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Originally Posted by wraggster

The internal target for Xbox 360 exclusive Gears Of War 3 is over 6 million units, according to Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski. Although the design director himself is hopefully of sales of up to 10 million worldwide.

"Deep down, just to be perfectly candid and honest, I would die if we hit 10 - that would be phenomenal. But I can only pray and hope. It's up to the gamers to vote with their wallets," said Bleszinski in a new interview with IndustryGamers.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA chief executive John Riccitello has escalated the continuing war of words between his company and Activision over their forthcoming shooters by calling his rival's flagship product a "Disneyland abstraction" and criticising the timing of the Call of Duty Elite announcement.

Speaking to sister site Industry Gamers, Riccitello considered the wisdom of having announced Elite without letting gamers know exactly what they'd be paying for, suggesting that the reveal was something

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Forthcoming BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will not demand that you run EA's new Origin application in order to play.

BioWare community manager Stephen Reid took to the game's official forums today to clarify that although the game is a digital exclusive for the new online store, you won't need to have the Origin app on your desktop to play or patch the game.

"While Origin will be the exclusive digital retailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, that does

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A mysterious new Harry Potter teaser website has fans of the teenage wizard's adventures speculating that an MMO based on the series could be on its way.

The site, pottermore.com, shows nothing but a logo, author J K Rowling's signature and the words "Coming soon".

It's definitely legit – as Massively notes, the site is owned by Warner Bros. - however, no further details have yet been made public.

It could of course refer to a new book in

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Promising massively multiplayer game Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium Online will be playable at next year's E3 trade show, THQ has confirmed.

"Next year, I promise you, next E3," was THQ core games boss Danny Bilson's response when Eurogamer asked him when we'll get to play the MMO.

"I've already got plans for what the booth is like. The centrepiece of the booth will be that MMO."

Developed by Darksiders creator Vigil Games, Dark Millennium

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