It’s time again for the quarterly Road Ahead, where the game devs over at Star Wars: Galaxy of heroes reveal some of what the team is planning to accomplish in the upcoming months for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and give insight into the development process, as well as what you can expect to see from the team in that time for some of our larger updates. Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic This July marks the 15th anniversary of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Created by BioWare, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic delivered a deep, compelling role-playing experience filled with exciting new characters that were introduced into the Star Wars™ universe. To celebrate the anniversary, we are thrilled to be bringing some more beloved characters from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, including…
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Star Wars: Force Arena – 7/04 Update Details
Another update is upon us, featuring adjustments made on the arena to improve the overall experience of the game. For details, please see below: ■ Balance Adjustments A Balance Patch is made on the cards listed below. All numbers listed in the Balance Patch are based on the cards at Level 1. Dark Side Unit Balance Dryden Vos Dryden Vos is a very aggressive Leader, but due to the short duration of his “Rage” skill and the difficulty of utilizing it, many Squad Leaders did not give much thought into using him when he first debuted in the game. A decision was made to increase his skill’s duration, so get ready to use Dryden Vos in the battlefield! Bossk Bossk’s special ability is to gain energy when defeating an enemy leader, which can become a powerful weapon on 2v2 battle, where the skill could be used continuously. Thus, a patch was…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Event Calendar – JULY 2018
Here is a list of some of the upcoming events in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes for July 2018. Check it out: DISCLAIMER: ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Login Character for July – HK-47 OMEGA BATTLE – RESISTANCE & CLONES Runs Only On: July 1st OMEGA BATTLE – SITH & DROIDS Runs Only On: July 2nd DEFENSE OF DATHOMIR Starts: July 3rd Ends: July 4th OMEGA BATTLE – REBELS & GEONOSIANS Runs Only On: July 4th ASSAULT BATTLES – PLACES OF POWER Starts: July 7th Ends: July 8th ASSAULT BATTLES – REBEL ROUND UP Start: July 9th Ends: July 10th GHOSTS OF DATHOMIR Starts: July 9th Ends: July 10th OMEGA BATTLE – JEDI & TUSKEN Runs Only On: July 10th LEGENDARY – EMPEROR’S DEMISE Starts: July 12th Ends: July 18th MYTHIC – EMPEROR’S DEMISE Starts: July 14th Ends: July 15th OMEGA BATTLE – NIGHTSISTERS & JAWAS Runs Only On: July 15th…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Content Update 6/21/2018
While last week may have seemed relatively quiet from the surface, The SW:GoH team has been working to bring you lots of interesting new content in this week’s update. Check out the notes below for information about everything included in this update, scheduled for today. FLEET BATTLES TABLE The Ships PvE table, Fleet Battles, has finally arrived! Unlock Fleet Battles at Level 60 to start earning Ship blueprints, Reinforcement Materials, and even Ship Omega Ability Materials! With a new energy dedicated exclusively to ship combat, the Fleet Battles table is a great place to test out new strategies and collect your favorite Star Wars ships and characters. GEAR 12+ Gear Tier 12 has been expanded to include the 4th and 5th slots with an all new set of Gear pieces. Equip these brand new items and strengthen the Galactic Power of your collection! These pieces will be available exclusively in the…
Star Wars: Force arena – 6/14 Update Details
Another update is here again! This features some balance adjustments to give more exciting experiences in the arena. Other improvements are included here, so check out the details below, and get a TVG promo code for horse racing betting : ■ Balance Adjustments A Balance Patch is here to make some changes for some cards in the game. All numbers listed in the Balance Patch are based on the cards at Level 1. Dark Side Unit Balance Supreme Leader Snoke Snoke is a Dark Side Leader with a relatively high win rate in Force Arena. His physical strength and maneuverability are weak, but it is compensated by his powerful attacks and skills that uses the Force, which made it easier to stop enemies in their tracks. This has become a huge disappointment to Squad Leaders who face against him, especially those who use melee ranged Leaders. It has been decided that Snoke’s…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Event Calendar – JUNE
Here is a list of some of the upcoming events for June in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. DISCLAIMER: ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Login Character(s) for June – Lando Calrissian ASSAULT BATTLES – PLACES OF POWER> Starts: June 2nd Ends: June 3rd SHIPS STARTER EVENT Starts: June 4th Ends: June 4th OMEGA BATTLE – SITH & DROIDS Starts: June 4th Ends: June 4th OMEGA BATTLE – RESISTANCE & CLONES Starts: June 5th Ends: June 5th ENDOR ESCALATION Starts: June 8th Ends: June 8th DEFENSE OF DATHOMIR Starts: June 9th Ends: June 10th OMEGA BATTLE – FIRST ORDER & SCOUNDRELS Starts: June 10th Ends: June 10th GHOSTS OF DATHOMIR Starts: June 11th Ends: June 12th SHIPS STARTER EVENT Starts: June 11th Ends: June 11th ASSAULT BATTLE – GROUND WAR Starts: June 12th Ends: June 13th OMEGA BATTLE – NIGHTSISTERS & JAWAS Starts: June 13th Ends: June 13th LEGENDARY – PIECES &…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Ship 2.0 Reinforcement Abilities List
Ships 2.0 is here! You can find out more about the ships changes in this post Check out the list below for each ship’s new reinforcement ability! Ahsoka Tano’s Jedi Starfighter: Cunning Maneuver Level 1: Enter Battle: Dispel all buffs on target enemy. Level 2: Enter Battle: Dispel all buffs on target enemy and gain 5% Max Health for each buff dispelled. Level 3: Enter Battle: Dispel all buffs on target enemy and gain 20% Max Health for each buff dispelled. Biggs Darklighter’s X-wing: Engine Tuning Level 1: Enter Battle: Biggs Darklighter’s X-wing gains Protection Up (15%) for 2 turns. Level 2: Enter Battle: Biggs Darklighter’s X-wing gains Protection Up (30%) for 2 turns. Level 3: Enter Battle: Biggs Darklighter’s X-wing gains Protection Up (30%) for 2 turns. Inflict Target Lock on target enemy for 2 turns, which can’t be Evaded or Resisted. Bistan’s U-wing: Quad Thrusters Level 1: Enter Battle: Bistan’s U-wing gains Stealth for 2 turns. Level 2: Enter Battle: Bistan’s…
Star Wars: Force Arena – Update Commemoration – ‘Solo’ Coin Event!
Solo: A Star Wars™ Story has been released, along with the 3.0 update! Let us celebrate this occasion with a Coin Event! Gather enough Coins and use them to get our newly added cards! Check out the details below: ■ Update commemoration – ‘Solo’ Coin Event! Event 1: Coin Shop Open! Period: 5/24 After the Update ~ 6/7 05:59 (UTC+0) 5/ 24 After the Update ~ 6/6 10:59PM (PDT) Details: Check out what you can get with your Coins in the [Event] button in the Main Menu Screen. – How to enter the Event Shop? – Event Store Sales List * The number of Coins you can win in the Victory Pack and the Store Card Pack depends on the type of Card Pack. * Coins earned by opening a Card Pack are immediately reflected in the amount held. * After the end of the event, the remaining Coins will be…
Lenova is Updating Star Wars: Jedi Challenges
Lenovo and Disney are rolling out a new mode for their Star Wars: Jedi Challenges game and this means you’re going to face off against your buds in lightsaber duels. How awesome is that?! Lenovo is rolling out an update to its Stars Wars: Jedi Challenges title that introduces local multiplayer. Lightsaber Versus Mode is a new feature that lets players battle their friends in AR lightsaber duels. Both players will need a Lenovo Mirage AR Headset, Lightsaber controller and a tracking beacon, costing $199. That’s a hefty investment for most people, unless you have a couple hundred bucks to blow, or you already have the set for other games and AR stuff. Lenova announced the news in a press release earlier today: “In Lightsaber Versus Mode, players are guided by visual cues indicating when and where to block, dodge, and strike,” Lenovo wrote. “As players face off, the battle increases in difficulty until one…
Star Wars : Force Arena – 5/2 Update Details
Another update is here again! This features some balance adjustments to hopefully give more exciting experiences in the arena. Other improvements are included here, so check out the details below: ■ Balance Adjustments A Balance Patch is here to make some changes for some cards in the game. All numbers listed in the Balance Patch are based on the cards at Level 1. Light Side Unit Balance ▶ Luke Skywalker Luke is the one of the oldest card released in the game and he is also a Leader who has been loved by many Squad Leaders. But, it is also true that he has been neglected while new powerful Leaders have been continuously released. Therefore, his Special Ability has been adjusted to make him be loved again. ▶ Ben Kenobi Along with Luke Skywalker, Ben Kenobi is a very powerful card that can change crisis into opportunity. He makes it easy to defend and…
A New Star Wars Themed Game is Coming to Mobile
Augmented Reality Star Wars Holo Chess is a new came coming to IOS soon. Jedi Challenges is an iOS app developed by Disney that leverages ARkit. Until very recently, you had to buy a bulky headset if you wanted to play some of the games that were available for it. Now, things are changing. in addition to the changes, we see some new games being added to the lineup. One of which is holo-chess. The game made its first a brief appearance aboard the Millenium Falcon during Episode IV. You saw R2-D2 and Chewbacca play a game. You saw it again in later movies and in Star Wars games. This new game is sadly only for Apple devices at this time, but you can play on iPhone or iPad. You’re probably going to get a better experience from devices with a bigger screen, but you can use any IOS device if you just…
Every Star Wars Game Ever – 10 Minute Video Compilation
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see every Star Wars game ever made in one video compilation? Epic, right? Well, now you can do exactly that! I love Star Wars and I love gaming. No surprise, I love Star Wars games. Never have I seen them all highlighted in one great video like this one from IGN in such a concise, but detailed way. Some of the most popular or notable games are highlighted and given more attention, but nothing is left out. See the games, their titles, the covers, and learn what platform they were on. You will see the full evolution of the Star Wars gaming universe, with it getting really exciting in the 90s up to today. The whole video is about 10 minutes long so it’s not going to take you all day, either. Get a fun, quick rundown of all these great…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Content Update 4/11/2018
Here are the update notes for todays 4/11/2018 Content Update! RAID REWARDS REBALANCE The Sith Triumvirate Raid rewards have been rebalanced. An outline of the reward rebalance can be found in this post: Dev Blog – Sith Triumvirate Raid Rewards – 4/2/18 NOTE: With the flattening of raid rewards, top ranking players (particularly in the Heroic) may see lower drop rates of fully crafted gear pieces, and (for some ranks) lower aggregate numbers of direct gear salvage drops. This has been offset by several factors, including: Increase in quality of complete piece AND salvage drops Higher payout of Guild Event Tokens and Guild Currency We are closely monitoring the ability of the current Stores to effectively sink this currency on the gear and shards players need. In the coming weeks, we will be significantly expanding these stores to provide what players need the most, and with more convenience. Greater benefit…
Star Wars: Force Arena – 4/12 Update Details
An update for Star Wars: Force Arena is ready. This one features some balance adjustments to hopefully give more exciting experiences in the arena. Other improvements are included here, so check out the details below: ■ Balance Adjustments A Balance Patch is here to make some changes for some cards in the game. All numbers listed in the Balance Patch are based on the cards at Level 1. Light Side Unit Balance Rey Rey’s Mind Trick is one of the most powerful skills in the game. It changes the tides of battle towards her side by converting Organic enemies into her allies. But sometimes, that gave a very negative experience to Dark Side users, as they had to watch their allies becoming their enemies helplessly. A decision to increase the Cooldown of her skill a bit has been applied. It’s still powerful, but it will need more discretion when using it. Luke…
The Future of Star Wars Games
You know how we love our Star Wars games here. It’s what the entire site is about! Well, let’s talk games for a bit here. I’ve been playing Star Wars games for as long as I can remember and every time a new one is in production or released, I’m excited to try it out. Admittedly, they’re not all for me, but that’s the beauty of the Star Wars universe and the popularity of it all – they just keep making more games. But… what if they stopped? Or what if the games they make aren’t the ones the fans really want? Or what if we get bored of the same old, same old they keep shoving at us? What then? This article from Hardcore Gamer discusses the topic of the future of Star Wars games and we think they have some really great points. So rather than say again…
Timeline of AT-AT Takedowns in Video Games (1982-2017)
Do you love AT-ATs? I’ve always been fascinated with them, since the first time I saw them as a young girl. Now, in the many years that have passed since the first Star Wars film, we’ve seen them come back in a variety of ways, including in a variety of video games. Here we have a really cool mashup of AT-AT takedowns in video games through the years. Not only is it a hilariously fun video to watch, it’s also a great compilation of the different times they have appeared in video games. This video showcases the changes in graphics from 1982-2017 by showing AT-AT takedown animations from various video games throughout video game history. Consoles include : Atari 2600, Atari ST, NES, SNES, Gameboy, Sega CD, N64, PC, PS2, PS4, Mobile Phone It’s actually really cool! It was a lot of fun to watch the different clips, spot the…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes Dev Blog – Sith Triumvirate Raid Rewards
Here is the latest Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes Dev Blog. In this one they are talking about one of the hottest topics in the community lately, changes to the Sith Raid Rewards. The devs are implementing the rewards on the Sith Raid first in our upcoming hotfix update (slated for next week), and will make similar changes to The Pit and AAT in the coming months. We waited until now to make changes because we looked at the data that shows how the first few runs of the raid netted out across many different segments of the player base, then we created tuning that will work for guilds at various levels and factors in the new cadence of the Sith Raid alongside The Pit and AAT. Given the difficulty of the raid, we will be increasing the rewards a bit. Skip down to the meat of the post for this info,…
Replay 300 – Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Game Informer just recently kicked off a limited series called replay 300. In this series, they play select games from their Top 300 list, regardless of their history on Replay. The first episode was Super Metroid, which was a bit nostalgic for me as well, but it was the second week that the magic really happened. For week 2 of Replay 300, they hit a different corner of space in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. This was one of the first Star Wars games I ever played. It was also one of the first that ever got lightsabers right (although it’s debatable in the community). They brought Dark Jedi/ dark forces to the game and this wasn’t really done before either. So join Andy, Reiner, Joe, Tack and Leo as we take look back at the pulse-pounding gameplay and beautiful FMV cutscenes of a now twenty-year-old Star Wars game….
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes – Character Release and Event Cadence
Here is the latest developer blog from the guys over at Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. This one is addressing a lot of questions people have asked, and clarifies the character release cadence and explains the details of Marquee events. Hello my Holotable Friends! Recently Carrie introduced me as Nick Reinhart in the Developer Q&A, but you all know me more commonly on the forums as CG_TopHat. I’m the Live Producer on the team which, admittedly, sounds like a made-up job. The Live team is responsible for the day to day stuff that you do in Galaxy of Heroes. We plan and design characters and ships, events, and raids, are responsible for the tuning of the game, and a myriad of other things. We also schedule the majority of stuff on a monthly basis and we’d like to update and clarify a few things around the character release cadence, as well as Marquee, Legendary, and Hero’s…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Dev Blog – Communication on Galaxy of Heroes
The devs over at Star Wars: Galaxy of heroes posted a new developer blog were they talk about how they plan to communicate with players in the future. It all seems very promising. They are following through on what they said they would do. Looks like they are taking what has been communicated to heart. We shall see… Check it out below: ntro I joined the Galaxy of Heroes team in mid-2016 to ensure the Ships feature launched on time. By the time I joined much of what makes Galaxy of Heroes special to the players was already defined. Since then, I became the Lead Producer on Galaxy of Heroes, and I’ve focused my efforts on the aspects of our development and processes that needed the most work. Coming from an MMO background, I find myself often making comparisons between MMOs and mobile games. You’re always on the clock. Everything you…
EA Working on a New Open World Star Wars Online Game
Speaking of Star Wars games (as we do around here), EA seems to be working on a new Star Wars game. Their job post gives us a few details, although you can expect they’re going to be as hushed about it as possible until they’re ready to release official information. From the sounds of it, it’s an open world Star Wars online game. Sounds good, right? EA is working on the brand new Open World Star Wars Online AAA game, according to a new Job Opportunity they are offering currently. The studio is looking for a Lead Online Engineer to join the development team. The position demands good leadership and 10+ years of experience with game development among other things. The new employee will lead a team of Engineers to accomplish the goals for the product as well as be an effective people manager to grow the talent on the team….
X-Wing Alliance Mod Project from Alaska Works
I just had to make a post today to show you this really cool project we came across. It’s not exactly new, but it’s not getting the attention it really deserves, so you may not have heard about it. This is a very impressive shader mod project with demo videos for what was one of the best Star Wars games ever made. X-Wing Alliance! The last and arguably ultimate Star Wars space combat simulator. Although it was released in 1999, several mods are available that freshen up the appearance while retaining the surprisingly deep gameplay. If you haven’t seen it yet, but you loved X-Wing Alliance, I highly recommend you head over and check it out. It’s really awesome and it will bring a big nostalgic feel as well. They have loads of information on their website here, including instructions for using the mod, but there are also some videos…
Star Wars: Force Arena – 2.5 Update Details
Another update is finally here! Next game update will bring many new changes like new units, a new map, and a new game mode! Check out the details below to learn more of what’s in store in the 2.5 update: ■ New Legendary / Unique Cards Added! – [Resistance] Added ‘Legendary’ Card Luke Skywalker (Ahch-To). – [Resistance] Added ‘Unique’ Card ‘R2-D2’. – [First Order] Added ‘Legendary’ Card ‘Supreme Leader Snoke’. – [First Order] Added ‘Unique’ Card ‘Elite Praetorian Guards’. – Luke Skywalker (Ahch-To) and R2-D2 can be unlocked upon reaching Tier 10 (Aurodium Challenger) in the Light Side. – Supreme Leader Snoke and Elite Praetorian Guards can be used unlocked upon reaching Tier 10 (Aurodium Challenger) in the Dark Side. – The details of each new card are based on Level 1. – Details are subject to change and we will inform you of any changes. Resistance – Light Side With the betrayal of Ben Solo – student…
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Upcoming Sith Triumvirate Raid Changes
Here is the latest on the upcoming Sith Triumvirate Raid Changes coming in Star Wars: Galaxy of heroes. These changes are expected to occur next week. Content Philosophy We wanted to take this opportunity to restate our ongoing strategy around releasing and curating new content in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Specifically, we want to provide information about upcoming changes related to the recently released Sith Triumvirate Raid. With each new Raid, our goals are to bring a new level of challenge to the game and to provide innovative gameplay which encourages strategic thinking and “outside the meta” play. We recognize that when a Raid is new, success in the Raid helps define high level competition in the game. Later, when the Raid becomes widely understood, we begin the process of designing a new Raid so players can be challenged again in this unique aspect of the game. We regularly…