Star Wars Battlefront Beta Is Biggest in EA History

Electronic Arts and DICE have revealed that over 9 million people checked out the Star Wars Battlefront beta, meaning it's the biggest one ever for the games publisher.

Star Wars Battlefront senior producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir announced the milestone on the EA Star Wars website. "Yesterday, the Star Wars Battlefront beta surpassed a major milestone: more than nine million players logged in and played," she said.

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Star Wars Battlefront Beta Is Biggest in EA History

Electronic Arts and DICE have revealed that over 9 million people checked out the Star Wars Battlefront beta, meaning it's the biggest one ever for the games publisher.

Star Wars Battlefront senior producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir announced the milestone on the EA Star Wars website. "Yesterday, the Star Wars Battlefront beta surpassed a major milestone: more than nine million players logged in and played," she said.

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Marvel’s Force Awakens Prequel Sells Big

According to Diamond Comics' sales figures, Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire #1 was the be the best-selling comic of September 2015, with an estimated 208,883 units sold.

With Secret Wars #6 and several tie-in issues delayed into October, the playing field was more open in September for non-Secret Wars books. Deadpool vs. Thanos #1 proved to be Marvel's best-selling non-Star Wars comic, while Marvel faced increased competition from the likes of Batman, Justice League and The Walking Dead.

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Marvel’s Force Awakens Prequel Sells Big

According to Diamond Comics' sales figures, Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire #1 was the be the best-selling comic of September 2015, with an estimated 208,883 units sold.

With Secret Wars #6 and several tie-in issues delayed into October, the playing field was more open in September for non-Secret Wars books. Deadpool vs. Thanos #1 proved to be Marvel's best-selling non-Star Wars comic, while Marvel faced increased competition from the likes of Batman, Justice League and The Walking Dead.

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Star Wars Battlefront Won’t Have Dedicated Voice Chat

Star Wars Battlefront won't have voice chat on consoles or PC.

Team communication on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will rely on each consoles "built-in party system for in-game chat," according to EA. EA also confirmed the lack of voice-chat on PC, answering a question on Twitter telling gamers if they want to chatter with teammates, they'll need  their "favorite third party software to communicate with friends on PC."

It's not an unusual move for PC games to rely on third-party chat applications for voice chat. Almost as long as voice over internet protocol, or VOIP, has existed, gamers have been using it to communicate with one another.

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Star Wars Battlefront Won’t Have Dedicated Voice Chat

Star Wars Battlefront won't have voice chat on consoles or PC.

Team communication on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will rely on each consoles "built-in party system for in-game chat," according to EA. EA also confirmed the lack of voice-chat on PC, answering a question on Twitter telling gamers if they want to chatter with teammates, they'll need  their "favorite third party software to communicate with friends on PC."

It's not an unusual move for PC games to rely on third-party chat applications for voice chat. Almost as long as voice over internet protocol, or VOIP, has existed, gamers have been using it to communicate with one another.

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Destiny’s Microtransaction Fees Revealed

We knew microtransactions would be introduced to Destiny today, but it wasn't until now that we knew the prices.

Later today, players will be able to purchase Silver from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Games Store. Destiny's new in-game currency costs real money and can be used to purchase emotes from the vendor Tess Everis at her storefront in The Tower.

According to the PlayStation Store, 500 Silver costs $5, 1000 costs $10 plus a bonus of 100, and 2000 costs $20 plus a bonus of 300. Rare emotes cost 200 Silver, while legendary emotes cost 500. There are 18 emotes in all: 2 legendary and 16 rare. To purchase all of them would cost 4,200 Silver, or about $40.

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Destiny’s Microtransaction Fees Revealed

We knew microtransactions would be introduced to Destiny today, but it wasn't until now that we knew the prices.

Later today, players will be able to purchase Silver from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Games Store. Destiny's new in-game currency costs real money and can be used to purchase emotes from the vendor Tess Everis at her storefront in The Tower.

According to the PlayStation Store, 500 Silver costs $5, 1000 costs $10 plus a bonus of 100, and 2000 costs $20 plus a bonus of 300. Rare emotes cost 200 Silver, while legendary emotes cost 500. There are 18 emotes in all: 2 legendary and 16 rare. To purchase all of them would cost 4,200 Silver, or about $40.

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