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Mass Effect 3 currently has a Bounty Weekend event active. The event entitled Operation: Geronimo takes place from Jan 18th to Jan 20th. See the event details and rewards below. Event Description: Reaper units are identifying and targeting our team medics. To counter, we are increasing training in battlefield medicine for all N7 soldiers, regardless of specialty. By ensuring each soldier can deliver emergency care, we will confuse and frustrate the Reapers into abandoning their strategy. Individual Goal:  Earn any first aid medal on any map at any difficulty. Reward: Commendation Pack 

It looks like we're about to retake Omega and I bet Aria couldn't be more happy. The latest piece of DLC for Mass Effect 3, releasing tomorrow, will see Shepard and the crew team up with Aria as they return to reclaim Omega.

Operation Olympus kicks off this weekend. This Mass Effect 3 Bounty Weekend event will include the following tasks and rewards: Squad Goal : Full extraction from Firebase London using any Kit on any difficulty Allied Goal : Using any Kit/ Map combination against any enemy, complete wave 10 on a combined community total of 200,000 Bronze missions, 175,000 Silver missions and 70,000 Gold missions. Special Circumstance : None Squad Goal Success : All squad members awarded a Commendation Pack Allied Goal Success : All players awarded a Victory Pack Courtesy of Bioware Blog

BioWare has announced today the first piece of Mass Effect 3 single-player DLC headed to the ME 3 universe. Leviathan will see players searching the galaxy for something powerful enough kill a reaper. Players will also delve deeper into the origins of the reapers. The Leviathan DLC will be available later this summer for $10/800 MSP. Additionally BioWare has also revealed the FireFight weapon pack which will feature several powerful weapons for your single-player campaign. This will cost $2/160 MSP and be available on August 7th. Head over to the official BioWare Blog  for more details including the first look at ME 3 on Wii U.

It seems that BioWare has more Mass Effect 3 DLC in the works. According to a listing on MajorNelson.com , a Mass Effect 3: Earth Multiplayer Expansion Pack is scheduled to be released next week Tuesday, July 17th. The is no official word on what the DLC Pack will include but you can be sure that BioWare will let us know in the next coming days.

A week ago we found out that new Mass Effect 3 multiplayer DLC was about to drop in Hong Kong with no word on its States side release. Today BioWare announced the next ME3 DLC codenamed Rebellion, arriving on Xbox Live, Playstation Network and PC next Tuesday, May 29 (May 30 on the PSN in Europe). The DLC, which is free to anyone who redeemed the online pass for Mass Effect 3, will offer new characters, gear, maps and kits. Here's a look at the new classes: Vorcha Soldier Thanks to their unique physiology and their Bloodlust ability, the Vorcha are joining the fight and are perfectly suited for the utilitarian soldier kit. Vorcha Sentinel The innate aggressiveness found within the Vorcha make them shockingly durable combatants, and when coupled with their Flamer skill, the Vorcha sentinel is a force to be reckoned with. Male Quarian Engineer Quarians have spent centuries at perpetual salvage and ship repair; the survival of their species depends on this technical expert...

The next Mass Effect 3 Bounty Weekend has been announced. Beginning Friday, May 25th at 6:00PM PT until Sunday, May 27 at 5:00PM PT, Operation SHIELDWALL will be in effect. Here are the details of this operation. Allied Goal: Promote 50,000 characters. Squad Goal: Promote 3 characters. Special Circumstance: Due to the failure of Operation SILENCER, more banshees will spawn with Reaper enemies and might also spawn with other enemies. Squad Goal Success: Squad members awarded a Commendation Pack. Allied Goal Success: All players awarded a Victory Pack (high chance of containing a Rare weapon). This operation will be available on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Bought to you by BioWare

  Due to the overwhelming number of fans who were disappointed with the ending to Mass Effect 3, BioWare decided to create an Extended Cut Ending. This ending would flesh out some of the holes within the current ending that confused gamers. No one has any idea how this new ending will play out, except BioWare, but now we know who will be part of said ending. Admiral Hackett, EDI and Kaiden will all be included in the DLC. Confirmation comes from their voice actors Lance Henriksen, Tricia Helfer and Raphael Sbrage respectively. You can expect to get your hands on this DLC this summer. On a side note I wanted give my impression of the overall game but I've decided to wait until the Extended Ending before I publish those impression. Although I don't think the extended ending will change my opinion too much.

It seems that Mass Effect 3 is getting more multiplayer content. According to Kotaku  a Sony Hong Kong site revealed the new multiplayer pack call "Rebellion". The Rebellion Multiplayer Expansion opens two new fronts against the Reapers: Firebase Jade's jungle reservoir and Firebase Goddess on Thessia. In-game reinforcement packs now include three new weapons as well as equipment, consumables, and six new classes: Quarian Engineer and Infiltrator, Vorcha Soldier and Sentinel, Phoenix Adept and Vanguard. The battle continues – hold the line! There's no word when this multiplayer pack will be making its way states side. Do players wanted more multiplayer DLC? or do they want BioWare to release the extended ending?

This weekend's Mass Effect 3 multiplayer event is a real scream. Operation Silencer, which takes place from Friday, May 11 at 6PM PST until Monday, May 14 at 5PM PST, has an Allied goal of killing 3 million banshees and a Squad goal of surviving until extraction on gold difficulty. Successfully completion of each goal will grant you a Victory Pack and a Commendation Pack. This Bounty Weekend operation will take place on Xbox 360, PS 3 and PC. Brought to you by BioWare

As there wasn't really an Operation last weekend, this weekends event is turning up the difficulty. Operation Exorcist has players going after 1 million Cerberus Phantoms and surviving until extraction on Gold Difficulty. Now that's quite a feat. Those who manage to complete the two objective will get a Victory Pack and a Commendation Pack respectively. As always the event kicks off this Friday April 27th at 6pm PST and runs until Monday April 30th at 5am PST.

If you're not satisfied with the ending of Mass Effect 3, then you're not alone. Fans of the game have created this, Turn ON/Turn OFF BioWare, community event to show their support and to let BioWare and EA know that the Ending DLC is very important and should be done in a way that properly concludes the series. For more information check out their Facebook event page HERE . [via GamePolitics ]

The next operation for Mass Effect 3 is about to begin. BioWare recently released the Resurgence Multiplayer which includes several new classes, weapons and maps. To go with this release this weekend's event will be codename RESURGENCE. All participating squads in this event will earn +10% experience when playing on the new Firebase maps: Hydra and Condor. In addition if you play this weekend you'll be rewarded with a Reserves Pack which contains one of the new class characters. This operation is only for XBOX360 and PC user and will run from Friday, April 13th at 5PM PST and ends Monday, April 16th at 5AM PST.

So BioWare has listened to what everyone has to say about the ending to Mass Effect 3 and have decided to do something about it. Now I know it is a bit late but I was on my way to PAX when this news dropped . What BioWare will do, sometime this summer, is release an Extended Cut DLC that will provide more closure to the events of Mass Effect 3. What does this mean exactly? Well it means that the ending will not be changing and Shepard will have to make the same choices at the games conclusion. BioWare had this to say about that- Are there going to be more/different endings or ending DLCs in the future? No. BioWare strongly believes in the team’s artistic vision for the end of this arc of the Mass Effect franchise. The extended cut DLC will expand on the existing endings, but no further ending DLC is planned. What you are getting from the DLC is additional cinematics and epilogue scenes that will further expand on what happened at the end of Mass Effect 3. This may not be what ev...

The latest event from BioWare for Mass Effect 3's multiplayer is codenamed Operation Raptor. The goal of Operation Raptor is to have players promote 150,000 characters and 2 characters per individual. If the goal is reached players will be awarded a Victory Pack and individuals will be awarded the Commendation Pack. The event begins Friday at 5PM PST and ends Monday 5AM PST. Get full details HERE .

Mass Effect 3 was release two weeks ago and it was received with acclaim and high praise. This wasn't until gamers got to the end and realized that it was lacking. This sparked a major controversy and public outcry from the players who felt cheated. One even when as far as to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. To address this BioWare's co-founder, Ray Muzyka, posted a blog stating that the ME3 team has been going over all the feedback since the games release. Muzyka promises that the team is currently working on initiatives that will provide further closure to the events of Mass Effect 3. Its good to see a developer take responsibility for its game and make arrangements to satisfy its fan-base. You can expect more on what exactly BioWare has in store come April an you can read the full blog post HERE . [via Kotaku ]

Square Enix continues to provide post-launch DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the form of outfits, weapons and characters. The latest installment will see Serah and Noel fitted into Mass Effect 3 inspired outfits. This move is surprising, it will appeal to the ME3 fans to have their FFXIII-2 characters running around in N7 armor. [via Gametrailers , source Adriasang ]

It's time to finish this fight. BioWare's sci-fi RPG comes to a close as Mass Effect 3 see's series hero Shepard enlist an army to combat the reapers. Prepare for an adventure that is  gripping, action-packed and knows how to emotionally affect the players. This will be a game to remember and the critics agree. MetaCritic:   94 Destructoid:   8.5 GameInformer:   10 GamesRadar:   9 OXM:   10 IGN:   9.5

The Mass Effect 3 Launch trailer prepares you for the fight that is to come.

In less than a month the next installment of Mass Effect will be released. Mass Effect 3 will see changes in several gameplay elements and BioWare has released several videos to give a glimpse at what to expect. There's a video below but check the Cinema page for more.