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For those of you like me who are eagerly anticipating the release of Fallout: New Vegas, tomorrow is the big day!  For those of you are unfamilair with the franchise, Fallout is a grim depiction of the a post-apocalyptic future – as it was envisioned in the 1950s.  Fallout 3 stands as one of my favourite games made yet, and for those who have not tried and are curious, this piece of software is highly recommended.  And yes, this image is just Death Valley, not a nuclear blast, but hey – it looks convincing, doesn’t it?

It was announced today that 2K will be releasing Civilization 5.  A major change already announced is that the new game will jump to a hexagonal grid from the traditional square grid.  Other gameplay changes will supposedly allow more complex diplomacy and more massive wars with the ability to bombard enemy forces from behind your lines.  According to the IGN piece, the engine is being built anew from the ground up.

Mega Man 10 is coming out Mar 1 for the Wii.  It is going to get a staggered release date with Wiiware getting it Mar. 1st, PSN on Mar. 11, and Xbox Live on Mar 31st.  This is exciting news for retro game enthusiasts!  Mega Man 10 will continue the setup established in Mega Man 9 which directly continues the action of the classic games.

UPDATE: In a followup post on Penny Arcade, this was revealed to be based on a test build and is incorrect.  Mass Effect 2 DOES NOT allow you to edit these past actions.

Penny Arcade’s Tycho spoke with Bioware’s Chris Priestly on the subject of Mass Effect 2 recently.  Mr. Priestly confirmed that players who no longer have their Mass Effect save file need not fear.  When you create a new character, Mass Effect 2 will let you select a variety of options that you were able to affect when playing the first one (space bugs, anyone?)  so as to recreate the universe that your role play had created.  I think this is a great idea.