For Star Wars fans who can’t wait to get into battle as the most iconic Star Wars characters will love Heroes vs Villains, which is one of the most fantasy-fulfilling game modes in Star Wars: Battlefront. There are three dark side characters and three light side characters who fight head-to-head and you will never see as many iconic faces in one single game mode. The lead level designer, Dennis Brannvall, has went into more detail about Heroes vs Villains and we are going to break it down. This amazing game mode is short and has intense rounds where iconic Star Wars characters will butt heads in dynamic fights. All of the matches are divided into rounds in which three players from each team will randomly spawn as the Villains and Heroes in Star Wars: Battlefront. Simply, you will see characters like Luke Skywalker facing against Darth Vader and Boba Fett….
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The Force Awakens First Order Hints In Star Wars: Uprising?
In this previous September, the Star Wars: Journey to the Force Awakens campaign began. This came along with a lot of brand new comics, books, and more clues that have started piecing together the 30 years that happens between Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. The new mobile game called Star Wars: Uprising was released with the rest of the above. The game follows a smuggler who helps the Rebels when one part of the Empire creates a blockade around the Anoat sector. This then sections off Hoth and Bespin from the other areas of the galaxy. The game will only be remembered as a way for players to be a smuggler, but it has plenty of hints in it about the future of Star Wars. One of these hints was initially found by a MakingStarWars reader, Shi, and this inspired others to…
DICE Admits Star Wars Battlefront’s Walker Assault Mode Is Unbalanced
DICE has now acknowledged that Star Wars: Battlefront’s Walker Assault Mode is no balanced well, with it favoring the Imperials side over the Rebels, and has stated that they will take care of the problem before its released. On Twitter, one fan claimed that he never won a Walker Assault match while playing on the Rebel side in the beta. He asked, “Does this mean I suck?” The community manager for DICE, Matthew Everett replied with “Nope! It’s a balancing issue with the beta.” The lead multiplayer designer, Dennis Brannvall also added “Yeah, it’s too tough. We’ll make changes based on the feedback and data. Asymmetric modes are tricky and risky but potentially awesome, that’s why we want beta test help.” During the Walker Assault mode, the Rebel side is trying to destroy two Empire AT-ATs by securing outposts to call in Y-wing bombers. During this time, the Empire is…
Video: How Star Wars: Uprising connects Return of Jedi to Force Awakens
Star Wars games have a long history. While some have been a hit, others haven’t been. Some of the games capture the rich universe perfectly and makes it even enriched further. Others have used Star Wars to make a quick buck off of the fans and some should have probably known better when they purchased Kinect Star Wars. Star Wars: Uprising is a free mobile game and it connects some of the dots between Return of the Jedi and the upcoming installment of the Force Awakens. How much of the intervening period will it reveal? You have to play for a little while to find out or you can watch a video that this page is linked to at the bottom. The video is from Ian and he shows off some of the story’s opening scenes. Uprising is a type of Diablo dungeon crawler and its main focus is on…
SWTOR Fallen Empire Companion Influences Guide
SWTOR Fallen Empire Companion Influences Guide on getting influences for returning and new companions. Updated for Patch 5.0.1 Updated with 5.0.1: Wampa, K1-Z3N Updated with 5.0: Arcann, Shae Vizla, Mawvorr, TY-4N, Exoboar, Master Ranos Updated with 4.7.1: Z0-0M, Rusk, Skadge Updated with 4.7: Bogstalker, ISO-5R, Guss Updated with 4.5: Broonmark, Bowdaar, Torian, Vette, Gault, Ginx, Annihilator T4-1D Update with 4.3: Ak’ghal Usar, K’lor’slug Soldier, Q0-77 have being added. Update with 4.1: Kaliyo, Blizz and Personal Warbot have been added. Note that Kaliyo as an agent companion as different gift preferences compared to Kaliyo as an alliance companion Update with 4.0.3: Artwork gifts are now called Delicacies and Consumable gifts are now called Maintenance. Update with Patch 4.0.2: This patch changed the way some companiions react to gifts. They now all have at least one gift type they love (max affection). How Influence Works With Fallen Empire, affection has being changed to influence. Instead of a max of 10,000…
The ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ Beta’s Most Glaring Problem Could Actually Be An Asset
The Star Wars: Battlefront beta has been wrapped up and there is a ton of talk about it and what fans think of the game so far. So it seems that fans are quite satisfied by the beta. After reading through the large amount of coverage about opinions of the beta, the impressions are mainly positive. The most common compliment it that it “just feels like a Star Wars game.” However, there have been a handful of complaints and we are going to discuss what we think is the beta’s biggest problem. It really all depends on who you ask on what the game’s biggest problem is. Erik Kain, from Forbes, thinks that Star Wars: Battlefront’s main issue is the lack of having a campaign. Even though it has an amazing multiplayer experience, there still feels like something is missing when the “campaign mode” is really just survival mini games…
DICE Sacrificed Resolution For FPS
This past week, EA and DICE opened up the beta for Star Wars: Battlefront for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The PS4 version of the beta runs at 900P and the Xbox One version runs at 720P. With this difference in resolution, it has caused conflict in the community. Star Wars: Battlefront is using the Frostbite 3 engine for its visuals, and on Twitter Johan Anderson, the engine’s technical director, explained why DICE chose to use the lower resolutions on both of the consoles. He also answered a question about using adaptive resolutions and the use of the TAA option in the beta version. Star Wars: Battlefront is looking great on all of the platforms and it seems to be very well optimized. However, the Xbox One version is experiencing more rough edges and a high level of shimmering on the fine distant details. According to Eurogater, “If you can…
DICE On Battlefront: No More Partner Spawn In Combat
Representatives for DICE have been quite responsive to the Star Wars: Battlefront community here in the past few and months and it’s been even more so now that the beta is live. For example, Dennis Brannvall, who is the Lead Multiplayer Designer, concurred with a gamer that partners should not have the ability to spawn during combat. This makes us think that this part of the game will be fixed before it’s released. However, someone else posted on the official subreddit of Star Wars: Battlefront about their surprising encounter with a loading screen with the map of Endor. This made rumors fly about the map being added to the rotation during the last few beta design days. This has happened with other games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, but the Community Manager, Sledgehammer10, put the rumor to rest with tweets. One thing that he did clarify is that…
Ten well known voice actors behind SWTOR characters
When Star Wars: The Old Republic first launched it became one of the biggest video game voice-over projects that BioWare or any gaming studio had ever done. It consisted of over 200,000 lines of dialogue that was voiced by more than 200 actors, and with each new expansion and mansion this number has grown. With a ton of different voice actors using their talents, it won’t be surprising to once in a while find yourself thinking, “Where have I heard that voice before?” So many have done that often and we have a list of some of the largest celebrities and actors who are behind the characters in the SWTOR community since 2012. Jennifer Hale: Female Trooper and Satele Shan Jennifer Hale is best-known in the video gaming world for being the voice behind FemShep in all of the amazing Mass Effect games, but she has also made her mark…
Komatu: Two Very Impressive Hours With The Star Wars Battlefront Beta
Patricia Hernandez it’s not actually a huge Star Wars fan, however after spending a few hours playing Star Wars: Battlefront on the PS4 a while back, she stated that she was starting to feel what all the fuss is about. This post is her experience with the time she spent with the game. The visuals are amazing but it’s not just because they are pretty to look at. In her opinion, the best thing that strikes her about them is how well they show off the work, threadbare quality that the majority of the objects found in the movie are seen as well. The blaster gun isn’t all fancy, it’s rough and rugged. Futuristic but still somehow old, which is simply amazing. With these graphics and the combination of DICE’s amazing audio design, Battlefront completely transports you into their world. Star Wars fans will absolutely love the details and the…
Preview Dice Star Wars: Battelfront companion mobile app
Recently, EA Star Wars Twitter revealed a mobile app called My Career that will be a companion to the upcoming game Star Wars: Battlefront. The app will allow players to see statistics, customize their gameplay, and much more. The app will be released in the early part of November and it allows the user to check their progress, connect with friends on PSN, Xbox Live, and Origin, customize loadout, and receive updates from EA. The beta for Star Wars: Battlefront is fast approaching and you still have time to pre-order a Darth Vader PS4 bundle on Amazon for release day delivery. Build your perfect Star Wars Battlefront loadout on the go with the Companion App: http://t.co/ptKN4ONRlQ pic.twitter.com/bSP1g6uZT3 — EAStarWars (@EAStarWars) October 4, 2015
HYPERSPACE BEACON: Six things to do before SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire launch
Once the long-awaited Knights of the Fallen Empire for Star Wars: The Old Republic launches, certain activities will not be available in the game anymore. To be specific, quests such as the Makeb staged weeklies and the Nightmare achievements for Eternity Vault will be gone. You also need to know that many of the basic story missions will not be available once you begin the KotFE missions, and the developers have stated that those missions will affect the story in KotFE, as well. There is only one more month left until the expansion is available to the public, so we need to prioritize which mission achievements you must have before you get the expansion. Here are six suggestions to get you started on the right path. Companion missions The first suggestion is to do as many companion missions that you possibly can. Many of them only require that you go…
My Favorite Things About the Star Wars: Battlefront Beta
The Star Wars: Battlefront closed beta has become available a couple of days ago and it instantly vindicated all those who have put their trust into DICE to make this a game that would live up to the tremendous hype that preceded it. Indeed, as we followed the development of this game one bit of rumor/news at a time, it has become clear that no amount of effort would be spared to make this good and now all I can say is: it shows. The beta isn’t all milk and honey obviously, there are a number of smaller problems with it, but being positive a person, I’m not going to dwell on any of these minute and ultimately insignificant details, and I’m only going to focus on the bits that have left me thoroughly impressed. To start off: the graphics. In this day and age, raving about the visuals of…
DICE GM Admits They Almost Passed on ‘Star Wars Battlefront’
In the most recent issue of Official Xbox Magazine, the studio general manager of DICE, Patrick Bach stated that the Swedish video game developer nearly passed up on creating Star Wars: Battlefront, and its already looking to be one of the biggest games this year. “Disney came to EA looking for a partner to make games and suggested, ‘Maybe DICE should make a Battlefront game.’ On our side, we had this opportunity, but were fully booked with other work and thought, ‘Argh, we can’t do that!’ But then the heart kicks in, says ‘we will figure it out,’ and we figured it out. Because you can’t say no to a project like that. You piece it together based on competence, passion, availability – although that’s easier to fix. You need the right people in the right place to do the right ‘thing’. Even though you don’t know what that is…
A Starter Guide for Star Wars: Uprising
The newest mobile Star Wars game is from Kabam and it’s an online RPG called Star Wars: Uprising. We are sure that most of you have heard of this new mobile game by now but we are going to give you some great tips and strategies to use in the game. The games set is that you are a smuggler who is trying to earn money and work off his debt while the Empire strengthens its grasp on the galaxy with an “iron blockade.” Read on to learn some useful tips to take over Star Wars: Uprising. Your roll move is the best asset with enemies Star Wars: Uprising gives players access to a great roll move that will send you rolling away from enemies and danger when you are in a tight spot. All you need to do is double-tap on an area on the map and you will…
Star Wars Battlefront Will Have Dedicated Servers
After speaking with PlayStation LifeStyle at TGS, Jamie Keen senior producer has confirmed that even though it was recently reported that the sci-fi shooter would not offer a server browser, there will definitely be dedicated servers to give players an “unparalleled” online service. “We’ll still have dedicated servers. Absolutely,” said Keen. “It’s one of the hallmarks of making sure we deliver an unparalleled online [service] for the game.” Keen has given more details about Star Wars: Battlefront’s Hero System, where players take control of iconic and powerful characters in the Star Wars film saga. “Our goal was to give an average player around two minutes as a Hero or Villain,” said Keen. “But if you’re good enough, you might stretch that to around five minutes. In theory, you could play as Luke Skywalker for a whole match, but that is extremely unlikely. That said, the gauntlet is thrown!” The release…
Star Wars Gaming Headset
There is an awesome new headset being released in November and their name is the Star Wars X-Wing Pilot headset. The release of the new headset is to celebrate the long wait fans have been through for the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in December. The headset is being sold as a “low-cost universal headset that is for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.” The earphones are super lightweight and themed after the signature orange jumpsuits that are worn by the Rebel Alliances pilots in the Star Wars series. The Star Wars X Wing Pilot headset features include 40mm Neodymium speakers that give you amazing highs and booming lows, In-line controls that give users access to control Master Volume and Mic Mute right at their fingertips and also multiplayer chat with an adjustable boom mic. One spokesman stated: “Planned to launch this November in advance of the film,…
Star Wars: Uprising Review: The Mild Side of the Force
December is getting closer and we are all getting anxious and ready to visit the galaxy far, far away. The months that remain will not have any mercy on Star Wars fans that are shaking as they await more news about the upcoming Star Wars movie. The one thing that is making this wait even worse is that Disney has not been too shy about giving us supplementary merchandise that is based on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie. For example, you can play Star Wars: Uprising, which is a mobile MMOG that seems to be running parallel with the upcoming movie’s events. At least, it mainly is the same but there are some moments when the game does not intersect with the new movie releasing in December. However, you should not worry because you will not ruin anything or cause any spoilers. That’s actually kind of hard to…
THE SECRECY about KOTFE IS LUDICROUS
During a recent interview, Anthony Daniels who stars as C-3PO in the Star Wars films stated this about The Force Awakens, “The secrecy has been beyond ludicrous.” This can also be said about BioWare and their expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Knights of the Fallen Empire. As many of the people reading this and Star Wars fans across the globe can agree that the information about key system changes has been completely non-existent. The new expansion is a release date in six weeks and there are still many unanswered questions, and most of them have nothing to do with the story at all. Going off what we have been informed of, Knights of the Fallen Empire brings up nearly every aspect of the game. This doesn’t mean that everything will be different, however, players will have to overcome four years of their memory of the game to adjust…
‘Star Wars: Battlefront: Speeder Bike Racing On Endor Confirmed?
A photo from the upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront game has been leaked and it shows the game is going to feature many different vehicular elements, including a speeder bike. With this awesome feature, gamers will be racing their speeder bikes on the moon Endor. Many of us know that both DICE and EA have been very successful in keeping any information regarding the game’s gameplay modes a secret. However, the leaked photo of Star Wars: Battlefront gameplay was first shown in the September issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine UK. The photo was uploaded by a Reddit user named jmario99, said the iDigital Times on this past Thursday. “Complimenting Survival and competitive multiplayer are a series of trials introducing you to game mechanics. There’s Endor speeder bike racing, AT-AT tow cable tripping and X-Wing crash courses. These trials like Survival can be played alone, with bots, in splitscreen co-op or…
SWTOR 4.0 Class Changes: Inquisitor and Consular
In the following 2 videos you can see and hear the details about the recent changes Bioware announced today for the Sith Inquisitor and Jedi Consular Classes in Knights of the Fallen Empire, the next Digital Expansion of SWTOR. Narrated and recorded by Vulkk. In a nutshell, players receive 1 new ability at lvl 61, reshuffle of active and passive abilities gained through leveling with no change of their effects (for now) and 3 new Utilities, 1 for each tier. Bioware’s short message and reasoning for these changes: With 4.0, we wanted to give Assassins and Shadows a better way to stealthily approach or return to their enemy target, and their new ability was specifically designed to do just that. For Sorcerers and Sages, we wanted to give them an additional way to escape peril, so we made Phase Walk available to them. All of the following notes are subject to…
Star Wars Battlefront’s tutorial trials sound intriguing
So far, DICE and EA have given many details on a number of multiplayer modes that will be in Star Wars: Battlefront, both co-op and competitive. This all includes Blast, Walker Assault, Fighter Squadron, Supremacy, Drop Zone, and other various co-op Missions. With only a few months left until the release of Star Wars: Battlefront, DICE still maintains that there is still more to be announced to the public. But, some of those announcements could have been spoiled by the Official PlayStation Magazine that released in its latest issued that Battlefront will include “a series of trials introducing you to game mechanics.” According to the Official PlayStation Magazine, the trials will be in the form of speed bike racing on Endor, AT-AT tow cable tripping on Hoth, and X-wing crash courses. The magazine is stating that the trials can be played single with bots, on online co-op, in splitscreen co-op….
Q&A with Star Wars: Uprising Creator Daniel Erickson
Star Wars: Uprising is the franchise’s newest mobile role-play game from Kabam is turning out to be an extremely important component in the journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With brand new characters, factions, and new stakes, the players of the game will get to enjoy the ultimate war for victory come to life right in front of their eyes. To be able to dig deeper into the game and what Star Wars fans can expect from it, Fansided’s Entertainment division director, Nick Tylwalk, interviewed one man that was important to Star Wars: Uprising, Daniel Erickson, who was also formerly a creative director on Star Wars: The Old Republic. As one of the first games to explore the fertile space between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, how happy are you with the balance you achieved between elements that are familiar to longtime Star Wars fans and…
Cornering a Market: A Case Study
Today we are going to talk about cornering the market in MMO’s. You may be asking yourself what it exactly means to corner the market. Let’s break it down. One simple way to earn money through the in-game market in any MMO is to purchase and sell things on the market. Any market has market makers and they are just market participants that are frequently buying and selling certain listed items. This concept works the same for both the New York Stock Exchange and the Galactic Trade Network. When we speak of SWTOR markets in particularly, the small size of the market in certain items allow a new market participant with some starting capital that will allow them to increase their profits by not just being in the market, but by cornering the market. To be able to corner the market you will need to eliminate other sellers. In order…