Originally Posted by wraggster Today marks the official launch of Star Wars: the Old Republic, a new MMOG from BioWare, EA, and LucasArts. The game's population has been building throughout the week as players who pre-ordered were granted early access, but now the gates have been thrown open to everyone. By using the Star Warsuniverse and a 'story-driven' approach to MMO gameplay, BioWare hopes to draw in a new group of players who don't typically consider themselves MMO gamers. Since the game is still largely unexplored, comprehensive ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Sony has confirmed that Rockstar's crime thriller LA Noire will be available for download on PSN later this week. There are no details on pricing as yet, but we imagine it will be around the typical, massive PSN price of £49.99 (as was the same with Need for Speed: The Run last week).Along with LA Noire, Trine 2 and Sonic CD will also hit PSN this week. LA Noire: The Complete Edition ...
Originally Posted by wraggster An eagle-eyed gamer has spotted what looks like a hint that EA plans to launch a Battlefield 2142 sequel.An Easter Egg on Battlefield 3 map Wake Island, which comes with the Back to Karkand expansion, shows the number 2143 scrawled on a wall.As BF3blog points out, DICE has a habit of dropping hints at future games into existing ones. In 2006 it included Easter Eggs in Battlefield 2: Euro Forces and Armoured Fury map packs that hinted at a new game called 2142. That game, a PC exclusive, launched ...
Originally Posted by wraggster It's not exactly a secret that big things are expected of BioWare's recent entry to the MMO market, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Cowen & Company analyst Dough Creutz speculates that the game could have up to 1.5 million players already, even though the game doesn't officially launch for another day. This conclusion comes about based on the fact that EA had 140 servers running by last Saturday. ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Ratings have popped up in Australia for 3DS games called simply "Rayman" and "Prince of Persia," along with a Wii "Prince of Persia." Ubisoft has done plenty with both of these franchises, ensuring that we can't know for sure exactly what's been revealed here. The simplest explanation is that these listings are all for Virtual Console downloads. Prince of Persia was released on both ...