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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Mass Effect 3 multiplayer kicks off 'Operation Raptor' this weekend]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/10/me3-coop-1_530x298.jpg" /></a></div>Xbox 360 and PC <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/mass-effect-3"><em>Mass Effect 3</em></a> players have a new N7 Bounty Weekend event kicking off at 5pm PST on Friday. Operation Raptor will run until Monday at 5am PST, awarding players in <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/10/mass-effect-3-co-op-multiplayer-galaxy-war/">the co-op multiplayer mode</a> a Commendation pack for meeting the individual goal of promoting two characters from the multiplayer to the single-player game. The allied goal is for the community to promote 150,000 total characters to the single-player campaign, which will net all players a Victory pack.<br /><br />The contents of these packs will be revealed next week when eligible players are rewarded the goods for completing the requisite tasks. Additionally, all players will earn an extra 10% XP this weekend. As for PS3, BioWare says it's working with Sony to bring these N7 Bounty Weekend events to the platform and will update accordingly.<br /><br />One catch: All willing to participate must set the "Upload Gameplay Feedback" option to "on."<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/">Mass Effect 3 multiplayer kicks off 'Operation Raptor' this weekend</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20203278/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/mass-effect-3-multiplayer-kicks-off-operation-raptor-this-week/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bioware</category><category>ea</category><category>mass-effect-3</category><category>microsoft</category><category>n7-bounty-weekend</category><category>operation-raptor</category><category>pc</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>