One year after the world was shown the first teaser trailer for “Grand Theft Auto V”, Rockstar Games released the second trailer for the upcoming fifth installment of their popular open-world franchise full of crime and car-jacking on Wednesday. The trailer shows off the new feature that “Grand Theft Auto V” is bringing to the series which is the fact that gamers will control three separate characters this time around as opposed to a single protagonist.

“Grand Theft Auto V” is scheduled to release in the spring of 2013.

Gearbox Software released patch notes to an update for the PC version of “Borderlands 2” this past Tuesday that included a fix to the controversial Bee shield. The legendary drop allowed players with full shields to continuously punish foes with massive amounts of damage, thus giving fans the ability to down the game’s massive boss fights in mere seconds.  Some upset about the change are calling the patch a nerf, while Gearbox Software simply says they fixed a broken piece of gear in the game.

Bioware announced on Monday that the next “Mass Effect” title won’t be developed by their Edmonton based studio as all previous games of the franchise have been. Instead, Bioware Montreal will be taking over control as the new development team for the developer’s hit science fiction epic. Bioware’s Montreal studio isn’t unfamiliar with the space RPG series, as they are the team responsible for the “Mass Effect 3’ multiplayer mode as well as many of the game’s cutscenes.  The studio head in charge of the next “Mass Effect”, Yanick Roy, had the following to say.

The other thing I can tell you is that, while it will be very respectful of the heritage built over the course of the first three games, with the original trilogy now concluded and the switch over to a new engine, we are exploring new directions, both on the gameplay and story fronts. You can still expect the pillars the franchise is known for to be fully intact though, including diverse alien races, a huge galaxy to explore, and of course rich, cinematic storytelling.

Now that Game Informer’s digital edition of their December issue (featuring an 18 page cover story for “Grand Theft Auto V”) has given fans their first glimpse of Rockstar Games’ upcoming crime series, gamers can get ready to find out even more juicy details on the franchise’s return to San Andreas as IGN announced they have spoken with the developer and will be showcasing “Grand Theft Auto V” news every day of the coming week.

GTAV Week on IGN is the first time that the general public will get to read up on what the upcoming title has in store for them since Game Informer’s reveal was available only to subscribers of the magazine. Fans can expect new details to emerge from the week-long expose as IGN has already stated that they will be walking fans through the game’s first mission and introducing them to the title’s three playable characters.

Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software, confirmed that the next “Borderlands 2” DLC will be releasing by the end of this year. DLC for the game has releases at a steady pace since the title’s September release.  Another add-on releasing before the new year leaves the add-on less than two months left in this year to come out in, meaning fans will likely see the release of the game’s next downloadable content next month. It isn’t clear whether this new coming DLC will be a part of the “Borderlands 2” season pass or not, but Pitchford stated that details on the DLC will come soon. Later this morning he went on to tweet that a new DLC will come before another character class for the game, confirming that the next “Borderlands 2” add-on will not be the game’s sixth playable class.

Those waiting for “Grand Theft Auto V” news finally got their wish after to the first bit of information regarding “GTAV” was revealed  when Game Informer’s digital copy of their December issue became available for subscribers of the magazine Thursday. The upcoming entry for the open-world series from Rockstar Games featured an 18 page blowout as the magazine’s latest cover story. This is the first true bit of details released for the game since it was officially announced one year ago when Rockstar Games revealed the title’s first teaser trailer.

“Grand Theft Auto V” is set to release in the spring of 2013. The game will featured three different playable characters which fans may switch between in-game at almost any time. The game map has been stated to be larger than the size of “Grand Theft Auto IV”, “GTA: San Andreas”, and “Red Dead Redemption” combined.

The story of Commander Shepard may be over, but the Mass Effect franchise will still live on.  Bioware’s Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series, confirmed today that the developer has officially began work on the next Mass Effect title and is asking fans to tell him what they wish to see in the next game via Twitter. It has been hinted in the past that the Mass Effect franchise isn’t done yet, but this is the first concrete statement the company has made that confirms a new game is being worked on.

Fans shouldn’t get their hopes up to take on the role of Commander Shepard again. Bioware has stated that the story of the protagonist from the earlier games is completed. Meaning gamers will likely take control of an entirely new character in the next Mass Effect title.

Ubisoft has released the first official story trailer for the upcoming third installment of their popular first-person franshise, “Far Cry 3”. Players have already been shown several gameplay trailers before. They’ve even been teased with character vignettes which showcased the game’s many psychopaths, but this is thefirst full trailer that the developer has released to show off the narrative of “Far Cry 3”.

If Gearbox Software’s hope for cross-platform play hadn’t been blocked by the first party companies, fans would have been able to group with one another in “Borderlands 2” regardless of which platform they were playing on.

Bethesda announced today that the third DLC add-on for “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” will be releasing next month. Entitled Dragonborn, the download will be available for 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live starting December 4.

This marks the third purchasable add-on for “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim”. It will also, unfortunately, be the third time that DLC for the game won’t be available for the Playstation 3. At this time, Dragonborn is not scheduled to release on the PS3. Considering the previous two add-ons have skipped Sony’s console, fans shouldn’t be surprised to learn that Dragonborn isn’t releasing for the Playstation 3 either.