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Dragon Age: Origins Return to Ostagar DLC Hits Next Week


Erik Johnson

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EA and BioWare have announced the first add-on for their hit fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins will arrive next week for two of the three platforms it inhabits. Entitled ‘Return to Ostagar’, the DLC brings players “to the fateful battleground in Ostagar where the Grey Wardens were nearly wiped out,” providing new items, more darkspawn to kill, as well as giving another chance to add Dog to your party.

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Zombie Driver Released on Steam


Erik Johnson

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EXOR Studios zombie driving game…err, Zombie Driver has been released onto Steam and is now available for purchase and download.

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Dr. House Brings Genius, Snark to PC, Mac, DS


Meredith Sweet

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If USA’s weekend and holiday marathons featuring Dr. Gregory House simply aren’t enough for you, you’ll be pleased to know that Legacy Interactive, makers of a number of titles based off of popular TV shows, are releasing a game for the PC, Mac and (later) the Nintendo DS, featuring the chronically-snarky doctor and his team.

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Mass Effect $5 on D2D [Short Sale]


Erik Johnson

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Direct2Drive has only one new sale for Cyber Monday, but it’ definitely worth your while. From now until 11 PM PT tonight BioWare’s hit RPG Mass Effect can be picked up for only $5. That’s a game that really, really should never cost $5 so I wouldn’t be wasting your time gawking at the impossibility of it all.

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Killing Floor Update Released


Erik Johnson

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Tripwire Interactive has released a new update for its survival FPS Killing Floor, bringing several map exploit fixes along with optimizing the client to use up less memory on your rig. The download is available now via an auto-update in the Steam client.

Change Log after the break.

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8-Bit Left 4 Dead Revealed, Free PC Release in January


Erik Johnson

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While we’re just a couple of hours away from the release of Left 4 Dead 2 (midnight Eastern time), a developer by the name of Eric Ruth is working on his own version of the original L4D. Only his version is an 8-bit NES-style title.

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Fort Zombie v1.0.3 Patch Released


Erik Johnson

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Developer Kerberos has released a new update for their survival shooter Fort Zombie. In the game, the player selects a building to reinforce, gathers supplies, and finds/rescues survivors to train and help out–all of course while dodging those pesky undead, who always seem to just hang around in some of the most important of areas.

The patch brings the game to v1.0.3 adding new properties and items along with a list of fixes, changes and other additions to the title. The game goes for $10 and is available (along with the update) on Impulse. Change log after the jump.

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Sacred 2 Ice and Blood Expansion Hits This Week


Erik Johnson

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The US launch of the Ice and Blood expansion for action RPG Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has been confirmed for a Steam release this week.

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Dark Salvation Demo Released


Erik Johnson

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Mangled Eye Studios has released a playable demo of their Hell-bound FPS Dark Salvation, offering a chance to try out the Quake III engine shooter.

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D2D Won’t Sell Modern Warfare 2 Due to 3rd Party Software


Erik Johnson

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Earlier this morning I noticed Direct2Drive had posted something other than a game release or a sale on its Twitter account:

Been wondering if D2D will have CoD Modern Warfare 2 come launch day? Well, the answer is, sadly, no. Here’s why.

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