Battlefield 2 performed particularly well on Steam, as EA specifically devoted a lot of resources to make PC players happy, unlike other publishers who simply port a title from console to PC with little thought for extra tools or features.

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Among them are Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2, Need For Speed Shift, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Sim City 4, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Mirror's Edge.

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Back to Karkand is a massive, themed expansion pack available for a period of time after the base game, developed by a separate team at DICE who last created Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam.

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Some of the new offerings aren't so robust, sadly -- the UI's Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield 3 apps are little more than pre-configured profiles -- and not all of their toggles actually correspond to action in the game.

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Modern Warfare 3 could sell an additional 8 million copies in 2012 and Battlefield 3 could tally another 2 million units sold next year.

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Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Portal 2, LA Noire, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3.

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Misuari signed a peace accord Sept. 2 with one-time battlefield opponent Fidel Ramos, now president of the Philippines and a key mover behind the peace process.

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And with the action moving to New York City for the first time, the 1950s offers a very different shooter experience than more recent Big Apple battles like Crysis 2 or the upcoming E3 standouts Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

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Israel would eventually overcome the Syrian and Egyptians forces on the battlefield, but it was a frightfully close affair, and ultimately cost the lives of 2, 688 soldiers.

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