Microsoft Games and development studio BioWare have announced that BioWare’s epic sc-fi RPG title Mass Effect for the Xbox 360 is slated to ship to retailers on November 20, 2007, just in time to catch the end-of-year holiday buying season. Set against a sprawling galactic backdrop, Mass Effect offers a multi-dimensional, emotionally-charged story combined with action and tactical game play elements.

In Mass Effect, players take on the role of Commander Shepard of the SS Normandy, leading an elite recon squad across the galaxy in a desperate attempt

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Reuters – The summer dry spell for video
games came to an end last week with the arrival of “BioShock,”
the creepy underwater shooter that has won rave reviews and
flown off store shelves.

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InfoWorld – The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, which assembles gadgets from Apple Inc. iPods to Sony Corp. PlayStation 3 consoles and Nokia Corp. handsets, became the latest company to announce a high tech investment in Vietnam, with plans to spend a massive $5 billion over the next five years.

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Reuters – 20th Century Fox has
struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to make the first two
seasons of the animated series “Family Guy” available for
downloads on the Xbox Live service beginning Monday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Technology – Video Games