Edition 470 - August 2, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
On-LJ Content
luslanz lets us know that Leviathan DLC has been announced for Mass Effect 3!

Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Mass Effect
BioWare Blog - Mass Effect 3 Leviathan & Firefight DLC and Wii U information [Spoilers]
Examiner - Mass Effect 3 Leviathan and Firefight DLC details released [Spoilers]
IBTimes - Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Single-Player DLC Announced [Spoilers]
Game Rant - Mass Effect 3 Leviathan Mission Details, Pricing, and Length [Spoilers]
Kotaku - Mass Effect 3's new single player DLC delves into the origins of the Reapers [spoilers]
Examiner - How Mass Effect 3 uses the Wii U GamePad touchscreen
Slashgear - BioWare details Leviathan and Firefight Mass Effect 3 DLC

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Gamer Front - The Old Republic goes free to play
SWTOR Strategies - New SWTOR Content on the Way
Forbes - Star Wars: The Old Republic is going Free-to-Play this Fall
Examiner - Be a Jedi Knight for free: Play 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' at no charge
Joystiq - Hands-on with Mass Effect 3 for Wii U

Other Games
Games.on.net - BioWare on revamping Ultima
Strategy Informer - Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar is 'a story of a journey with choice'
SWTOR Strategies - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Restored Content Mod

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
mebigbang has a Note for Artists!
It's Boot Camp Thursday at masseffect!

Fanfiction
WIP
Mass Effect
sinvraal with Certus 1 [M, language and violence]
a_talking_dino with A Taste of Armageddon [M (language, violence, mild sexual content) | F!Shepard/Thane]
oddlittleturtle with Redundant Chapter 62 [M | Tali'Zorah, Garrus, Alenko, Williams, Liara, Dr Chakwas]

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Edition 471 - August 3, 2012

[cherith.livejournal.com]

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News, Events, & Reviews
Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
SWTOR Free to Play and the Anonymous BioWare Employee
LucasArts president Paul Meegan steps down after two years
MTSBWY: Droidfriend – Justin Bieber Boyfriend Parody
Column: Community Events (8/3/12)

Fanart & Creative Endeavors
This Week's MsPixel from bean_bunny

WIP
Dragon Age
The Six Escape Attempts (and Single Escape) of Anders - Part One by crookykanks [Anders/Karl | PG] Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven

Miscellaneous
Shore Leave Friday at masseffect

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