Aired on US television during the latest episode of AMC's Walking Dead is the full length CG trailer that so many Mass Effect fans have been hanging out for. The Mass Effect 3 trailer in question, titled "Take Earth Back", is now on YouTube, so we've embedded it here for you to watch. And it's amazing. In other Mass Effect news, publisher Electronic Arts are sending copies into space. Yes, literally launching copies of the game into space, using weather balloons that will be released in major ca...

Sure, we can't buy Syndicate in Australia upon the February 21 release, but you can import it - and it sure looks well worth the trouble. This latest excellent trailer is again scored by Nero so make sure you give it a watch. "With no government to question their intentions or actions, the three mega corporations - Eurocorp, Cayman Global, and Aspari - are at the forefront and Business is War," says EA.

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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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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...

While most of you have now heard the heartbreaking news that Syndicate is banned in Australia, don't let it get you down. You can always connect to a VPN for a digital purchase, or find international stores to buy from. While you contemplate how exactly you're going to purchase Syndicate, check out this latest Deep-Dive showcasing co-op.

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Origin has begun cancelling all Syndicate pre-orders by Australians, due to it being banned in Australia. Sharing the sentiment of EA in their official response...

Following yesterday's refusal of classification for Syndicate...

Freddie Wong is at it again, this time for the boys over at EA Games and their blockbuster title Battlefield 3. We've already seen a slew of trailers for Battlefield 3 that include hit songs and live action, but it seems EA want to cover all bases and have employed the genius of FreddieW to bring a touch of comedy to their marketing effort. You'll spot the forklift from BF3's recent Karkand expansion in the embed below, as well as Sam and Niko from Corridor Digital. This trailer was conceived, ...

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand landed on Xbox 360 and PC last night. If you weren't aware, it has already been available on the PlayStation 3 for a week. Owners of the Limited Edition get the DLC pack including Wake Island, Strike at Karkand, Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula at no extra charge. For those that didn't buy a LE copy of BF3, you'll have to shell out a few extra bucks for it. With the release is a new gameplay trailer, embedded below, featuring gameplay on Sharqi Peninsula. We'll be havi...

Generals was perhaps the most impressive Command & Conquer title since the days of Red Alert, so it's fitting that a sequel to Generals was chosen for the franchise hand-over to BioWare Victory. Generals 2 is set for a PC release in 2013 and is powered by Battlefield 3's Frostbite 2.0 engine. The official blurb sets the tone: "World leaders are mere seconds away from signing a peace treaty and bringing an end to a global war when a devastating terrorist attack rips through the conference, killing eve...

I don't think there was any doubt in the mind of many shooter enthusiasts that Battlefield 3 was going to convert some Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players, pinching some of Activision's profit margin. It appears that is the case, with EA's Peter Moore saying that while the latest Call of Duty continued the trend of breaking sales records, that doesn't mean Battlefield 3 missed out on nabbing some market share from the FPS giant. "Ten million sold in and five million sold through doesn't come out of...

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand was released for the PlayStation 3 a couple of days ago, while the rest of us on PC and Xbox 360 have to hold on just a wee bit longer - five days in fact. While we wait to play it first hand, DICE have produced a new trailer to watch which gives us a peak into the chaos we can anticipate on the re-imagined Wake Island.

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EA has gone on a mad domain registering spree, grabbing over a dozen Command & Conquer URLs, all featuring the word "Alliances". Strangely though, previous major C&C releases have also been included in the names such as redalertalliances.com, generalsalliances.com and so-forth.

What does it all mean? I guess we'll have to wait for an announcement, which is rumoured to come on December 10 at the Spike TV Video Game Awards, but in the meantime you can find the full list below.

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At approximately 6pm AEST on December 6th, that's Tuesday next week, Battlefield 3 will be updated with a 2GB client patch as well as a server update. The reason for such a hefty client patch is that it contains content required for BF3's Back to Karkand expansion. For a long list of specifics explaining what fixes and changes have been made, read on.


Bugfixes

• Fixed a problem with spawn timer now showing blue border on startup and lost spawn point
• Fixed a problem where player

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DICE has confirmed that their Battlefield 3 'Back to Karkand' DLC pack will arrive on PS3 on December 6, followed a week later by PC and Xbox 360 - which while unconfirmed would pencil it in for a December 13 release. The expansion will feature four classic Battlefield maps including Strike at Karkand, Wake Island, Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula.

If you missed the Gulf of Oman gameplay trailer, check it out by clicking here....