biowarenews | Edition 489 - August 30, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content

tersa lets us know that Mass Effect 3 is on sale at GameStop for $19.99

Off-LJ Content (provided by

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Mass Effect
Joystiq - Mass Effect 3 Wii U port developed by Ausralian studio Straight Right
Eurogamer - Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Review [spoilers]
Kotaku - Mass Effect 3: Leviathan: The Kotaku Review [spoilers]
Electronic Theatre - Mass Effect 3 Play Arts Kai Range Now Available
RPG Site - Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Review [spoilers]
Kotaku - This Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist Might be the Most Fun Mass Effect Marketing I've Seen

Star Wars: The Old Republic
SWTOR Strategies - The Dwindling Dev Tracker
Bitbag - BioWare GM explains Star Wars: The Old Republic free-to-play decision
SWTOR Strategies - Jeff Hickman Interview
TORWars - TORWars Podcast #99: More Character Slots and EA's Change of Heart
Darth Hater - Open Forum: Conventions
Darth Hater - Developer Update: Terror from Beyond
SWTOR - Developer Update - Terror from Beyond

Other Games
Joystiq - Ultima Online maps out remainder of 2012
CNN - 'Ultima Forever' is return to kinder, gentler, thoughtful gaming

Modding & Technical Issues

xenowriter asks for Help with ME2

baxaronn broke Leviathan [spoilers]

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates

dragonagebb has a Wave One: Mandatory Check-in Reminder
It's Boot Camp Thursday on

masseffect!

mebigbang has Author Checkpoint #2 (Optional)
It's Insanity Round at

masseffect

Fanfiction
Complete
Dragon Age
A Chip off the Old Block by

alias_sqbr [G | Male Aeducan, Original Female Character]

WIP
Dragon Age
Warmage, Chapter 15 by

argentumcor [T | Alternate Universe | F!Hawke, Fenris]

Mass Effect
Certus VI by

sinvraal [M, language and violence]
A Taste of Armageddon, Chapter Four by

a_talking_dino [M (language, violence, mild sexual content, adult themes) | F!Shepard/Thane]

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