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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 looking

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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 engages in

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Originally Posted by wraggster

If you're confused about which platform on which to play Two Worlds 2: Castle Defense, only one platform is going to be staring at your face as you play. Maybe you should take that into consideration.

The iPad 2 version features 3D-ET tech, to change the camera angle based on the position of your face relative to the screen. Basically, the announcement says you can "look around corners." It also says it's "eye tracking" tech, but we're more inclined to believe

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Pre-orders of Battlefield 3 are ten times higher than those of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, EA has announced.

A line in its fiscal Q1 earnings report today also noted that forthcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic had broken the publisher's all-time pre-order record.

As reported earlier today, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has just hit nine million sales to date, boding well for DICE's forthcoming effort.

Battlefield 3 is out for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox

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