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It seems that BioWare is looking to either improve the Firebase multiplayer maps from Mass Effect 3 or is working on multiplayer for the next Mass Effect title, as the developer has been polling gamers on them. The survey asks gamers about the layout, visuals, difficulty, and overall experience of each of the maps from the DLC.

Dr. Greg Zeschuk muses that if their original Xbox RPG Jade Empire had of been held back as a launch title for the Xbox 360, its impact would have been vastly greater. Instead it released when the cycle was winding down.

The BioWare co-founder says it "would've been great to put off a bit" and polish it some more. The studio also missed a trick when Mass Effect missed its launch title window.

Richard 'Lord British' Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar RPG on Kickstarter has managed to secure funding. In fact it has tallied over $1.9 million via Kickstarter, and $138,328 through the game's official website.

Shroud of the Avatar is a singleplayer RPG and a persistent online world. It can be played offline, as well as operate in three modes online. It's due for release on PC by October 2014.

Over $3.6 million has been pledged to inXile Entertainment's RPG Torment: Tides of Numenera with over 33 hours to go as of press time. It's within reach of setting a brand new record on Kickstarter.

Backers have secured the stretch goal of Chris Avellone joining the design team as they passed $3.5m, and even unlocked the Hall of Lingering Reflections at $3.6m. How high can it go?

Blizzard has posted some musings on their upcoming 1.0.8 update for Diablo 3. The team "really wanted to improve multiplayer co-op." Right now it can feel "easier and more efficient" to go it alone in Sanctuary.

There are as many downsides to co-op as there are advantages, and Blizzard want to address this. 1.0.8 will tackle new social features, direct group buffs and matchmaking tags.

Action-RPG Torchlight 2 is now mod friendly as the latest update includes full Steam Workshop support, with developer Runic releasing their Guts editor which lets players "modify almost everything" in the game.

That includes fiddling with item and skill balances, level designs, animations, quests, "and much more," teased Runic. There's a conversion tool for old mods in this new era for Torchlight 2.

Grinding Gears, developer of the free-to-play action-RPG Path of Exile, recently announced that the game had reached 2 million registered users. Co-founder Chris Wilson has now revealed at GDC 2013 that the game will be getting major yearly expansions once a year for the next few years.

Despite being announced back in May 2012, Larian Studios has begun a Kickstarter campaign to raise $400K for Divinity: Original Sin to expand their team and complete development.

Square Enix has confirmed rumors that it will be releasing an HD remake of both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 for PlayStation 3. The Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will be hitting stores on the 31st December 2013.

The next update to Gearbox Software's Borderlands 2 will be giving more room for us to cart round our loot, as well as more storage space and even higher ammo limits with "eridium maximums increased."

A full changelog is expected to be published "sometime this week" for everyone to stare at. The new Vault Hunter Krieg drops in May with the fourth and final story DLC in June.