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Originally Posted by wraggster

A leaked version of DICE's upcoming war shooter Battlefield 3 has found its way on to illegal torrent sites, according to MCV.

The 9.96GB download contains the entire single player mode from the PC version of the game.

It's an occurance that is becoming increasingly more common. Leaks of high-profile games ahead of release this year have included Gears Of War 3, Crysis 2 and The Sims 3. And extensive details on Modern Warfare 3, but not the game, were also leaked this year.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

EA has revealed that Battlefield 3 pre-orders have reached two million units ahead of the game’s launch next Tuesday.

"We're doing very, very well," product manager Kevin O'Leary told Fox Business, citing pre-orders of "a couple of million" copies.

EA chief financial officer Eric Brown said in early September that pre-orders for the shooter had reached 1.25 million units, placing it "well ahead of its predecessor title, Battlefield: Bad Company

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Just over a year ago, Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV. It was not well received, and to atone for their mistake, the company removed the game's subscription fee, replaced a bunch of the developers, and delayed the PS3 version. Now, they are confident enough in the updates they've brought to the game that they are re-instituting the subscription plan and working again on the PS3 version, though it's still about a year away. They've also explained their roadmap for version 2.0 of the game,

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