Thu, Oct 20, 2011 | 22:14 BST

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Thursday Shorts: Origin, MW3, GE Show does Minecraft, Lots of Tales stuff

Settle in for another large batch of shorts. Don’t be afraid. Hit the jump.

• Origin update 8.3 has been released, and apparently, it’s required if you want to play Battlefield 3 next week on PC.
• Tales of Graces and Phantasia characters have been revealed for Tales of the Heroes.
• The Shadow Lair boss content has been added to Spiral Knights.
• Here’s another War in the North video, but this one is all about the Elf. We stand behind this.
• Part one of The Guardian’s inside story on Modern Warfare 3 has been released.
• Milla Jovovich has posted another video from the set of Resident Evil: Retribution. It’s a car crash.
• Eidos Montreal used technology from Autodesk to develop Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
• Some screenshots from Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter have been posted.
• Screen Australia’s All Media Fund plans to fund five new game development projects from Aussie game makers.
• The folks at the GE Show put together a Minecraft build using Photoshop blueprints and 3D SketchUp models to build a replica of the Edison Memorial Tower in Edison, NJ. It’s rather awesome.
• You can download the US client for Troy Online here.
• InFamous 2 Festival of Blood screens are through here.
• Tales of Innocence R get a Iria Animi character introduction video. Go watch it.

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