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With the "Arrival" DLC expansion, the high-action Mass Effect 2 comes to its conclusion and the way is open for Mass Effect 3 to release in the fall. Admiral Hackett gives Shepherd some face time this time around, as opposed to being a disembodied voice, and asks him to embark on a special covert mission. It involves tracking down a spy captured in Batarian space who has information on a massive Reaper invasion coming to wipe out all life in the galaxy. The evidence not only proves definitively that the Reapers are coming, but details the launching point from where all life in the galaxy will be exterminated.

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Mass Effect 3 is Bioware's next highly anticipated game, and their latest DLC offering is bridging the gap between Mass Effect 2 and its upcoming sequel. Put into a situation where he must stop a Reaper attack on a Mass Relay, Shepard apparently must rescue somebody from a prison, fight off corporate thugs and Collectors alike, and do all the things we expect of him. In short, it's pretty much a standard BioWare DLC trailer. Lots of style, a teensy bit of gameplay, and a hook to make you want to buy the add-on.

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For those who are having difficulty downloading the patch from Games for Windows Live, this update bring BioShock 2 to v1.4 and enables support of the Protector Trials DLC. It also fixes a number of bugs and gameplay issues. A list of changes can be found after the jump.

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It's a bit surreal to see a singing-and-dancing trailer for the best-selling game of last year. That's exactly what this trailer is, though, as it details to forbidden love between a Black Ops and Spetsnaz member at the Berlin Wall. Of course, it's an advertisement for the First Strike map pack, which contains the Berlin Wall as one of the playable areas. The developers did sort of exhaust most of the in-game footage and developer commentary with their previous trailers, but it's still a bit strange - and hilarious - to see a trailer like this!

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We get the feeling that Activision really wants us to buy the First Strike DLC map pack for Black Ops. Well, if you're on 360, anyway. Us PC folk will have to wait a while for the exclusive pack to work its way over onto our little desktop beauties. While the first four maps in this trailer are the same we've seen in previous mentions of the map pack, the last is new. That's right, Ascension has finally made its way into a trailer. It appears to be a rocket laboratory, with plenty of excellent places to gun down those pesky Nazi (and not-zi. Get it?) zombies.

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While the pricing for Call of Duty DLC is something most people can disagree on, this trailer gives us hope that the maps will at least be high quality. It covers four of the five new maps in the Black Ops 'First Strike' DLC and discusses the additions made at the request of the community: more open spaces, more sniper opportunities, more verticality, and more interactive objects. Each glimpse at the four multiplayer maps details the few important features, such as collapsing walkways and automated turrets. However, one map is mysteriously absent in the trailer: the zombie mode map Ascension.

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Before bought out by Eidos and contracted to reboot the beleagured Tomb Raider franchise, Crystal Dynamics was known for a different set of games: the Legacy of Kain series. With this new DLC for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, they have returned to one of the franchises that made them incredibly popular by putting Kain and Raziel (the two main characters from Legacy of Kain) into the world of Tomb Raider. It's an interesting trailer, and while the differences appear to be mostly cosmetic, it's still pretty cool to see Raziel and Kain working together once more.

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This manual patch for The Settlers 7 updates the game to v1.11, which includes free new content such as the Monhaim Valley map and the 'Occult Science' technology tree. A list of changes can be found after the jump, and The Settlers 7 playable demo can be found here.

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This patch for the retail version of Zombie Driver updates the game to v1.2.2 and includes the free Blood Race content expansion. A full list of changes along with a gameplay trailer featuring all the game modes can be found after the jump. The playable Zombie Driver demo can be downloaded here.

"Fight your way through the streets of a zombie infested city to save the survivors of a disastrous chemical accident that changed most of the city's population into mindless brain hungry monsters. Time is your enemy and your car is your weapon as you race through the streets smashing everything on your way including fences, phone booths, street lamps and hordes of zombies. When the gruesomely mutated zombies become too much to handle, buy a new car or get more guns and upgrades installed. You can earn more money for finishing side quests, making kill combos and searching for hidden prizes. Game play is unrestricted and the player can freely roam through the dark streets, alleys and backyards searching for the best shortcuts or hidden power ups."

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Mafia 2, despite being plagued with inconsistent design, is still receiving DLC. Joe's Adventure is the latest in the add-on campaigns for the open world title, and it's only a week away. To commemorate this, a new trailer has been released for the add-on, and it showcases some of the gameplay players can expect while walking a mile in Joe's shoes. There's nothing particularly new for the Mafia series here, but it does exhibit some great new areas and characters. We love the shootout in the restaurant and the car chase on the ice floes, in particular.

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