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In a move that seems inspired by the Skylanders: Spyro\'s Adventures figurine craze, Mass Effect 3 will have its own figurines released, and they will come with exclusive DLC.

BioWare's Nick Clifford admits the studio dropped the ball when orientating new players into the series with Mass Effect 2, with the first half hour "pretty jarring" story wise. For Mass Effect 3 BioWare has altered how characters interact with Commander Shephard depending whether a game save is loaded from or not. We get a "story so far" intro.

BioWare has released a new developer diary showing off a number of the key voice actors who will be appearing in Mass Effect 3, including Martin Sheen (The Illusive Man), Freddie Prinze Jr. (James Vega), Keith David (Admiral Anderson), Seth Green (Joker), and Jessica Chobot (Diane Allers), as well as Jennifer Hale, who is the female Commander Shepard.

Electronic Arts has reported that the publisher has enjoyed its biggest financial quarter in almost 8 years, and attributes it to its wildly successful digital distribution revenue, as well as income from some of its stalwart franchises.

BioWare has revealed the Mass Effect 3 demo on Xbox 360 will be open to all members of Xbox Live as it includes a "limited time Gold access when you download the demo." The demo itself includes multiplayer but also a snip of the single player campaign. Those who've activated their Battlefield 3 online pass get it to download on February 14th.

The Mass Effect trilogy is almost complete but the series isn't. BioWare have hinted they might have plans for Mass Effect 3 save files, so fans should make sure they stay safe. Producer Mike Gamble "can't say anything" about specific plans that may or may not exist for Mass Effect, but it "wouldn't be a bad idea" to keep that data. The galaxy 'our character'?

The inevitable occurs: Mass Effect 3's achievement list for Xbox 360 has been spread like herpes on the Internet. Those for multiplayer can also unlock for single player gamers. Naturally the list will spoil a narrative moment or two so don't go reading them if you want to keep the experience pure. 'Long Service Medal' encourages those multiple plays.

BioWare's Chris Priestly has responded to fans upset and petitioning for more N7 Collector's Edition for Mass Effect 3 as retailers are running out. The studio reveals no more will be made in time. The physical items included in the CE "cannot be made in time for launch." Priestly adds it's why he "started warning people" back in November to make sure they pre-order.

A gamer has revealed that he purchased downloadable content for Mass Effect 3 from US videogame retailer GameStop, and has the receipt to prove it. Despite the game not being available til 6th March, the gamer was able to purchase a DLC pack titled "From Dust" (not to be confused with the UbiSoft god game of the same name) for $9.99.

[Update: There are no codes left.] Gamers who want to check out the Xbox 360 version of the Mass Effect 3 demo a few days early can do so via a new Facebook app.

Mass Effect 3 has achieved gold master status, BioWare executive producer Casey Hudson has announced. This means that the game is finally complete and ready for disc pressing.

Electronic Arts is offering a sweet deal to entice people into preordering Mass Effect 3 on Origin: they're giving away a free digital copy of Battlefield 3 for anyone who does so.

Sorry game pad wielding PC junkies, but BioWare's Mass Effect 3 isn't giving you the time of day - officially at least. The PC version will not natively support game controllers. Keyboard and mouse is where it's at for PC Mass Effect 3, much like it was with the previous titles. They "may or may not work," but BioWare doesn't officially support them.

BioWare has posted a teaser for a new Mass Effect 3 trailer coming on the 19th February. The teaser seems to be a reference to the famous and controversial Lyndon Johnson "Daisy" advertisement, except instead of nuclear explosions, it's a Reaper.

This week's EU PlayStation Store update features demos for BioWare's Mass Effect 3, and for Binary Domain. There's an avalanche of PS2 Classics now available like God Hand. Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is the one and only PSOne Classics addition. Grand Theft Auto IV and the Complete Edition now join the full PS3 Games catalogue, as well as a few others.

Electronic Arts is breaking its own street date on Mass Effect 3 in the strangest way: it's launching some copies into space, strapped onto weather balloons. The bizarre promotion has balloons launched from New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Berlin, London and Paris, flying high into the stratosphere. Each of the balloons are equipped with a GPS tracking device, which allows fans to follow their progress.

It seems that Electronic Arts' offer to give a free digital copy of Battlefield 3 to preorders of Mass Effect 3 on Origin was perhaps a little too sweet for the publishers taste, or someone has found a way to exploit it, because the offer is no longer available. The offer was supposed to run through to the 5th March, a day before Mass Effect 3's launch in North America.

Back in January, Electronic Arts announced that Origin would be mandatory to play Mass Effect 3 on PC. Needless to say, this was not a popular development among some gamers. BioWare is insisting that Origin wouldn't be intrusive.

BioWare has released the "full" "Take Back Earth" trailer for Mass Effect 3, as expected, but they also promise an even longer "Extended Cut" of the trailer tomorrow, on the 21st February.

The next batch of downloadable content for Final Fantasy XIII-2 may be Mass Effect related, according to Siliconera, which is reporting that a "source" told them of the upcoming DLC.