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Which games are women and girls playing?

A new survey shows how certain games are more appealing to women and girls than their genre competitors. These include Dragon Age: Inquisition, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Star Wars: The Old...

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In Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion, you become the ruler of the galaxy

Watch the first hour of the expansion for a taste of the drama and new features that await

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New trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion shows a great betrayal

Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion launches on Dec. 2. Developer BioWare this week released a six-minute narrative trailer for Knights of the Eternal Throne to set up the story. Players...

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BioWare is shutting down its forums

The majority of BioWare’s forums will shut down on Aug. 26, the developer announced on its blog. These include community boards dedicated to Dragon Age, Mass Effect and other popular series. "This...

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Star Wars Battlefront celebrates May the 4th with a free PC trial (Correction)

May the 4th (also known as Cinco de Mayo Eve) is unofficially "Star Wars Day" and Electronic Arts will celebrate it with some free Star Wars Battlefront for PC players, plus a bunch of goodies in...

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Star Wars: The Old Republic deserves a second chance

My love affair with Star Wars: The Old Republic was strong but short-lived. When it launched in late 2011, I thought this was it: the replacement for World of Warcraft that I'd been waiting for. T...

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New Star Wars: The Old Republic episode arrives on Feb. 11

The next episode in BioWare's episodic expansion story, Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire will be released on Feb 11. This morning, publisher EA released a trailer for the...

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion arrives Oct. 27, is a new hope for MMOs

Star Wars: The Old Republic's next expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, is coming Oct. 27, armed with a broom. Not literally a broom. There will be lightsabers. But figuratively. BioWare is...

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Minimap April 16, 2015: 2K Australia, WoW, EA, Valve, Star Wars, Star Wars and Star Wars

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio tour through the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this...

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EA shutting down four free-to-play PC games, but Star Wars: The Old Republic is safe

Electronic Arts is ending development on four of its free-to-play Windows PC games and will soon shut them down entirely, the publisher announced today. The four games in question — Battlefield...