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Electronic Arts (EA) seems to be in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, with Mass Effect 3 (ME3) hurtling from one controversy to another notwithstanding. To add fuel to the fire, the game maker is reportedly banning angry gamers from EA's servers after the latter expressing their displeasure on the BioWare Social Network (BSN) forums.

ASML Holdings NV reported a drop in its first-quarter earnings by 24 percent, as its backlog orders from top clients such as Intel and Samsung shrinked. Shares of the group fell as much as 3.5 percent at 0928 AM CEST on Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

While the Mass Effect 3 franchise is hurtling from one controversy to another, ominous signs loom large with the Old Republic franchise's dwindling fanbase and BioWare's own inexplicable woes.

The title update/patch for the face import bug with the hit Sci-Fi RPG (Role Playing Game) action adventure game - Mass Effect 3 (ME3) - is stirring up quite a bit of ruckus for many Xbox 360 as well as some hapless PS3 players. The latest game update renders the game unplayable with intermittent crashes after loading.

Online Retailers Jump Aboard 'Mass Effect 3' Bandwagon, Offer 50 Percent Discount and Game Coupons

Apple Inc. has denied accusations that it conspired to fix prices for e-books in company of major book publishers.

Mass Effect Finale took so much importance with the franchise aficionados and gamers worldwide, that it directly held its overwhelming impact on the sales figures within the first few days of its release.

Megaupload, the online file-locker service that offered individuals and businesses storage space for digital files, was shutdown earlier this year. The federal government raided the facility and seized most of the company's assets, while charging the founders with a spate of criminal offenses, including facilitating of illegal sharing of copyright-protected movies, music and TV shows.

Boeing is all set to diverge into a completely different market sector and launch a super secure Android smartphone.

Mass Effect 3 has nose-dived from one controversy to another within the span of a month, ever since it's over-hyped release in March. The cryptic ending to the game finale brought much distaste to the fan community, while both BioWare and EA have drawn flak for making false promises with a complete closure for the game.

Rolls-Royce has secured an another contract from the U.S. Navy to supply power and propulsion systems for further two latest vessels in the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programme.

Mass Effect 3 Resurgence Pack hit the stands on 10 April across all three gaming platforms - Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in US and worldwide except for UK coming on 11 April.

More than 60,000 people sign petition praising EA for enlightened stand on LGBT youth.

Check out the 360 going head-to-head against the rumoured 720

The gay sex controversy surrounding the recent Mass Effect 3 game has led EA to defend itself from those claiming the inclusion of such content should be banned.

Over the last few days, internet is abuzz with rumours about the most-anticipated release of the two upcoming heavyweight game consoles - Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 (PS4). Microsoft's upcoming game console is expected to debut sometime in Christmas 2013, while Sony's PS4 is also scheduled for a 2013 holiday season release, setting the stage for an exciting battle ahead.

The advent of 2012 brings another bunch of exciting games like Halo 4, Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite, Max Payne 3, Resident Evil 6 and Grand Theft Auto 5 to the Xbox 360 platform.

While the 'Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut' free DLC is due until late this summer, fans are eagerly awaiting a fix to the less controversial Shepard face import bug from Mass Effect 1 (ME1) and Mass Effect 2 (ME2) to Mass Effect 3 (ME3).

Max Payne has carved a niche among PC gamers with its matrix-style bullet time and slow-motion effects stealing the spotlight from ordinary FPS (first-person shooter) games. The classic FPS is poised to make its debut on two most popular mobile platforms - iOS and Android - come 12 April.

Sony's next home console PlayStation 4 may have chips that are based on AMD's A8-3850 APU and Radeon HD 7670 GPU.

AT&T to Unlock Off-Contract iPhones from 8 April

Latest reports from Guardian suggest that the earnings of a proposed settlement in an ongoing patent dispute with Oracle, allows Google to make four times as much from an iOS device than it does from devices running its own Android OS.

The franchise owner EA has finally responded to fans clamouring for a meaningful ending, with the release of DLC or rather Extended Cut, which promises to fix ending details this Summer.

"Mass Effect 3" fans have been left puzzled and annoyed with the popular video game's ending.

Yahoo Inc To Lay Off 2000 People!

Paul Celiga claimed in his 2010 lawsuit that he had signed a deal with Zuckerberg for half ownership of the company.

The iPhone 5 which was earlier rumoured for an October launch, could now see the light of day in June.

Following a tough week, RIM has announced an update to its BlackBerry Mobile Fusion server software which will support Android and iOS devices.

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