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Originally Posted by wraggster

We’re no closer to nailing down a firm release date for the game, but a calm and considered EA spoke confidently about its hopes and expectation for BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic in its Q1 conference call last night.

“We've got a very aggressive plan to be able to scale multiple millions of users coming into the Star Wars franchise and service this fall,” EA Games label president Frank Gibeau told investors, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha.

“We're

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The PC version of Ubisoft's Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection.

The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer.

Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced that many of its PC games would require constant net connections. The publisher claimed the move was an anti-piracy measure.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Gearbox has revealed an interesting piece of DLC that will be hitting Duke Nukem Forever on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this autumn.

Called the ‘Hail to the Icons Parody Pack’, it includes four new multiplayer maps, three new multiplayer modes and four new weapons. It will be free to all users who registered as Fast Access Club members prior to the game’s release.

Here’s Gearbox’s official description of each of the new levels:

Call of Duke – Duke

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