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GAMESCOM: Attendees at Gamescom 2011 were treated to the first live gameplay demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic. A team of eight players were hooked up online and took part in a large player-versus-environment mission in EA’s upcoming PC MMORPG. The first big operation in the game was showcased …

GAMESCOM: EA is to give another major IP the social network treatment with the announcement of Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes. The game will be free-to-play and available to all online, with Google+ Games in particular mentioned by BioWare’s Ray Muzyka as he took to the Gamescom stage for EA’s …

GAMESCOM: EA Sports is bringing its stylish football series back with a brand new game out early next year, boasting Football Club functionality. The publisher showed off the title at its Gamescom press conference in Cologne this afternoon. The game will be produced by the EA Sports’ football development team …

Speaking at GDC Europe PopCap’s director of online business Bart Barden has said the casual gaming company may look to work with EA’s established IP in the wake ofthe buyout by the publisher. "Everything will improve with EA," said Barnden at the Q&A session following his talk on localisation and …

GAMESCOM: New gameplay trailers have been released for a pair of the console sector’s hottest new titles. DMC is Capcom’s re-imagining of its popular Devil may Cry series. Development has been shifted out of Japan and handed over to Heavenly Sword and Enslaved developer Ninja Theory. Ghost Recon Future Soldier …

GAMESCOM: Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft will release three of its upcoming key Kinect titles in October. Frontier’s Kinectimals Now With Bears will hit retail on October 11th, followed by Dance Central 2 on October 21st and then Kinect Sports: Season 2 on October 25th. As this story goes to …

Publisher Nordic Games has announced plans to acquire rival publisher JoWood and it’s the Adventure Company brand. Both names will now become publishing labels under the Nordic umbrella. Nordic’s immediate plan is to start capitalising on its new back catalogue which includes the likes of Painkiller, Panzer Elite, Legend of …

Also purchases The Adventure Company, plans to relaunch brands

GAMESCOM:As if the hype for Warner’s Batman: Arkham Asylum wasn’t enough, the publisher has now confirmed that the game will ship with both stereoscopic and anaglyphic 3D functionality. All three of the game’s SKUs – Xbox 360, PS3 and PC – will support the technology. To use the 3D gamers …

GDC Europe: Company president Mike Capps says the PC has again become a primary target