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Originally Posted by wraggster

Battlefield 3 should keep you going for a while - the upcoming shooter has years' worth of unlocks, developer DICE has claimed.
It's the "deepest" shooter in the developer's history, and has ten times the number of unlocks than Battlefield: Bad Company 2 had.
These are spread over weapons, weapons attachments, gadgets and a "huge" unlock tree for vehicles.
"There should always be something left to achieve in Battlefield 3," persistence designers Valerian

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Sony today begins its conversion of the servers running PC and PlayStation 3 MMO DC Universe into four MegaServers.
The move "greatly" expands the number of players available to play with, Sony Online Entertainment said.
Sony said gamers will enjoy much larger populations, will have access to a much larger pool of people to join in Alerts, Duos, Raids and Legends PvP, it will be much easier to play with friends who were previously on other servers, you'll be able to switch

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Does Mass Effect 3 have multiplayer? The industry can't seem to decide, but the cover of the latest issue of Xbox World says it has.
The cover for issue 108 of Xbox World, rushing its way to shop shelves now - as teased over here, contains what will be the first real details on Mass Effect 3's much-debated multiplayer mode. One cover line teases: "Mass Effect 3: New levels - and multiplayer!"

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has issued a frank statement explaining why it will not be selling Battlefield 3 through Steam.
The publisher blames new "restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content" - restrictions which it says no other digital platform has.

It's not over yet though. EA adds: "We hope to work

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Lawyers acting for Elder Scrolls and Fallout publisher Bethesda have sent a legal letter to Minecraft creator Markus Persson for allegedly breaching copyright.
According to Persson, the issue is over the name 'Scrolls', currently the title of the fantasy card game in development by his company, Mojang.
"Just got a letter from Bethesta's [sic] lawyers," wrote Notch onTwitter. "They claim 'Scrolls' infringes on their trademark and everyone will confuse it with Skyrim."

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