Edition 564 - December 6, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
weber_dubois22 lets us know that FemShep is featured on GameInformer's GOTY 2012 Cover
tersa lets us know about ME3 MP Operation ONSLAUGHT (Dec 7-10)
sinvraal lets us know about a Dark Horse Joker Comic
northeasy lets us know that BioWare is giving away all DA(II) preorder equipment (FREE)

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Dragon Age
Kotaku - Looks like Dragon Age III will definitely be influenced by Skyrim
Examiner - A Skyrim-esque Dragon Age 3?  New Mass Effect DLC?

Mass Effect
Examiner - A Skyrim-esque Dragon Age 3?  New Mass Effect DLC?
Examiner - Mass Effect Trilogy finally available on PS3
Examiner - Mass Effect 4 stays quiet, new Mass Effect 3 DLC to invoke emotion
BioWare Blog - Operation: Onslaught
Examiner - 'Mass Effect' PS3 suffering from performance issues
Joystiq - Operation: Onslaught overtakes Mass Effect 3 multiplayer this weekend
IBTimes - BioWare hints at new Mass Effect 3 DLC set for grand finale

Star Wars: The Old Republic
SWTOR Strategies - 1.5.2a Patch Notes 12/6/2012
Darth Hater - Patch Notes: 1.5.2a 12/06/2012
TORWars - SWTOR: Patch Notes 1.5.2a
Darth Hater - BioWare explains changes to Vorgath Explosive Conflict encounter
SWTOR Strategies - Valve fixes Steam overlay to work with SWTOR

Other Games
Eurogamer - Revealing Agent, BioWare's spy RPG that didn't survive the recession

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
It's time for Wave Two Authors: Rough Draft Submissions on dragonagebb
It's Boot Camp Thursday at masseffect!
The tentaclebigbang has recently opened for author and artist sign ups!

Fanfiction
WIP
Mass Effect
Certus XX by sinvraal [M, language and violence | Joker]

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