Edition 651 - March 28, 2013

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Dragon Age
PC Gamer - Next Mass Effect and Dragon Age 3 will use the Frostbite 3 engine
Examiner - 'Mass Effect 4', possibly 'Dragon Age 3' will use the Frostbite 3 engine
Playstation Universe - BioWare confirms Frostbite 3 for Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 4
Examiner - 'Dragon Age 3' and 'Mass Effect 4' graphics engine details revealed
Gameranx - Dragon Age III writer calls the idea Female Protagonists Don't Sell 'Accepted' Industry Wisdom
Kotaku - Don't expect the next Dragon Age or Mass Effect on Wii U
Forbes - Dragon Age 3, next Mass Effect to use Frostbite 3: Best and Worst News Ever, Obviously

Mass Effect
PC Gamer - Next Mass Effect and Dragon Age 3 will use the Frostbite 3 engine
Examiner - 'Mass Effect 4', possibly 'Dragon Age 3' will use the Frostbite 3 engine
Playstation Universe - BioWare confirms Frostbite 3 for Dragon Age 3, Mass Effect 4
Examiner - 'Dragon Age 3' and 'Mass Effect 4' graphics engine details revealed
Kotaku - Don't expect the next Dragon Age or Mass Effect on Wii U
Forbes - Dragon Age 3, next Mass Effect to use Frostbite 3: Best and Worst News Ever, Obviously

Star Wars: The Old Republic
SWTOR Strategies - Is LucasArts facing a shutdown?
TORWars - Around the Galaxy: Star Wars VII, It's Happening!
VG Revolution - SWTOR Rise of the Hutt Cartel Expansion launches April 14th
TORWars - James Ohlen speaks about SWTOR at GDC 2013
SWTOR Strategies - Game Developers Conference 2013: James Ohlen talks about SWTOR's woes during launch
SWTOR Strategies - How non-paying players can positively impact a game's success

Other News
BioWare Blog - Blog: (Senior Level Designer) Dusty Everman
VG247 - BioWare debates 'accepted' industry view that female stars don't sell

Modding & Technical Issues
pkbitchgirl has a problem using TexMod with Mass Effect 3
yesthatnagia asks for help about a crash during the Leviathan DLC Harvester boss fight (ME3)

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
It's Boot Camp Thursday at masseffect!
April 1st is the 1st Checkup & Kick Off for mebigbang!

Fanfiction
WIP
Dragon Age
Dawn of the Magic Age, Chapter 8, by caseychutackle [M, violence and sex | MaleRogueHawke/Anders, Carver/Merrill, Sebastian+???]

Mass Effect
Certus XXXII, by sinvraal [M, language and violence | Javik]

Miscellaneous
tyloric posts a photo of German Shepard Shepherd wearing an N7 doggy jumper
maimh asks if anyone else has had dreams involving the Mass Effect universe

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