Mass Effect 3 is the highly anticipated next entry in the Mass Effect franchise and many questions will be answered as players will fight to defend Earth. Fans will have a chance to catch a glimpse of Mass Effect 3 at NYCC this year.

Actor Francesco Quinn sadly passed away on Friday, August 5th while jogging with his young son in Malibu at the young age of 48. He made his feature debut as drug dealer Rhah in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" and has featured in many low-budget films and several television shows, including "The Young and the Restless," "JAG," "24," "The Shield" and, most recently, "Zen" and "The Glades."and the famous Mass Effect 2.

As wowed as we were by the Mass Effect 3 demo at E3 last month, no hands-off demonstration can substitute for actual hands-on time with the game. That's why we were excited to hear that BioWare and EA decided to give Comic-Con attendees the very first hands-on time with Mass Effect 3. The demo was brief, but gave us a good feel for some of the major changes to the final installment in the series.

Mass Effect 3 is going to be big, says executive producer Casey Hudson.  Heir to the Mass Effect dynasty, the game has been making a lot of promises lately.  The shift from the action lite Mass Effect to the run and gun upgrades of ME2 took a game that got by on story alone and actually made it fun to play by stripping out all of the RPG elements.  I mean all of them.  This left the game feeling slightly hollow, far removed from its customizing and augmenting roots and thrust into the world of samey shooters we are all so familiar with.  It was still awesome, just missing something.

Mass Effect 3 isn't due out for nearly eight months but the long wait isn't curbing enthusiasm for the next edition in Bioware's critically acclaimed, famously racy RPG space opera series.

BioWare and EA promised gamers they would be playing Dragon Age: Origins for a looong time thanks to a hearty helping of DLC -- not to mention the game's out-of-box playtime of more than 50 hours. And today, Major Nelson tells us the next downloadable Dragon Age dose will be arriving on May 18.

As BioWare's space opera continues to dazzle gamers and critics alike, PS3 owners increasingly want to know if Mass Effect 2 will find its way to their console.

The will-they-or-won't-they debate reached a fever pitch this week when a gamer found a fragment of source code in Mass Effect 2 that referenced the PS3:

BioWare's Dr. Greg Zeschuk has confirmed that the Mass Effect franchise will not end when the final part of the trilogy -- Mass Effect 3 -- hits store shelves. Speaking with Kotaku, he also went on to confirm that characters from the first two games will be able to be imported into Mass Effect 3.