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The games of winter

By MITCH KRPATA | December 27, 2011

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If you want to make some easy money, see if you can bet someone that the biggest-selling game of the winter will be MASS EFFECT 3 (March 6; Xbox 360, PS3, PC). This time, Earth itself hangs in the balance. Fortunately, a new four-player co-op mode helps to even the odds. Expectation for this one is at a fever pitch, even with many gameplay and story details under wraps.

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