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Originally Posted by wraggster

Research carried out by Cowen analysts suggest that Star Wars: The Old Republic is on track to sell 3 million units in its first year, after pre-order excitement has surpassed that of last year's Starcraft 2 or World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
Cowen's pre-order analysis has led it to raise its estimates for both sell through, from 1.5 million to 3 million, and run-rate subscriber numbers from 1 million to 2 million.
Both Starcraft 2 and World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold over 4 million units.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Popular online game World Of Tanks, published by Wargaming.net, now has 5 million users globally.
The news comes as the game reaches its one year anniversary.
"We didn't expect World of Tanks would become this popular," said CEO Victor Kislyi.
"The game's success has given us confidence we needed to continue our expansion into the world of online wargames."
The game has around 172,000 players online at any one time, beating its total on January 23, which

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Wayne Rooney's real-life hair implants mean that EA Sports, in the name of authenticity, will give the Manchester United striker more hair in FIFA 12.
EA Sports confirmed this to Eurogamer this morning and sent over a screenshot (below) to illustrate the change.
Rooney told fans via Twitter about his hair implants in June.
He allegedly forked out £30,000 to have hair follicles implanted into his scalp that will, over the course of a few months, grow naturally.
Rooney will

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Originally Posted by wraggster

How many extra SingStar songs have you bought and downloaded? 10, 20?
Pathetic.
There are people out there - "a very few" - who own more than 900 SingStar songs, Sony revealed to Eurogamer - a figure that represents roughly £1000 of content.
There are even "a few hundred users who have downloaded over 500 songs".
SingStar songs today cost £1.15 to download individually or £5.35 to download as part of a multi-track Song Pack.
Those statistics and

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Nintendo has released 28 new screens screens showing off The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, one of the most anticipated Nintendo Wii games of 2011.
According to Skyward Sword producer Eiji Aonuma, the game will focus on the creation of the Master Sword along with the rise of Ganondorf.

The screens feature plenty of different enemies Link will find himself up against in the upcoming

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