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The deal, which kicks off today, is timed to coincide with the launch of the Legacy update, which EA says is much larger than the 1.1 update released in January. Further details on the update content can be found at the game's community site. More >

An enhanced version of 1998 BioWare RPG Baldur's Gate is headed to iPad, developed by Edmonton studio Overhaul Games. Due on the App Store this summer, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition runs on an unpgraded version of BioWare's Infinity Engine. The download will include the original game, the Tales Of The Sword Coast expansion, and brand new content including a new adventure and party member. More >

Organisers of a petition urging BioWare to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 are to cease accepting donations for Child's Play at the charity's request. Writing on the Retake Mass Effect ChipIn page, the campaign's organiser - known only as Robb - says the charity drive has been set an end goal of $80,000; at the time of writing, $79,916.16 has been raised. This, he explains, comes after BioWare founder Dr Ray Muzyka said that fans' voices had been heard, and Child's Play expressed reservations about being seen as backing the movement, which has thousands of supporters on Facebook and Twitter. More >

BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka says the studio is working on new “game content initiatives” to appease fans unhappy about Mass Effect 3's ending. More >

Mass Effect 3 is the new number one in the Nordic chart, which collates sales data from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Last week's number one, SSX, slips to number three, with The Sims 3: Showtime in second place meaning the entire top three are published by EA. Capcom's fighting crossover Street Fighter X Tekken debuts in eighth. More >

BioWare insists it is listening to complaints about Mass Effect 3's ending, but has asked fans to wait for more people to finish the game before the studio makes any comment. So dissatisfied are players with the trilogy's conclusion that a fan-organised campaign, dubbed Reclaim Mass Effect 3, has garnered support from thousands of users on Facebook, Twitter and the game's forums. The movement has even raised over $50,000 for gaming charity Child's Play. More >

BioWare was working on a multiplayer FPS based on the Mass Effect series, but cancelled it, instead using it as the basis for Mass Effect 3's co-op mode. The news comes from The Final Hours Of Mass Effect 3, a new iPad app produced by Gametrailers' Geoff Keighley looking at development of the final game in BioWare's sci-fi trilogy. More >

Organisers of a petition pleading with BioWare to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 have raised over $30,000 for gaming charity Child's Play. The campaign, dubbed Retake Mass Effect 3, has almost 25,000 likes on Facebook and 3,000 followers on Twitter, with a poll on BioWare's forums attracting almost 10,000 votes. We won't go into the finer details of their complaints for fear of plot spoilers. More >

BioWare's Star Wars MMOG The Old Republic will be free to play this weekend. Those interested can create an account at the source link below, and will be able to download the client from 5.01am GMT on Thursday and play for free until 7am on Monday. More >

BioWare says it is aware of an issue preventing Mass Effect 3 players from importing the faces of their characters from previous games in the series. In a post on the studio's forums, community coordinator Chris Priestly writes: "We are aware that some players are having issues importing the faces of their characters from Mass Effect 1 or Mass Effect 2 into Mass Effect 3." More >

Players of The Old Republic, which launched yesterday, are being forced to queue for hours at a time before getting to play BioWare's Star Wars MMOG. In a lengthy post on the game's official forums, senior online community manager Stephen Reid warns that the situation will continue "for the foreseeable future," and asks for users' patience. More >

Electronic Arts has announced Command & Conquer Generals 2, promising to take the beloved strategy series "back to its roots". The game, announced at the Spike VGA event on Saturday night, runs on DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, is exclusive to PC and will be released in 2013. It's being developed by Victory Games, the strategy studio EA set up in February which is now part of the BioWare label and has been renamed BioWare Victory. More >