The second Mass Effect is still undergoing development, but that isn’t stopping BioWare from making plans for a trilogy and beyond. In an interview with GamerZines, BioWare vice president Greg Zeschuk revealed that Mass Effect could be seeing more sequels than originally intended.

“We’ve said Mass Effect is supposed to be a trilogy,” said Zeshuck, “so you’re going to see at least a third Mass Effect, and even more if everything goes well.”

The Mass Effect universe is a pretty expandable one, so we could be seeing spin-offs and other types of installments to the franchise. At least we know now that the series is here for good.

Mass Effect 2 is slated for a first quarter 2010 release for the PC and Xbox 360.

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Keen Software House announces today their new underground and space shooter Miner Wars. The game is a combination of a single player story and an MMO. One of the main features of the game is that it has a fully destructible environment and has six degrees of freedom.

The official website for the game has a bunch of multimedia in case you’re more curious about the game, so be sure to check that out.

Miner Wars will be released for the Xbox Live Arcade and PC this fall.

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Yesterday, we learned that King of Fighters XII will be seeing a July 28th launch. Unfortunately, this news is exclusive to North American retailers. Europe will still be seeing a later August 28th launch as earlier indicated by SNK Playmore.

Japan has already been playing the arcade version since April, so European gamers shouldn’t feel left out exclusively; the whole world gets the shaft.

SNK Playmore’s 2D fighting game will be out for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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PC gaming is always on the decline, and today’s news doesn’t bring hope to any PC gamers. Speaking to Digital Spy, a representative at Remedy Entertainment said that a PC version of Alan Wake has been canceled, and that they are working exclusively on an Xbox 360 version.

“Our PC plans are currently open [and] therefore a joint PC/Xbox launch is not possible at this late stage,” said the representative. “Remedy has a deep heritage in PC gaming and we would love to see a PC version available for our PC followers. Ultimately, however, this is a decision that lies with our publisher.”

So, Microsoft is preventing a title from releasing on the PC themselves? Reasons they want to phase out the PC for gaming is beyond me. Alan Wake is expected to be on shelves Spring 2010.

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Activision has announced that the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen video game will be getting downloadable content this season. The DLC will include ten new playable characters, a new difficulty mode, and three new maps.

• More than ten new multiplayer characters including ultimate fan favorites such as G1 Starscream and movie favorites like Sideswipe.
• Three new multiplayer maps.
• Play new characters in both the Autobot and Decepticon single player campaigns.
• New Expert difficulty mode with a fresh set of leaderboards to challenge more experienced gamers in the single-player campaigns.
• New Achievements and Trophies to earn.

Be sure to check out our Transformers review if you’re not sure whether the game is bad as the movie.

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Just about every game PopCap has released has proven to be highly addicting and Bookworm Adventures is no exception, if you’re into that kind of thing, that is.

Anyways, fans of the abovementioned title will be happy to hear that PopCap will be releasing Bookworm Adventures 2 on July 30th for $19.99.

This is one of those world puzzlers so those who like to use the smallest portion of their brain as possible while gaming need not apply.

It was recently made known that Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao will be released on the XBLA and PSN in August for 1200 Microsoft Points and $15, respectively.

For those of you not familiar with the Blitz Arcade developed/Namco Bandai published Invincible Tiger, it is a sidescroller that will feature beam em up’ gameplay found in classic titles such as Streets of Rage.

Furthermore, players will be able to progress through the Invincible Tiger‘s campaign in other single player mode or online/local co-op. However, if you get bored of that, you can play the game’s timed Endurance Mode which will pit players against a neverending onslaught of enemies.

via EuroGamer

The iPhone has proven itself time and time again to be a viable gaming platform so it’s no surprise that Capcom has announced the future availability of Resident Evil 4 on the Japanese App Store.

Unfortunately for us American gamers there was some worry about whether or not it would ever make its way over seas to our App Store. Luckily, Capcom has announced that after Resident Evil 4 hits the Japanese App Store later this month it will then make its way to App Stores across the world.

With games like Doom already out on the App Store along with Resident Evil 4‘s recent announcement it only leads us to question what developer will release a port of their flagship titles next.

After the break there is a video demo of the game thanks to Pocketgamer.

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Sony has recently made it known that classic games other than previous Playstation titles have made their way to the Japanese Playstation Network.

The classic games in question are those found on the Turbografx-16 such as Bomberman ’94, Sengoku Mahjong, Devil’s Crush and New Adventure Island all priced at 600 yen or about $6. Furthermore, all 4 titles will be playable on both the PSP and Playstation 3.

With Nintendo’s Virtual Console service proving to be quite profitable, it’s no surprise that Sony too would hop on the bandwagon to offer such games. Let’s just hope the same services gets implemented into the American Playstation Network.

via Joystiq

Here’s something that is sure to piss a few people off — Community Leader APOC has recently said that you will need to have a constant internet connection to play Command & Conquer 4:

“As of right now, you need to be online all the time to play C&C 4. This is primarily due to our “player progression” feature so everything can be tracked. C&C 4 is not an MMO in the sense of World of Warcraft, but conceptually it has similar principles for being online all the time. While some may be taken aback by this, we’ve been testing this feature internally with all of our world-wide markets.”

He then goes on to point out that this won’t be a big deal as it won’t require high-speed connections and won’t cause any lag in single-player gameplay. Hell, you can even use one an oldschool 56k connection because who needs phone calls, anyways?

ThatVideoGameBlog points out that this seems eerily like a ploy to hide the fact that EA will use a constant internet connection as a way to prevent piracy rather than using DRM.