Edition 548 - November 15, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
tersa lets us know about scattered reports that EA Origin may be hacked
tersa posts a follow-up to her potential EA Origin hack post
tersa lets us know  it's ME3 multi-player Operation Gearhead (Nov 16-18)

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Dragon Age
Eurogamer - First Dragon Age 3 screenshot revealed as BioWare art and animation director praises Frostbite 2 (spoilers)
Examiner - First 'Dragon Age III' screenshot popping up all over the internet (spoilers)
Examiner - 'Dragon Age III' gets some brief showing off

Mass Effect
Cinema Blend - Mass Effect 3 Omega DLC screenshot reveals Nyreen (spoilers)
Joystiq - BioWare Montreal's Mass Effect game runs on Frostbite
Escapist - BioWare Montreal takes over Mass Effect
GameZone - BioWare 'exploring new directions' with Mass Effect 4
PC Gamer - BioWare "answering the call" of Black Ops 2 players with Mass Effect 2 discs
GameZone - BioWare offers free Mass Effect Trilogy codes for those with faulty Call of Duty Black Ops 2 discs
Kotaku - From Pong to Mass Effect 3: Time names 100 best games of all time

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Darth Hater - Developer Update: Nightmare Mode Explosive Conflict
SWTOR - Welcome to Game Update 1.5: HK-51 Activated
SWTOR - Star Wars: The Old Republic launches free-to-play option today
SWTOR Strategies - Game Update 1.5: HK-51 Activated 11/15/2012
TORWars - Game Update 1.5 and Free-to-Play now Live!
Darth Hater - Cartel Coin Store Now Available
TORWars - Official Press Release for Free to Play
TORWars - SWTOR: Emergency Maintenance, November 16th
Darth Hater - Maintenance: November 16
Darth Hater - Patch Notes: Game Update 1.5 (Final)
TORWars - Official Game Update 1.5 Patch Notes
Gamespy - SWTOR will (hopefully) be free-to-play today

Other Games
Inside Mac Games - Trent Oster discusses Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
Wave One Drafts are due TODAY in dragonagebb
It's Boot Camp Thursday at masseffect!

Fanfiction
Complete
Mass Effect
The Longest Distance by squirrellysemantics (Tumblr) with art by doomcheese (Tumblr) [Dr Who/Mass Effect crossover | NC17 in places, violence, sexual situations | male Shepard/Kaidan]

WIP
Mass Effect
Certus XVII by sinvraal [M, language and violence | James Vega]

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