BioWare have goodies for us. This month the SWTOR team is excited to announce a new Subscriber reward – the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun! As a special thank you to the games Subscribers, anyone that has an active Subscription within the promotional timeframe will receive this new Mount. To ensure you get the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun, read on for details: To unlock the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun, be a Subscriber at any time between January 28th and February 29th. The Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will be delivered via in-game mail as soon as a Subscriber account logs into the game within the promotional period. Are you worried about not meeting the criteria for this promotion? Fear not! If you miss this promotional window, the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun will return again in a future game update. Are you curious what subscribing will grant you in addition to this Mount? For starters, you’ll have access to…
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Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: State of the Galaxy – January 2020
The year is 2020 and CAPITAL GAMES have another exciting year of Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes planned for us! Finally back from the holidays, the devs want to briefly discuss Galactic Legends, some additional content in the next two months, and address some persistent tech problems. Check it out: Galactic Legends Shortly before the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, we unveiled a new type of character: the Galactic Legend. We know you’ve been asking when, where, what, and how, so we’re going to start pulling back the curtain. Galactic Legends will be both a new type of character and a new type of event with a very different structure than our previous entries. Over the next two months we will be gradually revealing the units required to activate the event. In March, the last batch of requirements will be revealed and later that month the events…
A Bright Future for Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming has long been a hot topic of conversation amongst techies and gamers. It’s the opinion of many industry insiders that mobile gaming will overtake PC desktop gaming in the not too distant future. In fact, at the E3 2019, mobile games took a more prominent role in the proceedings, with many software providers showcasing new mobile games and many phone makers hinting at the new wave of mobile gaming consoles soon to hit the market. The online gambling industry were quick on the uptake when it came to mobile usage and realised very quickly that creating mobile friendly casino games was the way forward. The best trusted gambling sites 2020 has to offer are all more than likely not only mobile compatible but designed specifically with the mobile user in mind. Software companies are building new games using HTML5 technology in order to offer players games that transition…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Update to Grand Arena Schedule
Grand Arena Championships were scheduled to start today according to the calendar but Week 1 was moved to 01/23/2020. This change of dates was supposed to be included in Update Notes but slipped through the cracks over the holidays. Capital Games send their apologies for not communicating this change in advance. The game dev’s goal is always to announce any changes to the Grand Arena schedule as early as possible. You can find the new dates for each week of Grand Arena below and the January calendar has also been updated with the new dates UPDATE TO GRAND ARENA SCHEDULE: Week 1 – 01/23 Week 2 – 01/30 Week 3 – 02/06 Week 4 – 02/13
SWTOR PTS Changes: The Alderaan Noble Estate
In the upcoming Game Update 6.1–‘Pinnacles of Power’–BioWare are introducing the Alderaan Noble Estate as the newest Galactic Stronghold in Star Wars: The Old Republic! Gamers can catch an early look at this Stronghold by checking out the Public Test Server now. Customize your own royal retreat hidden away in the mountain ranges of Alderaan! This Noble Estate comes with a wide-open field, a snowy overlook, and a regal mansion with a balcony overlooking cascading waterfalls. Careful use of high explosives can even unlock a hidden area and grant access to a unique aspect of the estate’s territory. How to Get Started Log into your account with your username and password at www.swtor.com. Click on your account name in the top right-hand corner of the site. Click “My Account.” In the left column, scroll down and click the link entitled “PTS Character Copy.” Select the server and then the character that you…
Top 5 Star Wars Games of All Time
For many gamers, Star Wars games are the only thing they will play and the only thing they will ever consider. If you are one of them, welcome. Here we will present to you the top 5 games of this genre ever developed. We will take a closer look at the most popular versions that were really important at the time when they were released. Without further ado, let’s begin. Star Wars Dark Forces Star Wars Dark Forces is a game released in 1995 and was very sophisticated for the time. It offered abilities such as duck, look up and down and also to jump. The graphics is basic but the story is impressive. The game follows the actions of Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors. The game itself is a first shooter development that was extremely popular and considered as one of the best games in 1995. Star Wars: TIE…
SWTOR In-Game Events for January 2020
Here are the ingame events for Star Wars: The old republic for the month of January 2020 Bounty Contract WeekDate: December 31, 2019 – January 7, 2020 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 10:00AM PST/6:00PM GMT)Requirement: Level 15+ For a limited time, the Bounty Brokers Association has opened its doors to anyone willing to take on their dangerous contracts, offering an opportunity for both seasoned and rookie hunters to prove their skills and bring crime syndicates and violent gangs to justice! Each day, you can sign up for one standard Henchman contract and one high profile Kingpin Contract, and each may take you to a separate planet. Complete five standard contracts to unlock Kingpin missions with bigger loot! Head to the fleet now, invite your friends and visit representatives of the Association to get started on your contracts! FEATURED REWARDS: Reputation with the Bounty Brokers Association Bounty Tracker’s Armor Set and Contract Hunter’s Armor Set Assassin’s…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Event Calendar – January
Here is a list of some of the upcoming events in Star Wars: Galaxy if Heroes for January 2020. As allways you have to remember that all dates are subject to change. Daily Login Character for January: First Order Tie Pilot NOTE: Many legendary/journey events were changed from a monthly cadence to run all the time and will no longer be included in the monthly calendar. Read this post for more information.
The Evolution Of Star Wars Games
Star Wars mania has swept the globe once again as fans head to cinemas to see how the latest trilogy concludes. The Rise of Skywalker has generated a tremendous buzz across social media channels, fan forums, newspapers, magazines and TV shows. It serves as a reminder of the saga’s enduing popularity among multiple generations, as it has captured a special place in millions of hearts. The Rise of Skywalker is the ninth film in the sequence, which has made billions of dollars for Lucasfilm and Disney over the years. Each movie has proved to be extremely lucrative, but Star Wars merchandise is even bigger business. You can buy everything from Darth Vader coffee mugs to Chewbacca bathrobes, along with Death Star waffle makers, Wookie crocs, a C-3PO tape dispenser, a Jar Jar Binks candy tongue and a lightsaber fishing rod, plus all manner of branded backpacks, coffee cups, purses, hats, T-shirts,…
SWTOR Cartel Market Newest Additions: Furious Gladiator, Festival Dress, Idiot’s Array and more
Here are the weekly cartelmarket items on sale for December 12 2019 Remember you can support this blog by buying your cartel coins on Amazon via this link were you also will get a Exclusive Item [Online Game Code] Furious Gladiator BundleAvailable Now! /(Armor effects activate when entering a combat stance and mount effect activates with its unique flourish.)Festival Dress Armor SetAvailable Now! Furious Gladiator’s WeaponsAvailable Now! /Pure Sabacc and Idiot’s Array WeaponsAvailable Now! /Valiant Defender’s Lightsaber and DualsaberAvailable Now! Model Class Starships BundleAvailable Now! (These Starships function as Mini-pets that follow the Player around.)Advanced Viridian Color CrystalsAvailable Now! (As shown on Arn’s Unshielded Lightsaber, Twisted Fang Lightsaber, and Defiant Vented Lightsaber.)Onderon, Mek-Sha, and Dxun Life Day Snowglobe DecorationsAvailable Now! Alderaan Noble’s Decoration BundleAvailable Now!
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Incoming Client Update – Journey Guide
The Journey Guide is almost here! The guys over at CAPITAL GAMES have started the initial roll out and if everything goes smoothly, tomorrow they will update everyone’s client with the new features, new characters and several quality of life changes. The Hyperdrive Bundle will be available this week and they wanted to give you a breakdown of the contents. Check out the video below for a brief overview but you’ll want to read through below to understand how the mechanics of this specific bundle works. Philosophy When we launched Galaxy of Heroes, player level 60 was considered the “end game.” Today, much of the end-game content is accessible starting at level 85. As the game has evolved, your collection is really what determines your progress in the game rather than your account level. We’ve heard from many of you in previous Dev Q&A’s that it’s important we focus on improving the new user…
SWTOR In-Game Events for December
Here are the ingame events for Star Wars: The old republic for the month of December 2019 Relics of the GreeDate: December 3 – December 10, 2019 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 10:00AM PST/6:00PM GMT)Requirement: Level 50+ Explore Ilum‘s contested area in the Western Ice Shelf to uncover the mysterious purpose of the Gray Secant, an enormous ancient Gree starship. Get ready to face a powerful opponent that awaits you at the center of this ancient vessel. Visit the in-game News Terminal located on Carrick Station in the Republic fleet or Vaiken Spacedock in the Imperial fleet to get started on your adventure! FEATURED REWARDS: Reputation with the Gree Enclave Gree Digitization Cube White, Red, and Blue Scalene Armor Gray Helix Weapons L1-L Defender, L1-L Scout, and Miniature Gray Secant Mini-pets Cyan Sphere, Blue Sphere and Red Sphere Vehicles …and more! Rakghoul Resurgence on CorelliaDate: December 17 – December 24, 2019 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 10:00AM…
How gaming can help you in learning essential skills
The gaming industry has mushroomed over the past few years. The trend of gaming is evident from the rise in annual gaming competitions held worldwide. However, if you are a parent and see your child playing games, you might consider it as a waste of time and become berated. Well, now your child has a valid reason to spend time playing his favorite games. Research has shown that playing video games can help you enhance your skills, e.g. networking, reasoning, problem-solving, self-confidence, flexibility, and the list goes on. One such study was spearheaded by Matthew Bar, a researcher at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Matthew recruited 16 university students who had to play eight different video games over a period of eight weeks. A control group was also selected. Both groups had to fill a questionnaire before and after the study. The survey assessed the students on their adaptability…
4 cancelled Star War games we’d still love to play
Video games allow players to try out different characteristics that they ideally would like to have. With the advancement in technology, people around the world can now place bets on Blackjack games anywhere, anytime. Various companies have developed games based on the popular Star Wars series. While looking at their roadmap for the next few years, the top-decision makers of these companies have cancelled some Star Wars games. Keep reading to know more about them. Star Wars: 1313 Star Wars: 1313 was a video game in development at LucasArts and it was revealed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June 2012. The player would have to take the role of a bounty hunter named Boba Fett. He had to explore Coruscant’s underworld metropolis of Level 1313 and uncover a criminal conspiracy. The game was developed by various departments of LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic….
Here’s how you Could Improve the Display Quality of your Windows Computer
It doesn’t matter whether you like to play games, watch movies or even whether you like to edit graphics because there are so many ways that you can improve your display quality without having to worry about a thing. Collaborate your Monitor It doesn’t matter whether you want to buy a new monitor or whether you want to stick with the one that you have now because the first thing that you need to do is tweak your screen. You can do this by tweaking the built-in colour settings as well as the display settings. Most of the time you shouldn’t have to worry because the default settings are reasonable. If you want to help yourself get a better result however then you need to search for your monitor model on Google and then type in “optimal display settings”. When you have done this, you can then get a step-by-step…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes Developer Insights: Malevolence
This time, The developers over at Capital games are discussing the difficulties of creating the largest capital ship in the game and what strategies we should consider when utilizing the ship in battle. Q: What is the Malevolence?CG_M: Malevolence is a massive Subjugator-class heavy cruiser used by General Grievous as his flagship in Clone Wars tv show during the Malevolence arc of episodes. Right at the start of the series, the Separatists use their super weapon to terrorize the galaxy and control where the Republic can engage them. It’s built around a massive ion cannon that can disable whole fleets in a single blast. Q: Why did we bring this character to the holotables now?CG_M: We initially envisioned this ship to launch with Separatist Might but as we got closer to release, there weren’t many ships that could support it and actually make a useful fleet. We already had the…
Reasons To Check Out OSRIC
For Old School Reference and Index Compilation, the OSRIC RPG is a fantasy role-playing game system. Jolly an assignment help writer says, OSRIC is what is known as a retro-clone in the Old School or OSR (Old School Renaissance) revival, in that it is as legally as possible a faithful copy of the First Edition of the world’s most popular role-playing games, Advanced Dungeons . It’s been a topic on social media recently, and unfortunately not in a good way, because of a kerfuffle about some negative comments by one individual, not formally associated in any way with OSRIC’s authors or creators, about the laudable and evolved decision by Wizards of the Coast, the current creators of Dungeons & Dragons, to promote and encourage inclusion and diversity in the game. It’s an ideal that we should all embrace, and one that I strongly support as a four-decade-long player as correctly…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes Developer Insights: Ki-Adi-Mundi
This week, They developers over at Capital games are discussing a particularly recognizable Cerean Jedi, Ki-Adi-Mundi The discussion goes about what’s going on in that big head of his and what we can expect this Jedi Master to bring to the holotables. check it out: Q: Who is Ki-Adi-Mundi?CG_M: Most people probably recognize him as the Jedi Council member who asks, “What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?” in Revenge of the Sith but this character was given a much deeper lore and history outside of the main movies. He plays a significant role in the Clone Wars TV show, as a leader and mentor, and proves himself far more level headed than the rest of the Jedi by advising caution and reason in most dangerous circumstances. Besides being a Jedi Council master, Ki-Adi-Mundi is known to be one of the top swordsman of the order and is incredibly skilled with…
Improve Your Gaming PC Performance with These 8 Ways
Gaming, over the years, has steadily grown to not only cover a particular niche in society (read the nerds) but literally all ages of both genders. It is not uncommon to see children as young as ten competing in gaming competitions and people old enough to be grandparents giving useful tips on gameplay for popular games such as FIFA, clash of clans, and so forth. Some avid gamers even bet against their dearest investments. With competition becoming fiercer every day, here are eight tips that can give you an edge over your competitors and make you a pro in no time. 1. Practice, Practice; and More Practice It’s arguably the oldest tip in the game, and yet it is still largely ignored by most gamers, from beginners to the most experienced. There is simply no substitute for practice, for practice makes one a master. Studying tactics will help you gain…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: The Road Ahead – 11/20/2019
The guys over at CAPITAL GAMES has posted another installment of the Road Ahead in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. In this post they are discussing some exciting changes the developers have planned for future content in Galaxy of Heroes. New Trilogy ContentWhile the Light Side Territory Battle for Geonosis completes this current chapter for Galaxy of Heroes, we’ve been delighted from all imaginative Clone Wars squads you’ve built. But for now we are transitioning to the New Trilogy and, like all of you, we were incredibly excited to see the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! We’re looking forward to having old friends (General Hux) and some new friends (Sith Trooper), kick off our foray into the culmination of the Skywalker Saga! While we can’t release specifics about some of the other upcoming characters and ships, we can tell you that this phase of content will…
SWTOR Maintenance: November 21st, 2019
The SWTOR Servers will be shot down for maintenance and deployment of a new patch. Se patch notes below: Details:DATE: November 21 2019TIME: 6:00AM – 8:00AM PDT (1400 – 1600 GMT)VERSION: 6.0.1a RE-1 no longer lists a vendor sale price since it cannot be sold. Corrected an issue in Story Mode Operations where a player can cause their stats to become much higher than intended. Updated the refresh rate on the User Interface which was causing issues such as the UI not properly displaying when an ability is usable.
SWTOR: Free Mini-pet to Celebrate Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s Launch
The guys over at BioWare is giving away a free mini pet to all players, in celebration of the launch of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen order. We want to offer our heartfelt congratulations to our friends at Respawn on their amazing accomplishment. Friday, November 15th marks the beginning of an exciting new journey as players around the globe begin their adventures with Cal Kestis and his companion BD-1. We cannot wait to join them in a galaxy far, far away! As a studio that loves our Companions, we were especially drawn to BD-1. So, as a special congratulations to the Respawn team, we have built a new droid mini-pet inspired by BD-1. Since The Old Republic takes place thousands of years before the events in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, we worked with the Respawn team to make sure that our droid’s design was properly influenced by BD while also fitting within…
SWTOR: Crafting Changes Coming in December (6.0.2)
Eric Musco just took on the forums to inform the SWTOR community about upcomming changes to Crafting in Star Wars: The old Republic: Hey all, We have been reading your feedback since Onslaught launched (and of course from PTS beforehand) on your feelings on the current state of crafting. We agree with your feedback that it isn’t where we want it to be either. There are quite a few changes planned for 6.0.2 in December and we want to give you a preview of those changes today. As 6.0.2 will not have its own PTS, please use this thread to share your feedback on the changes. The materials required for “material combination” schematics was too high. We are making the following changes: Premium and Prototype material requirements have been reduced to 6 each (down from 10). Artifact material requirements have been reduced to 12 each (down from 15). The requirements…
SWTOR: Message from Keith Kanneg – Game Producer
Game producer for Star Wars: The old Republic Keith Kanneg, took over the forum syesterday with an update on what to expect with te game in the future. Hey everyone, It has been a while since I put out a post so I figured I would stop into the forums and get an update out to everyone. I’ll provide you with a brief update about what’s coming soon, but first and foremost want to address the issues we’ve been experiencing with our Tulak Hord server this past week. It’s being very stubborn and every time we think we have it nailed, it decides to kick some players from various areas in the game and won’t let them back in for a while. Not a great experience for anyone and I apologize we haven’t fixed it already. We believe it’s an intermittent hardware issue, making it difficult to isolate, so we’re…