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Originally Posted by wraggster

SOE, CCP proving that "free-to-play on PlayStation 3 is huge," says Smedley
Seventy per cent of players in Sony's free-to-play MMO DC Universe Online are playing the game via the PlayStation 3, according to SOE boss John Smedley.
Speaking to GamesIndustry International, the online gaming veteran said that Sony Online Entertainment and CCP have been able to prove that free-to-play gaming on Sony's console is a viable market, and one that's supported well through the PSN service.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Paramount Pictures has filed a pair of trademarks for World War Z relating to video games for the upcoming film adaptation.
The first trademark was filed for ‘entertainment services, namely, providing online electronic games.’
The second was filed for ‘downloadable electronic game programs; Electronic game software for handheld electronic devices; Video game cartridges and discs.’
No info regarding publisher/developer, release dates, or really anything of note beyond those mentions.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Ubisoft wants to push the morality of the battlefield in next year's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
Speaking to Game Informer, the title's creative director Maxime Beland said Sam Fisher will be faced with morally ambiguous choices in how he deals with his enemies and the men he interrogates.
Blacklist pits Fisher against a terrorist group demanding that the US withdraw its forces from various global hotspots – and the development team want layers to think about the repercussions of the actions

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Diablo III players will soon have fresh limits imposed on them by developer Blizzard.
At some stage “in the near future” Blizzard will limit how many games a player can create within a specific, as of yet unspecified timeframe.
“We've further tuned and tested the conditions that trigger this limit to ensure, as much as possible, that it only affects those abusing the Diablo III game service in a way that violates the Terms of Use – for example, by using bots that create games in rapid

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Gamers won’t necessarily have to buy a copy of Medal of Honor to gain access to next year’s Battlefield 4 beta.
Speaking on Reddit, the company assured fans that “there will be other ways to get into the beta aside from MoH Warfighter – at this time, however, it is the only way to guarantee entry”.
The claim is at odds with EA’s marketing yesterday announcing the beta.
The studio went on to claim that concerns about the game’s early announcement and seemingly swift release, as

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