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Originally Posted by wraggster

Whatever Star Wars: Identities turns out to be, Eurogamer can tell you this - it's definitely not a video game."I can't comment on rumours or speculation," a LucasArts spokesperson told Eurogamer."However, I can confirm that this is not a video game."Lucasfilm was spotted registering website domains for Star Wars: Identities this week.With video games ruled out, speculation will turn to films or animated television shows.Identities may not be the name of a Star Wars video game,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

There are "issues" with the downloadable version of Battlefield 3 on PS3, EA has confirmed.These are preventing gamers from signing in to multiplayer service Battlelog.EA is working on a patch now, but has no ETA to share.Sony Europe community manager "RabidWalker" communicated this message from EA on the official PlayStation forum.Gamers experiencing this problem questioned whether the digital version of Battlefield 3 not requiring an online pass (you can't buy it second-hand)

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Originally Posted by wraggster

More evidence has emerged that God of War 4 is in development - this time from a New Zealand shop.Mighty Ape lists God of War 4 for release on 28th September 2012.It contains a God of War 4 logo, but this has been lifted from a fan made trailer.The release date does, however, back up a report from earlier this year that claimed God of War 4 would release in September 2012.Before that a job advertisement suggested developer Sony Santa Monica might implement multiplayer into the God of War series.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sci-fi MMO Star Trek Online launches as a free-to-play game on 17th January 2012, developer Cryptic Studios has announced.Players can still choose to subscribe, however. Gold members get a monthly 400 Cryptic Point deposit in their accounts.Starting 1st December, that currency will arrive each month on the player's "anniversary day" of joining.Cryptic had previously promised the game would go free-to-play "by the end of this year".Free members can access all of the game's sectors

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A recent spate of Xbox Live account hijackings involving unauthorised FIFA Ultimate Team pack purchases are not due to a system exploit or hack, Microsoft has clarified.Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, Microsoft's online safety director Doug Park insisted that the problem didn't represent "a new attack vector"."It's not a hack, it's really just a different way to monetise stolen accounts," he explained."Any service has compromises. Facebook has compromises, WOW has

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