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Originally Posted by wraggster

Activision has confirmed that the market-leading first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be playable at the Eurogamer Expo this week.
Taking place September 22-25, the Eurogamer Expo is the UK's largest consumer games show, with 30,000 people visiting Earls Court One over four days.
"We're delighted that Activision are making Modern Warfare 3 available to play at this year's Expo; confirming the show's status as the biggest gaming event ever to take place in the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sony Online Entertainment is to make DC Universe Online a free-to-play game from October.
Both the PC and PlayStation 3 versions of the game will require no initial purchase, with SOE splitting access to the game into three levels - Free, Premium and Legendary.
While the initial game is free, extra content through DLC and microtransactions will be available to purchase. Players who have already spent $5 in-game before DCUO goes free will get access to the Premium level, offering additional

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Originally Posted by wraggster

John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment, has said that there's still a strong case for subscription-based online gaming, and he believes that BioWare's forthcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic can hit 2 million monthly subscribers.
SOE itself is dropping subscriptions and taking its titles free-to-play - today it revealed that DC Universe Online will be free on PC and console in October - but despite that move Smedley still has faith in his peers at Bioware.
"It's fair

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Originally Posted by wraggster

DICE has documented the five Battlefield 3 multiplayer modes. They are Team Deathmatch, Squad Deathmatch, Rush, Squad Rush and Conquest.
Each of the five modes can be played on each of the nine Battlefield 3 maps available at launch.
Team Deathmatch supports two teams of 12 players (24 in total). The goal is to reach a kill-count before the other team. There are no vehicles in Team Deathmatch.
Squad Deathmatch is for four teams of four (16 in total). Again, the goal is to reach

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Originally Posted by wraggster

At TGS the platform holder revealed Mario Kart 7 will automatically exchange player ghost data when other Nintendo 3DS systems nearby, allowing you to virtually race against other players.

Mario Kart 7 players will also be able to use StreetPass ghost data to find players during online play, Nintendo said.

Metal Mario and Lakitu - who's finally jumping off his cloud

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