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Originally Posted by wraggster

Daily revenue from superhero MMO DC Universe Online is up 700 per cent since it adopted the free-to-play model on 1st November, according to Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley.Smedley Tweeted the figure earlier today, along with a number of other stats.Apparently, revenue is split 47 per cent from the PC version and 53 per cent from the PlayStation 3 version.The game's userbase is growing by six per cent a day, while 85 per cent of daily log-ins are returning players.The most popular in-game

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Lady Gaga stars in the next round of Dance Central 2 DLC, publisher Microsoft has announced.You can pick up two Gaga tracks - Marry the Night and The Edge of Glory - from 22nd November, priced at 240 Points a piece.With Bad Romance and Born This Way included on the disc, and Poker Face and Just Dance exportable from the original, Harmonix's Kinect-only dance sim now offers six tunes in total from the OTT US songstress.Microsoft also mentioned that new tracks from Rihanna are due in December, though

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Battlefield 3 developer DICE is currently working on a patch for all versions of its just released game, set to improve "polish, stability, weapons balancing, squad control functionality, user interface enhancements, and several feature enhancements that address feedback the community has provided to date." The studio's blog post on the matter also specifically calls out the PC's "negative

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Originally Posted by wraggster

If Hollywood's already keen on dragging you through another origin story with Spider-Man (who?), it can't surprise anyone by proposing a narrative backtrack for the lesser known Lara Croft. The new Tomb Raider film, vaguely positioned for 2013, will return to the posh explorer's formative years, though it might not fall in lockstep with next year's game, which also strips away the Croft

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Originally Posted by wraggster

High-definition goatee news now, with Naughty Dog sharing further details on the disc-bound Jak and Daxter Collection, set to hit PlayStation 3 in February 2012. Most remastered trilogies can match the features boasted by this one, such as 720p resolution, Trophies and stereoscopic 3D support, but none can claim to have this kind of titular escalation. You get Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (subtitle), Jak II (Roman numerals) and Jak 3 (plain ol' numbered sequel).

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