After a meeting with EA, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia says that the company has high hopes for BioWare's upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic and believes it can reach two million subscribers.

Without a doubt, SWTOR is one of the most anticipated titles of 2011, and EA has stated that the game is its largest development project ever. According to Bhatia, at least one million subscribers will be needed for EA to break even.

One million subscribers is certainly possible, especially with a high-profile developer like BioWare working on a wildly popular franchise like Star Wars. But, as recent MMORPGs Age of Conan and Warhammer Online can attest to, it's a lot easier to get one million subscribers than it is to keep them.

Star Wars MMO Could See Over 2 Million Subscribers [Industry Gamers]

It looks like EA might be dropping a not-so-subtle hint about the release date of the next Dragon Age game.

A card in the packaging of the Dragon Age: Awakening expansion contains the hint - a bloody dragon logo with the date 2-01-2011 (check it out).

While there's no official word from EA yet, it's safe to say that something is coming on Feb. 1st that Dragon Age fans will want to clear their calendars for.

UPDATE: After suffering a second attack, Ubisoft's servers are up again, according to a tweet they made in the wee hours last night that says, "Login servers were partially reestablished at 10pm CET and fully restored at 1am CET. The attack affected only those trying to login."

Ubisoft's new, controversial DRM system has already had it's first setback. According to a massive post on Ubisoft's European forums, some PC owners were unable to play Assassin's Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5 this weekend because of an attack on the company's authentication servers that left them inaccessible for almost seven hours.

Nowadays, multi-platform games tend to sell better and have a larger community on consoles rather than PC. However, with DICE's newly released Battlefield: Bad Company 2 that doesn't seem to be the case.

Barrie Tingle, the associate producer of DICE, has revealed that the PC version of Bad Company 2 is the most popular choice for gamers with it selling more than the PS3 and X360 version combined. Battlefield has always been a PC game and that's probably the reason behind the sales.

Blizzard has updated the Diablo III website with all new information on the game's Wizard class.

The site now features animated models of both the female and male Wizard, who looks like he's not afraid to rock some funky headgear. There is also new concept art, screen shots, and movies that show off some of the gameplay and cinematics, including the above trailer.

Turbine, Inc. announced today that its free-to-play MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited has attracted over one million players since its launch in September 2009.

The massive influx of new players has been across all of the various consumer plans available. DDO allows players to download and play for free, purchase adventure packs, items, and account services a la carte from the DDO Store, or to subscribe to get unlimited access to all of the game's content.

THQ has released the PC specs for their upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033. There are three sets of specs - minimum, recommended, and optimum - along with a set of specs for gamers looking to utilize NVIDIA 3D Vision. Check them out and see if your computer makes the cut!

That's right, Meier fans, Civ 5 is in development and PC-bound. Details are still scarce, though we know the game is currently set for release in Fall. But, Firaxis and 2K detailed a couple of new features in today's press release.

Full press release after the jump.

There's a saying that behind every fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate... and a sharpened battle axe. Following last week's big reveal of Diablo 3's female monk comes a sneak peek at the female version of the barbarian, who looks like she could break me in two for that crack about her weight.

Check out Blizzard's Diablo 3 Barbarian page for a little background info on this ferocious warrior who proudly upholds the tradition of the metal bikini top.

There's good news and bad news for Alan Wake fans this week. The good news is that the game has finally been given a release date of May 18, 2010. The bad news is that Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be coming to the PC.

Speaking to Strategy Informer, Microsoft explains the reasoning behind the decision:



[No PC Alan Wake via Blue's News]