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- Yep, that is one cool Diablo III cinematic above this post. You can check out a new StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm cinematic trailer as well.
- The next World of Warcraft expansion pack is titled Mists of Pandaria. Yes, there are pandas involved.
- The PC system requirements for Batman: Arkham City have been revealed. The PC version is due out in November.
- BioWare will release a demo for Mass Effect 3 in January that will have both single and multiplayer features.
- The next free DLC release for Portal 2, due out in early 2012, will add an easy-to-use level editor for the game.
- Introversion, the makers of great indie games like Darwinia and Defcon, have revealed their next game project, Prison Architect.
- It"s looking like Turtle Rock Studios" (the original Left 4 Dead) next game will use CryEngine 3.
- A Twitter page seems to be slowly teasing us about a reveal for the long awaited Mechwarrior 5.
- Ahead of Battlefield 3"s release next week, you can check out just how many bullets were fired, among other things, in the recent open beta for the game.
- Finally, Mad Men"s sexy redhead Christina Hendricks is lending her voice and likeness for a character in Need for Speed The Run. Vavoom.
