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Man, you know you're in trouble when the Darkspawn are smart enough to effectively assault a castle. Meet The Disciples, a group of Darkspawn led by a talking Hurlock, who will probably end up being a party member at some point (speculation).

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Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening is a full expansion pack for Dragon Age: Origins that requires the original to play. It will be released on March 16, 2010 in North America and on March 19, 2010 in Europe for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Officials today released surveillance photographs of two people who have been duping elderly residents in Evanston and Chicago into handing over thousands of dollars to them using several scams.

Authorities are seeking the group of con artists believed to be linked to similar but separate incidents in which one elderly man was swindled out of $10,000 and another out of $6,000.

As part of the schemes, the con artists convince people to give up money as a way to secure a larger amount, Evanston police said. The scams, dubbed the "Pigeon Drop" or "South African Switch," can also induce a victim into giving up money in exchange for valuable objects.

Police said the scam used in the Evanston and Chicago incidents involves a con artist acting as a visitor from another country...

The third numbered entry in Harmonix's Rock Band line of peripheral-based music games is due out this holiday season, the developer has just confirmed.

Said the company through its the official Rock Band Facebook: Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts, will innovate and revolutionize the music genre once again, just as Harmonix did with the original Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band. Stay tuned for more details0

The news apparently emerged while Viacom--owner of Harmonix parent company MTV Games--was discussing its upcoming products, going by The Wall Street Journal.

No other details were revealed, though there have been indications that Rock Band 3 cou...

Celebrating the seasonal change, Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox 360 Elite hardware bundle that includes two games at no extra cost.

Carrying the same $299.99 price as a regular Xbox 360 Elite, the "Spring Bundle" packs Bungie's sci-fi shooter Halo 3: ODST and Turn 10's racer Forza Motorsport 3--both Xbox 360 exclusives--alongside the Xbox 360 Elite hardware and its 120GB hard drive.

In a sly bit of marketing, the inclusion of Halo 3: ODST also means that buyers will get access to the multiplayer beta for Halo: Reach when it kicks off May 3.

As for w...

WASHINGTON -- The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the dogs to detect explosives.

A team of military handlers discovered the dogs last October at a facility run by Securitas Security Services USA after the Navy terminated its $7.5 million contract.

Navy spokesman Capt. William Fenick said that of the 49 dogs discovered, two were dead and the rest were in poor health. Another dog died soon after being recovered.
Securitas Security Services did not immediately provide comment.

The incident was first reported by The Virginian-Pilot, which says it obtained a picture of one of the rescued dogs, whose rib cage and hip bones were protruding.

The discovery is the latest in a string of contracting woes for the Defense Department. Lawmakers and government watchdog groups say they are concerned that the military is relying too heavily...

Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman officially outed Rock Band 3, due for release this holiday season, when it will "will innovate and revolutionize the music genre" all over again.

Dauman revealed the game while speaking at the Credit Suisse Group Global Media and Communications Conference this morning, quickly followed by Tweets from several members of the Harmonix staff, relieved to finally be able to discuss what they've been working on, as well as this new entry on the Rock Band Facebook page:

Harmonix is developing Rock Band 3 for worldwide release this holiday season! The game, which will be published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts, will innovate and revolutionize the music genre once again, just as Harmonix did with the original Rock Band, Rock Band...

A massively multiplayer game based off popular science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica is due to launch this fall, license holder NBC Universal announced today.

A client-free and browser-based affair said to pack "state of the art graphics," Battlestar Galactica Online is being powered by Unity--the same technology used by EA's broswer-based Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online.

Development of the game is being handled by independent Norwegian studio Artplant, the previous works of which include Riding Club Championships. Going by its website, Artplant "aims to become one of the lea...

After a marathon meeting into the early morning hours today, the Oak Park village board unanimously endorsed recommendations from the plan commission to build a 20-story glass tower at the busy downtown corner at Lake Street and Forest Avenue.

The proposal includes a 140-room hotel, 85 condominiums, two stories of retail space and a 510-space parking garage. The building will replace a 36-year-old parking deck in need of repair and a single-story retail building that was home to the Original Pancake House and a small grocery store.

The $85 million project is expected to generate up to $2.5 million in annual property taxes. The village is contributing $9.8 million to build the new parking garage. The garage will remain the property of the village although the developer, Sertus Capita...