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Xbox 360 and PC users get Mass Effect 3 DLC with The Art of the Mass Effect Universe
Wow, companies are really trying to get people to buy Mass Effect merchandise. First, the Mass Effect 2 action figures are confirmed to come with Xbox 360 and PC DLC for Mass Effect 3. Now, the same has just been done for the forthcoming The Art of the Mass Effect Universe artbook. If you commit more »
Head to Barnes & Noble for free Angry Birds stuff
Barnes and Noble is one of the “Magic Places” for Angry Birds. The magic isn’t found in thousands of books. It’s found within the Wi-Fi signal that moves through the air in hundreds of B&N stores. To acquire the magic, you must have a Nook Color and a copy of Angry Birds. B&N has become the first location to take advantage of an Angry Birds feature that offers rewards if you play the game from a specific location.
Astraware releases 4 new games for Nook Color
I hope you’re ready for some casual Nook games, because Astraware has four ready for you. The developer has just announced and released a line of Nook Color games, so your Barnes and Noble ereader can now handle more than books, magazines and newspapers. All four are classic casual games, which means you’ll know what you’re getting into even before you pay $4.99 each for them.
Astraware Casino, Astraware Solitaire and Astraware Sudoku are all ports of existing Astraware games…
Barnes & Noble Nook eReader now has games among other new features
One of the first new features added to the Nook are games. At the moment there is only Chess and Sudoku. However, it is a start and shows that B&N are willing to work to make a better product while fixing all the problems that it had in the original release. Questions will be sent over to B&N soon to find out whether or not it is thinking of adding more games to the Nook.
GameStop director unloads $60 million worth of stock
In a move drawing a lot of industry attention, GameStop director Leonard Riggio has sold 2.3 million shares of the company’s stock.
He earned $60.2 million from the sale and reduced his ownership in the game retail company from 6.9 percent to 5.5 percent. The timing seems odd as the sale comes right before the holiday season, when GameStop generally expects to make billions. The holiday season of 2009 is packed with potential sales blockbusters including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and New Super Mario Bros.
