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Originally Posted by wraggster

Last month we discussed news that Sony Online Entertainment will be shutting down Star Wars Galaxies, which has been running since 2003. Sony officials recently spoke at Fan Faire to explain the business decisions behind the closure. Unsurprisingly, licensing and upcoming competition from BioWare's Star Wars MMO played a big part. CEO John Smedley said,
"We have a contractual relationship that's ending in 2012, The Old Republic launching, a bunch of other business things with LucasArts.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA's set to offer even more pre-order incentives for Battlefield 3, with a FOURTH pack spotted for the DICE first-person shooter.

Amazon's gone live with a promotion that will see customers receive a code to download the Specact Kit DLC, a collection of "eight unique multiplayer skins".

The Specact Kit joins Play.com's bonus dog tags and the Back to Karkand Map Pack, a selection of multiplayer arenas remade from Battlefield 2, available to those who pre-order

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Treyarch's launched title update 11 for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox 360.

According to the developer it features a number of unidentified security updates, plus audio tweaks when planting and defusing bombs in Search and Destroy mode.

Call of Duty: Black Ops became the best selling game in UK history last month.

Treyarch recently dropped hints that a fourth map pack is in development for the shooter, following the June launch of the Annihilation DLC

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Originally Posted by wraggster

As a nice surprise to King of Fighters fans, Atlus has confirmed it will release the newest entry, King of Fighters XIII, in US ahead of its outing in Japan.

The game will hit Stateside on October 25, two days ahead of Japan where it arrives on October 27. That's according to the updated official site which points to Amazon pre-orders specifying that release date.

The new game will feature console-exclusive content for PS3 and Xbox owners, including fighters (Billy

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Originally Posted by wraggster

After a short break away Sega and Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2011 has taken its place at the top of the UK PC sales chart again this week.

The footy sim pushes The Sims 3: Generations down to No.2 in the process, while The Sims 3, Portal 2, Shogun 2: Total War, and The Sims: Medieval hold on to No.3, No.4, No.5 and No.6 respectively.

The Sims 3: Late Night moves up three positions from No.10 to No.7, while Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood makes its way to No.8,

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