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Mass Effect trailer has been released. Dawn of War 2 is out. More info on Dragon Age Origins.

In DAO, you can choose from one of six "origins", including humans, dwarves, elves, and a mage. Each one has a unique starting story, and you will be viewed differently by the world in the game. This is an intriguing new step in the RPG world. I look forward to seeing how this will turn out.

In the Mass Effect 2 trailer, you will be shown a shocking new development of the story, which is planned to be a trilogy.

And Dawn Of War 2 has opened to generally good reviews, citing great controls, interesting new ideas for an RTS (no bases, control squads of story characters, loot pickups), but a mediocre campaign. Nonetheless, they said, the mulitplayer was great, and the character upgrading system was fun, something I would enjoy.

And, lastly, around 9 days until Halo Wars, but already it is recieving less than stellar reviews. Gamespot gave it a 6.5/10, a few 7/10s from other sites, but still pulled out a 9/10 from OXM, and Game Informer, two very reputable sources. But, either way, I already preordered it, so I am glad to hear about the high scores, and will enjoy it as a Halo fan. Gamespot cited low unit counts and small maps as the game's main downfalls, among other things: non-playable flood and scant multiplayer choices.

Still sounds very worth it to me, but the $80 for LE is a little over the top.

The Halo Wars has been available to Gold Members for a while, and was recently released for Silver Members. I have played the demo fairly thoroughly, and I liked it so much I preordered it. I didn't get the LE (limited edition) because the maps didn't seem worth $20, and the other stuff wasn't enough to justify the cost. Otherwise, I expect a lot from this game.

     Also, it broke records for the most downloaded XBL demo in 24 hrs.