Edition 573 - December 18 & 19, 2012

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News, Events, & Reviews
Off-LJ Content (provided by biowarefeed)
Dragon Age
Tech2 with Day 6 of Game4us 12 Days of Christmas Sale Brings DAII for Rs 499. 

Mass Effect
Gaming Examiner with BioWare Hands Out Free Unlocks for ME3 in Lieu of Bounty Weekend.
Metro with ME Trilogy Review - Complete Story. 
VG247 with ME3 MP Events on Hiatus Over Holidays. 
Geekosystem with That Didn't Take Long: Angry Mob Mistakenly Blames ME for School Shooting.
The Daily Dot with From Pokemon to ME3: The Year in Video Games. 

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Darth Hater with Patch Notes: 1.6.1. 
Darth Hater with Pre-Order Rise of the Hutt Cartel Expansion Today. 
TORWars with Podcast #123: Starship Upgrades, Damion Schubert's Thoughts and SGRA.
Darth Hater with Column: PvP. 
Examiner with EA and BioWare Go Back on Promise to Release Makeb Free to Subscribers. 
Darth Hater with Crowd Control: 'd Buy That For A Dollar!
SWTOR Strategies with TOR TV: Sometimes You Get Wipes at 1% and Sometimes THIS Happens.
TORWars with Video Guide: SWTOR Cha Raaba Assault/Thanium Disruption Heroic Space Mission. 

Other News
BioWare Blog with Winter Break. 
Kotaku with The Case of the Made-Up BioWare Interview. 

Gameplay/Tactics Discussion
masseffect hosts Tactics Tuesday. 
masseffect hosts the Insanity Round. 

New Communities, Challenges, & Community Updates
masseffect posts about an extension to the Secret Santa deadline. 

Icons/Headers/Wallpapers/Graphics
Secret Santa gift for susako from jessieheart [Kasumi | Icons]

Fanart & Creative Endeavors
Secret Santa gift for popehippo from lyandar [Commander Shepard | Citadel Souvenir Mug]
Secret Santa gift for sabrielrose from downy_fae [F!Shepard/Kaidan | Fanart]
Secret Santa gift for oddlittleturtle from sinvraal [F!Shepard | Fanart]
Secret Santa gift for wake_the_dragon from zweihand [F!Shepard/Joker | Fanart]
Secret Santa gift for gr33n from starpanties [M!Shepard/Ashley | Fanart]

Fanmixes & Songs
Secret Santa gift for susako from jessieheart [Kasumi | Fanmix]


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