Zenimax Media has announced The Elder Scrolls Online, taking the popularise franchise into the genre of massively multiplayer for the first time ever. Game Informer has the exclusive scoop, who will be presenting the official reveal in their June issue. The Elder Scrolls Online will reportedly take place "a millennium before the events of Skyrim," featuring three warring player factions. The new MMO is being developed by Zenimax Online Studios, headed by Matt Firor, a Mythic Entertainment veteran who

The first two instalments of the Mass Effect series are widely considered to be some of the best games ever made. Certainly they rank among the greatest RPGs. With the outstanding quality of their story telling, and their stunning audio and visuals, they set the bar so high for the third instalment that some began to wonder if disappointment was inevitable. Thankfully the doubters have been proven wrong, as with Mass Effect 3 Bioware has not only cleared the bar, but they raised it several not...

Guild Wars had some brilliant qualities and Guild Wars 2 looks to improve upon that foundation, as well as look twice as gorgeous. I know many of you have been hanging out for word of beta access for quite some time, so I'm please to let you know that beta sign-ups are now open! But they're only open for a short 48 hour period, so get in quick...

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...

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....

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...

Two months ahead of the likely Australian release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, EB Games has begun importing and selling the game throughout their network of bricks and mortar stores, as well as on their website where stock is still available. Harvey Norman's Direct Import store is yet to follow suit.

EB are selling SWTOR for $78, a whopping $18 more than other online stockists that ship to Australia such as ozgameshop.com - but the difference is that it's in stock, and you can grab...

I enjoyed Morrowind, Oblivion and indeed Skyrim. But there are few games that leave me feeling like it wouldn't have been better if I had a friend along for the ride. I'm not the only one with that thought, but "AwpSoLeet" is the one with the enthusiasm and talent to make it a reality. Skyrim Online, currently in alpha stages of development, adds co-op to the game and supports voice chat! We've embedded a video which may illustrate why you might want to wait for a beta release, but there's rea...

Another treat has been gifted to RPG fans at the Video Game Awards, this time in the shape of a new Mass Effect 3 gameplay trailer. In it, Shepard mounts an attack against the odds as a spectacular sequence of events unfold. It's excitement++ all-round. Also: giant sand worm things.

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Are you one of the many millions sleeping restlessly in anticipation for Blizzard's latest masterpiece, Diablo 3? You'll probably enjoy the opening cinematic then, which was just presented in full at the Spike Video Game Awards by Mike Morhaime, Frank Pearce, and Allen Adham. Evil has returned.

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Care of Koroush who runs tweakguides.com, NVIDIA has published a Skyrim tweak guide at GeForce.com. "The aim of this guide is to allow you to better understand and utilize all of the configuration options available in Skyrim, as well as a selection of advanced tweaks to enhance the game." It's a good one to check out for those PC gamers wanting to squeeze as much joy as they can from Bethesda's acclaimed RPG. You can find it by clicking here.

Thanks to AusGamers for the heads-up, and...

After the blunder that was Skyrim 1.2, Bethesda has quickly struck back with another update for the massively popular fantasy RPG. Of particular note: dragons should not longer fly backwards and player resistances should now be working again. There's a couple performance tweaks in there as well.

• General stability improvements
• Optimize performance for Core 2 Duo CPUs
• Fixed Radiant Story incorrectly filling certain roles
• Fixed magic resistances not calculating properly
• Fixed issue with

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Bethesda has announced that the Skyrim development tools used to create the game will be made available to players during January, titled the Creation Kit. In conjunction with its release will be the Creation Kit's release, we will roll out a new Wiki and videos to help you get started." You will also be able to publish your work to the Steam Workshop.

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Yesterday's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch has fixed some issues but created a whole lot of new ones, players are reporting. Character resistances no longer work in post-patch, meaning you'll have no protection from fire, ice, magic and so-forth - leaving you to take full damage. Oh, and dragons can fly backwards now.

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Skyrim is awesome. But sometimes more frustrating than awesome. Thankfully, an important patch for the acclaimed RPG arrives tomorrow and it includes slew of important fixes and improvements for the Xbox 360 and PC. PS3 owners already have their patch which dramatically raises performance on the system. Here's some of what you can look forward to:

• Improved occasional performance issues resulting from long term play (PlayStation 3)
• Fixed issue where textures would not properly upgrade when installed

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