Mass Effect 3 gets multiplayer

Alright, so I was the only video games news writer that hadn't heard about the rumours.

Australian PC magazine PC Powerplay has confirmed the existence of the threequel's multiplayer, according to CVG.

This should make some interesting ripples in the Bioware pond. Bioware haven't previously been one for much multiplayer, but perhaps the upoming Old Republic has shown them just how fun it can be.

Personally, it won't sway me very much. I haven't played a Mass Effect game since ME1, and I refuse to play ME2 (despite having owned it since launch) without my saved game from the other game, which was tragically lost in a reformat.

I still miss it.

So unless I go mad and play through Mass Effect again, it's unlikely that I'll be playing ME3's multiplayer. I will be watching over my friend's shoulder though, and I look forward to seeing how it pans out.

But wow, imagine what Dragon Age multiplayer would be like.

Credit: CVG.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Survival gameplay video

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I'm sat here watching a mate play MW2 on a 360, whilst watching MW3 footage on YouTube. Xhibit would be proud.

It pretty much looks like you'd expect it to; it's Modern Warfare - so far, so much the same. It is a nice sounding mode, to be honest but I still won't be buying the game just for it. Not on launch anyway.

Credit: PCGamer.

Orcs Must Die - new trailer, new ways to kill!

Orcs Must Die - the novel twist to the now familiar tower defense genre - has released a new trailer. And the best part? It's interactive!

Through YouTube's normally annoying annotations system, you can choose the combination of traps, archers or just plain old fighting that you like, and see how they'll all tie together in the final game.

I must say, this was another game that I was initially very dismissive of, but slowly grew on me the more I knew of it. Perhaps I'm more willing to spend money after having gained a job. Perhaps I'm more susceptible now, having stopped drinking regularly. Perhaps I'm slowly losing IQ points through repeated beatsing at medieval re-enactment. Whatever the case, I'm really looking forward to this, and will probably bye it on launch. Like so many other good looking games this year.

God damn.

Credit: PCGamer and The Escapist.