the overhauled On Duty UI which will now look and feel a lot more like the layout of the game’s mission journal.
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What do we want? New DLC! When do we want it? …March 20th. Ok, so maybe that doesn’t have such a nice ring to it, but the first DLC pack for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will be officially releasing March 20, and it will provide players with a whole new Island to play in.
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Here’s something for all you Baldur’s Gate fans – and I know we have a few here. Beamdog, the firm who sports quite a few ex-Bioware employees, has given the old Baldur’s Gate website an impressive new coat of paint – updating it to include a very swanky looking new graphic in addition to a rousing new song.
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Great news for fans of the Assassin’s Creed series of games, with Ubisoft deciding to announce via its Facebook Page that “a major announcement from Assassin’s Creed is only days away.” So there we have an announcement to announce and announcement! Joy of joys!
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Sadly even the larger studios aren’t immune to job losses and company restructuring, with Blizzard announcing today that 600 employees will lose their jobs as a result of a global reduction in workforce.
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We are T-minus 5 days and counting here in the lead up to the Mass Effect 3 launch, and it’s no surprise that we have yet another Mass Effect themed news story for you. This time, it’s a spoiler free tour of the new Normandy.
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