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Originally Posted by wraggster

One of the worst kept secrets in the games industry is out – developer Starbreeze is indeed working on a brand new Syndicate game for EA.
The publisher has given it a release date of early 2012 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Coming in the wake of Deus Ex’s worldwide chart success, it’s perhaps no surprise to see the title described as “a unique and brutal sci-fi first-person shooter experience set in a not too distant future, where business is war”.
The original Syndicate debuted

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Upcoming PC shooter Planetside 2 will adopt a free-to-play model following the long line of MMOs that did so earlier this year.
The FPS MMO sequel from Sony Online Entertainment will include free-to-play in some form, but concrete details have yet to be determined, reports VG247.
The developer’s studio head John Smedley told 17173.com: “The game will be free-to-play. What form will it be? We’re still working that out. But here’s a hint – we like League of Legends a lot.”

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Electronic Arts has pulled the iPhone version of its social game FIFA Superstars from the App Store, after players experienced problems playing the connected game.
The game started life on Facebook, where it currently has just under 2.8 million monthly active users. In late August, a standalone iPhone version was launched on the App Store, but swiftly disappeared again.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/fifa-...p-store/084554

Originally Posted by wraggster

A new study into scary console claims has named EA’s Dead Space 2 as the scariest game on Xbox 360.
The Vertical Slice study, published on Gamasutra, also drew a number of other conclusions about the nature of scary games and the most effective means of frightening players.
For instance, it claims that actual combat “is not as scary as the implied threat of combat”. And the first confrontation is always the scariest in the game.
Repeated failure is also another barrier to

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Originally Posted by wraggster

There's proof that farming isn’t just popular with casual gamers – Farming Simulator has sold 500,000 copies worldwide.

The specialist PC series has sold 300,000 units in Germany alone following the release of Farming Simulator 2011 last November, which also broke into the PC Top Ten in the UK.

And publisher Excalibur, which handles UK sales, expects similar success from the expansion pack and the Platinum Edition, which hit shelves on October 14th.

“It’s

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