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Star Wars: The Old Republic /getdown exploit brings invincibility while you boogie (video)
Soon to be patched away 4 January 2012 11:29 GMT TweetSince its launch, Star Wars: The Old Republic has thrown up a few issues, with Bioware even going to the extent of warning and then banning players for exploiting bugs in the system in its first month. Now though, it seems the developer of the massively...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic officially launches - early copies snaffled by fans
Warwick Davis quizzed 15 December 2011 11:08 GMT TweetProfessional Ewok and star of BBC comedy Life's Too Short, Warwick Davis, was on hand last night to help launch the much anticipated massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic. Sitting amongst the famed 501st Stormtroopers, Darth...
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Star Wars Galaxies shutting down 15 December
Popular online game closing 27 June 2011 11:27 GMT TweetLucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies is to close on 15 December, ending more than 8 years of online gameplay.
The announcement came via emails to current subscribers of the game, of which...
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VIDEO: Star Wars - The Old Republic MMORPG features revealed
EA Showcase video interview with lead writer Daniel Erickson 14 May 2010 16:42 GMT TweetJust how cool is this MMORPG looking? Especially the bit where all the Sith lightsabers come on in the dark... In Star Wars geek speak, that's awesome!
We're also excited by lead writer Daniel Erickson's comment that the full street edition...
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First videos of WoW: Catacylsm released
Fly through Stormwind and Orgrimmar 7 May 2010 17:17 GMT TweetHere's some exciting news for subscribers and former subscribers of Blizzard's monster-hit MMO, World of Warcraft. The first videos of the forthcoming "Cataclysm" expansion have appeared, showing of the changes that are to be made to human capital...
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South Korea bans videogames after midnight
Curfew imposed for 19 specific titles 13 April 2010 17:57 GMT TweetSouth Korea has announced a series of policies that attempt to curb the growing problem of videogame addiction that the country is facing. A series of recent incidents have caused media outrage in the country's cities, which have some of the most videogame-friendly...
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Singapore teens play MMOs 27 hours each week
Country facing video game addiction problems 8 October 2009 14:46 GMT TweetA 3-year study in Singapore has discovered that the average primary and secondary school student in Singapore plays 27 hours of MMO games every week - more than 1/7th of their time. MMO stands for Massively-Multiplayer Online and includes titles like...
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Razer Naga MMO Mouse unveiled
17 buttons! 26 August 2009 16:33 GMT TweetRazer, the company behind a number of gaming mice and other accessories, has announced a mouse specially designed for MMORPGs - the Naga.
It's got a whopping 17 buttons - left and right click, scroll wheel, the regular forward and back buttons... -
Official World of Warcraft magazine launched
International quarterly title 20 August 2009 11:22 GMT TweetFive years on from its release, Blizzard's World of Warcraft MMO is still going strong, and has 11.5 million players across the world - more than the population of Greece.
As a result, Blizzard is launching an official magazine in conjunction...