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Star Wars The Old Republic Pre-Orders, Early Access, and…Monthly fees?

Early last Thursday morning, BioWare took the big leap and announced the start of pre-orders on their website. Though they avoid to actually nail down a release date, speculation is ranging anywhere from October to December. More after the break.

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Battlefield 3: Thunder Run Tank Gameplay

After the impressive work of DICE and EA on Battlefield Bad Company 2, one could only expect a long wait for the next impressive, modern, FPS. DICE has raised the bar on us and are developing one of the most stunning looking games we've seen since, well BBC2. Their state-of-the-art visuals and ultra-realistic sound are being maxed out in their upcoming masterpiece, Battlefield 3. Today at E3 the company released this mouth dropping gameplay footage that has left us stunned. This footage shows tank action at its finest, deployed to take out an enemy rocket position. Check out the video after the break.

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Promotional Peripherals for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Razer, LucasArts, and BioWare, just announced today the launch of their new lineup of computer peripherals promoting Star Wars: The Old Republic. You can check out the full details of their products at the newly formed website here. Razer is producing a keyboard with

a full-color highly sensitive multi-touch LCD panel, and incorporates ten adaptive tactile keys, providing more room for easily accessible skills, hotkeys, and macros.

The company also is making a headset

featuring 5.1 surround sound so you can hear everything around you in absolute clarity.

Additionally the company is producing a gaming mouse that features

gaming-grade wireless technology for complete swiping freedom and a fully programmable twelve button MMO thumb-grid for more skills at your fingertips.

All products feature interchangeable emblems that you can display proudly - once you choose a side that is. Check out the full press release, pictures, and video after the break.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic E3 2011 Return Trailer

BioWare certainly is flexing their cinematic muscle with their impressive trailers. Again at E3 they demonstrate the unique story of their upcoming MMO, The Old Republic. The trailer released by BioWare is slated to become the games intro cinematic. Check out the trailer after the break.

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

And we're back! After a long hiatus from jobs, grad school, and other personal business, we are back into the thick of things once more. What better way to start afresh then to provide some news during the week of E3 2011. There is much in store so let's get straight to it. Here is a highly anticipated game for many on the PS3, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, due out on November 1, 2011. Drake's fate is drawn into the adventures and stories of T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Video after the break.

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Portal 2 Release Date

Though I suggest we take this with a grain of salt, the Portal 2 release date has been nailed down to February 9, 2011. We here at Pixel Well, though not begrudgingly, usually consider Valve's release dates tentative at best. We reminisce fondly of standing around a ping-pong table talking about how cool Half-life 2 would be for, well, ages. Check out this additional gameplay video, where you can hear some of the grand voice acting by Stephen Merchant who plays Wheatly the robot in the game. Lets keep our fingers cross that in a mere couple of months we'll have the new installment securely in our ravenous mitts. Thanks to Game Informer for the news.

Sony’s PlayStation Move

This week has been definitely filled with new items and games from everyone. Microsoft announces their slimmed console along with their motion capture device Kinect, so naturally Sony reveals their latest attempt into the motion capture realm. Sony announced on Tuesday the launch of their new device, Move. Check the details and more pictures after the break.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Here is yet another anticipated game by many out there. E3 has provided us with a debut trailer showing off the new game along with gameplay footage utilizing the Wii motion plus. Author Stephen Totilo over at kotaku had a chance to play the demo at the E3 convention and was overall impressed with the game.

So no complaints on controls, an almost-perfect button layout and a "decent" for graphics. I enjoyed romping through the game's demo and had the most fun at a boss. This game's probably going to be good. No surprise, it's a Zelda.

You can check out his article and walkthrough video here. Make sure to check out the video after the break.

Microsft’s Xbox 360 250Gb Slim and Kinect

If you haven’t heard already Microsoft announced this past Tuesday the launch of their newest Xbox 360 S model and the long awaited motion capture device Kinect, formerly Natal. Following suit of Sony they have trimmed down the system for a slimmer and sleeker looking console. Some of the new features include a smaller 45nm processor, integrated 2.4GHz 802.11n WiFi, 5 USB ports (2 front, 3 back), custom Kinect port, and a larger 250 GB removable hard drive. Check out the full details and pictures after the break.