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Dark Horse Comics launched its digital comics storefront this week, offering a number of the publisher's comic book titles for sale. The site, which also has an iPhone-iPad app, is also offering select issues of their comics for free. One of them is the first online issue of the comic book tie-in to Dungeon Siege III.

You can check out the 10 page first issue now (free registration required) which sets up the storyline in the upcoming fantasy action-RPG title from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Square Enix. As we have reported before, Dark Horse is also producing a 22 page print comic that's being offered as a pre-order bonus for Wal-Mart shoppers.

RPG game developer Obsidian Entertainment is laying off workers if Twitter pages from current and former team members are to be believed. VG247.com reports that at least two Twitter pages from Obsidian team members state they have been laid off, including one team member who has been at the developer 11 years and survived seven previous layoffs.

Obsidian shipped Fallout New Vegas last year to reportedly solid sales and will release Dungeon Siege III in mid-June. It's currently unknown exactly how many team members have been affected in this new wave of layoffs. We have emailed Obsidian to get more information on these developments.

As promised a couple of weeks ago, a new patch for the PC version of Fallout New Vegas has been released via Steam. The 1.3 patch for the post-apocalypse role playing game has a ton of balance changes for many of the game's weapons along with various "optimizations and stability improvements." As an example, the patch makes the SMGs, the Assault Carbine, and the LMG more accurate.

The patch should be a precursor to the next paid downloable mini-expansion for the Obsidian Entertainment-developed game. While publisher Bethesda Softworks has yet to confirm this, the title of the next DLC should be called Honest Hearts, according to a recently leaked trailer for the DLC.

Another Dungeon Siege 3 trailer, another character unveiled. In this case, it's the archon known as Anjali. Turning into flame spirits, casting fire magic to wreck foes, and smacking unruly skeletons with a magical staff seem to be her fortes. As always, lots of beautiful in-game footage of the character in action, but little in the way of actually showing how they play. For example, is the transformation like switching stances, or is it a spell learned later on?

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Magicians are usually, within canon, the strongest of any character. After all, channeling the powers of the elements is a bit god-like. This trailer for Dungeon Siege 3 unveils the mage character, Reinhart, and he seems suitably powerful. Teleportation, blasting enemies with entropy, and creating natural elements seem to be his particular fortes. Much like the previous character trailers, this one gives a good look at the character from outside the player's perspective. Don't expect to see much more than some slick monster murder.

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It's been a while since the PC version of Fallout New Vegas has gotten a patch update but that will soon be changing. In a post on the RPG's official message boards, Bethesda Softworks' Jason Bergman wrote that a major new patch for the game is on its way.

What's in the patch? Bergman wrote, "First and foremost, optimizations and stability improvements. While there are bug fixes, our core focus was on improving stability and performance." There will also be some "weapon balance tweaks and other requested fixes." The PC version will likely get the patch first. Meanwhile the second big DLC for the game is now completed, according to Bergman and we should get the official release date soon as well.

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The second of four planned mini-expansion packs for Fallout New Vegas may have been revealed prematurely. The Fallout fan site Duck and Cover claims it has gotten some images from the next DLC's trailer which it says is title "Honest Hearts." If true that hopefully means that the official reveal for the DLC is pretty close.

Publisher Bethesda Softworks released the first DLC for the post apocalypse themed RPG, Dead Money, for the Xbox 360 late in 2010. It was finally released for the PC nearly two months later. All of the other three planned DLC releases are planned to be released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 at around the same time.

The month of May just got a little less busy for new game releases. Publisher Square Enix announced today that it is pushing the release date of the fantasy action-RPG sequel Dungeon Siege III back a few weeks.

Originally scheduled for a May 31 release in the US, the game from developer Obsidian Entertainment will now be coming out on June 21. Europeans will get access to the game a few days earlier on June 17. In a statement, Square Enix's president and CEO Mike Fischer admitted that "the final polish phase has demanded a bit more time than originally planned."

He's a man. He's a big man with a big sword and a big shield. He's Lucas and he's one of the characters you will be controlling if you decide to check out Dungeon Siege III, the next game in the fantasy action-RPG series.

The newest trailer for the game shows off Lucas in full fighting action, using his big sword, his big shield and his big magic abilities to take a number of enemies all at once. The game from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Square Enix is still schedule to swing its big virtual self to stores on May 31.

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Guns are not something you normally see in a fantasy game, but Dungeon Siege 3 has them. Specifically, the character Katarina has them, and she's not afraid to blast her way through hordes of foes. This particular trailer gives a glimpse into her different roles, with the overall feeling being that of a ranger with companion pet. It's a character unveiling, so don't expect much except for some pretty stunning artwork and cool set pieces.

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