I'm sure there are many sci-fi inspired pants-tent parties in at least a few computer rooms as I write this: Mass Effect 3 has gone gold ahead of its March 9 release. And that is of course confirmation there be no further delay and we'll all be playing as Shepard very shortly. If you're not sure what going 'gold' is, it simply means the game is finished and is ready to be written to discs for distribution. Joy....

Scott McLaughlin has won his first digital V8 Supercars race after Tatts.com Racing's Mitchell McLeod jumped the start and had to serve a stop-and-go penalty. Scott, a driver in the Australian Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series and New Zealand V8 Touring Car Series, spoke highly of how iRacing is doing positive things for his ability in real racing.

During the post-race V8SOnline.com.au broadcast interview, Scott commented on behalf of fellow V8 driver Shane Van Gisbergen and himself explaining...

Quite a few members here at GU have been keenly anticipating more news on the forthcoming Unreal Engine based mech shooter, Hawken. If you missed the trailer, check it out! It turns out that the beta sign-up for the free-to-play Indie creation has just gone live! The game is due on December 12 of this year, but we're assuming beta access will be granted well before that.


Anyway, head on over and get registered: www.playhawken.com...

Another Aliens: Colonial Marines treat has arrived in the shape of the gameplay trailer that has been embedded here for your viewing pleasure. Since the news of the delayed release Gearbox has revealed its plans for multiplayer component showing "very soon" having given it "a huge amount of attention". Stayed tuned for that!

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The guys over at Unknown Worlds have just deployed build 194, titled "Gorilla". In celebration of this release they've also release a new three minute trailer which is sure to impress fans of the IP and sci-fi alike. A long, long list of changes, additions and fixes have been made. Here's a list of the key features:

• You can now evolve to Onos when your team has three hives.
• The Onos can toss marines with his Gore attack, smash structures and Stomp on the ground, sending a shockwave that

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I've spent the last three weeks getting married, going on a honeymoon, diving The Great Barrier Reef and getting The Bends. It seems a lot went on while I was gone, but rather than spam your RSS, Twitter and Facebook feeds with a dozen new articles, I thought a summary of those stories would be best, prior to business as usual.

• Classic Syndicate infiltrates GOG on Jan. 19
• Max Payne 3 Trailer Explores the New Combat Mechanics
• Infinity Ward working on 'next-gen' Call of Duty?[

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Care to have a stab at Asura's Wrath, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City or Street Fighter X Tekken? How about Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the PlayStation Vita? You can do just that on February 1st at the "Super Ultimate Showcase" if you live in Sydney or are willing to make the trek. The classic-arcade themed event, rumoured to be giving away an arcade machine to one lucky chap, is indeed a public event - but you do need to register. Spots are limited, so if you want to attend you'll need to ema...

There's some nervous anxiety building amongst fans of the Max Payne franchise, as it has been dormant for a decade and Max Payne 3 is being developed by Rockstar with no input from the original developer, Remedy Entertainment. Rest assured that Remedy are very happy with how it's all turning out.

Remedy's head of franchise development "Ozz" Hakkinen told Kotaku, when asked what his thoughts on Max Payne 3 were, that it's "Brilliant." He continued on to say "We absolutely love what they've...

It looks like we're stuck with another Origin exclusive for the third instalment of the massively popular Mass Effect franchise. Being released on March 8, BioWare has made the announcement that the game will be available through EA's Origin service and a number of third-party retailers, but due to "restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content" we won't see it on Steam. "We are intent on providing Mass Effect to p...