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EA has announced that BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will become free-to-play in all territories on November 15th. The F2P system will allow players to experience all of the class storylines through to the current level cap – level 50. Existing subscribers will be boosted with free Cartel …

Successful developers to receive seed funding, shared office space and dev tools

It’s nearly Friday! What will you be doing this weekend? Out with your mates? A spot of Christmas shopping with your other half? Us? Oh, we’ll be sitting outside HMV in a tent waiting for a game to be released next week. We’re joking, of course. We’ve got Taylor Pelling …

Ubisoft has confirmed that it is to release another of its digital titles on the High Street. The Settler Online, which until now has only been available in browsers, will receive a boxed release on December 7th. However, whereas the browser version is free the boxed release will cost 19.99. …

Valuation of world's richest company drops by 20 per cent despite impressive sales of iPhone 5 and iPad mini

We’re used to server troubles causing issues with games, but borking hardware is a new one. PCGamesN reports that owners of the $79.99 Razer Naga has fallen into exactly this trap. The high-end mouse uses Synapse software that requires an online activation before it is installed. And yes, Razer’s activation …

Epic's flagship series has sold one million copies since July

Bohemia Interactive has instructed developers of a DayZ ‘gambling’ mod to cease work on the title as it claims it undermines the original experience. As reported byVG247, the unofficial mod, called DayZ Bounty, charges users between $5 to $20 to play, and rewards players with real money for kills. ArmA …

New add-on charges users to pay to play and rewards them with real money for kills

With many of the big late-October and early-November releases out of the way, the latest Game4u preorder chart features several first-time appearances. The top position, however, remains unchaged, with the delayed PC version of Assassin’s Creed 3 still reigning supreme. The console versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 …