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Wondering what 2012 is going to have to offer you, on the FPS front? Well, you can probably rest assured that come November, the masses will be playing Call of Duty 9 (yes, 9!), whatever they may call it. There’s also speak of another Battlefield title to further push the franchise, but it’s just a …

Bioware and EA have released new information concerning Star Wars The Old Republic, and we know how you all love stats! Over this past weekend, players continued to flood the servers of the fastest-growing subscription MMO in history, immersing themselves in the game for over 5.5 million hours. Star Wars: The Old Republic is also …

Season’s greetings and all that. As is the tradition at this time of year, along with shopping trolley rage, trying to find parking spaces and drinking too much, Newbies Incorporated’s regurgitated default Christmas message follows. To all noobs, past, present and future, and our many readers I wish you all a Happy Christmas, Joyous Newton’s …

DICE Voice Over Producer, Tomas Danko tweeted earlier that we will see the all new Comrose 2.0 some time in February 2012. The new comrose is suppose to be greatly improved and adds similar commands to the comrose in Battlefield 2, including the ability to request health and ammo. He said: Comrose 2.0 will launch …

EA is offering Battlefield 3 on Origin for half its usual price this weekend. DICE’s excellent multiplayer shooter will be available from EA’s PC digital marketplace for £20 on Saturday and Sunday. And from now until January 8th, EA is offering 50 percent off when you buy any two or more selected titles. These include …

EA’s PWNED web show released a new episode today featuring an interview with Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Lead Designer Niklas Fegraeus. Later in the interview Niklas explains why a popular Battlefield 2 map, Dragon Valley was not included in B2K; basically saying the asian setting did not fit the Battlefield 3 setting. The 2nd …

BioWare has issued a list of high-traffic Star Wars: The Old Republic servers that you should avoid if you don’t want to spend hours in a queue to get on. The inevitable popularity of BioWare’s fantastic new MMO has seen a number of servers become so overloaded that players are being forced to wait hours …

DICE has acknowledged a problem with a couple of weapons when playing on the new Back to Karkand maps in the PS3 version of Battlefield 3, and is working on a fix. “We are aware that the QBU-88 Sniper rifle and MG36-LMG in Back to Karkand on PS3 are not acting as they should (they …

Infinity Ward has revealed that the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC will launch on January 24, 2012. t’ll be available to Call of Duty Elite members on Xbox Live first. Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling said in a Call of Duty Elite video that Modern Warfare 3 will offer more varied DLC than previous …

Bethesda has quietly released a new patch for the PC version of its critically acclaimed open-world RPG Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Patch 1.3.1 doesn’t make any substantial changes to the game, and instead is intended for PC gearheads with four gigabytes of RAM in their machines. Here’s the full release notes. Update 1.3.10 Notes (PC) …

DICE rolled out a Battlelog update early this morning fixing some issues and more notably adding the Physical Warfare Pack bonuses to all PC and Xbox 360 players. Playstation 3 players received this last week. Fixes include: • Add PWP license by default to all BF3 PC users • Fixed description on Service Stars • …

As promised, Polyphony Digital has released a Gran Turismo 5 update, weighing in at a fairly large 246 MB. The v2.02 Gran Turismo 5 update introduces a wide range of tweaks, changes and new features to the driving sim, plus everyone who updates will get the new Toyota FT-86 car (aka Scion FR-S) added to …

Rocksteady has said it will be releasing a free new character skin as a way to thank fans for supporting Batman: Arkham City. The gratis skin will kit up the Dark Knight in his Batman Incorporated outfit, which is very much in line with his classic costume and features a more pronounced bat symbol on …

More than three years after announcement and (allegedly) over $100m in development, EA’s biggest ever video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, has gone live to the public this morning. According to analysts more than a million early access customers have already joined the MMO, and despite complaints of hefty server queues developer BioWare says …

It’s not quite as the title would lead you to believe, but Steam has started its big Holiday Sale promotion, and you might as well tell everyone you know to stop calling you for the next few months. There are more discounts than you could ever need in a lifetime, in addition rewards for completing …