The news of Star Wars: Infinity was not much of a surprise to many people in the video gaming world. Disney has a long history of adding relevant new characters to their Infinity franchise and with the release of the new Star Wars film this year, this news didn’t come as a surprise. The journey to creating the new game meant that Disney Interactive had to work closely with Lucasfilm to create something that would please Star Wars fans. Both Lucasfilm and Disney have stated that the collaboration has went smoothly so far but having to find common ground is sometimes difficult. One challenge was the release of the trailer back on May 5th. “We didn’t know, on the Infinity team, what the tone of Episode Seven is, so when we went through and were doing [the trailer for the game], the tone was really off,” says John Blackburn, senior…
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The Clone Wars Mod – Empire At War Forces of Corruption
Here is an interesting game mod by Bryon Anderson and the video is a review by XPGamers. Here are a few words from the creator explaining more of what he did: “Thank You TheXPGamer for taking the time to review my game mod. A few notes for you. The Skirmish you played is the planet type coded for night vision Clones so the trooper models you saw with the red visors were night vision clones and that is also why the 501st did not have their blue marking. Also the Clone Sergeants and Clone Lieutenants have increased site range from normal clones making them important to be kept with regular clones so they will see and shot at enemy units further away. Not sure how I forgot to add that to their descriptions. :p” He says he and his team worked for 4 years on the mod and are still…
KOTOR Mod: The Jedi Masters
You can get the new, non-beta version of the KOTOR mod, The Jedi Masters from their website now. This is a story converstion mod for Kotor 2 :The Sith Lords. See the website at www.the-jedi-masters.com for full details. You can learn more at the official Wiki. Here are some good sections to start with: Characters Main Quests (walkthrough) Sub-quests You can see the trailer here to learn more about The Jedi Masters, if you’re not already familiar.
A New Star Wars Mobile Game Is Coming
Star Wars: Uprising is a mobile game that will be hitting phones sometime later this year, and it could provide some hints as to what’s going on with the Empire and the Rebellion after the destruction of the second Death Star. Check out the trailer: It looks like someone has arisen in wake of the Emperor’s death to take the reins of the Empire and try to regain some control over the worlds that may have thought about rebelling after the Battle of Endor. Could this provide some background for The Force Awakens? Or will these events have gone and been forgotten in the few years right after Episode VI? There’s really no way to tell. We don’t even have gameplay footage yet. It’s a nice-looking game, though, and there’s definitely potential for something cool. We’ll keep you posted on what we find out!
Revenge of Revan Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Mod
Here’s something really cool that’s ready (in beta) for you to download now and check it out. RevengeofRevan.com Developer Blog asks, “Can a mod be created that won’t disrupt KOTOR canon and still allow players to continue their stories from KOTOR1 and KOTOR2? Ever since the MMO was announced along with the Revan book, this has been on my mind. The short answer is: yes, it can be done. But the next part is, how you can do this without putting yourself in a corner and hurting your creative freedom?”” Revenge of Revan (RoR) does exactlly that. It will allow fans to continue their story based on the choices they make in the last two games so they can continue while still fitting the KoTOR canon. Even with the non-strict canon choice the story for the mod will still fit nicely between KOTOR2 and SWTOR in the large grand scheme of…
An Oral History of Star Wars: Republic Commando by its Lead Programmer
Have you ever wondered more about Star Wars: Republic Commando? As a Star Wars game fan, it’s always great to learn more about a game, especially when you can get some insider info from a programmer or developer. That is exactly what happened in this case, where lead programmer Brett Douville speaks out in this video, more than an hour and 20 minutes of oral history of Star Wars: Republic Commando. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jd9PkWahp8k” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe> From the description: I’m Brett Douville — I was a programmer and lead programmer at LucasArts for seven years. The last game I did there was Star Wars: Republic Commando, and in this series, I’m going to go ahead and play through the game, telling you stuff about it. I’m really proud with what we accomplished with this game, especially considering some of the stuff that happened towards…
How Star Wars Games Have Depicted the Battle of Hoth from 1982-2005
It is one of the most epic battles in the Star Wars universe. The Battle of Hoth. And over the years, it has been depicted in a variety of ways in video games and other cultural mediums. It is one of the most iconic Star Wars battles in video game history and it has evolved in an interesting way over the years. It all begins back in 1982 – a year I am quite partial to since it was the year I was born. It’s also when we saw the very first depiction of this battle in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600 from Parker Brothers. No I do not actually remember this one personally, since I was just a wee babe, but I did see footage and game play years later and I know people who were able to experience it firsthand. Next, we would jump to…
Star Wars Battlecry Fan-to-Fan Project
We talk a lot here about Star Wars games but here is something really awesome. Star Wars Battlecry – This is a new non for profit Star Wars game; from fans to fans. There are some great videos on their YouTube channel that tell you more about the game and what you can expect. You know how we love bringing you projects like this made by the fans. While this is not officially sponsored nor does it have the high-level backing a quality project will need, it’s pretty darn good for what it is. We think it’s worth the time to check out, especially if you consider yourself a true fan who enjoys all aspects of Star Wars. For many, there is an appeal to these fan-based projects that’s just different from the typical stuff being put out by Lucas Arts or affiliated companies. Here’s more from their Gameplay Teaser: Again,…
Electronic Arts Cuts Staff At Visceral Games To Focus On New Star Wars Title
According to Game Informer, it has been confirmed , that EA has laied off a smaller number of staff over at Visceral. “We made a small staffing change in our Visceral studio today to support the needs of the studio’s two current development priorities: content for Battlefield Hardline Premium and an unannounced Star Wars project,” an EA representative told us via email. “We are working to ensure the smoothest transition possible for the impacted employees.” Electronic arts did mention anything about Amy Hennig and Todd Stashwick, who are leading the work on a still not official named Star Wars game, so we don’t know if they are affected by these changes. EA declined to share specific numbers impacted by the change. In April, Visceral’s Steve Papoutsis left EA after 14 years. Scott Probst currently leads Visceral’s efforts, including work on follow-up content for Battlefield Hardline and the upcoming Star Wars game.
KotOR 3 or KotOR Remaster!
Do you ever wish that you could bring back your favorite game? Do you ever want to find a way to express your needs for a remaster or reboot of an old classic? Video game companies are listeing today. The developers understand the importance of keeping the gamers happy. Without the fans, they have nothing. So this is why this little petition over at ipetitions.com might actually gain some ground. What could we possibly do as a community to make BioWare, Disney, EA, pretty much anybody acknowledge how much we want a KotOR 3 or KotOR remaster. Its been 12 years since the game we love so much was released, not to mention 10 since KotOR 2. Battlefront 3 is coming, but still, no mention of our beloved KotOR. Don’t they see how many people want this? Plus the amount of money they would make…hype it up with good promotions…
Play Your Favorite Classic Star Wars Games Again
If you’re part of the old guard of Star Wars gamers and played in the early 90s, you probably remember the days of highly pixelated combat in games like X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Empire at War, and Rebel Assault. If you do, get ready for a blast from the past, because a number of your favorite classic games can now be played again! LucasArts has partnered with Steam and GoG.com to bring some old Star Wars PC games back to life. If you’d like to relive the space battles of your childhood, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter will put you into the cockpit. If you’re looking for more ground-based action, check out Dark Forces or the Jedi Knight series. And if you’re into 4X games, you can take on my personal favorite, Star Wars: Rebellion, in which you’ll play as the Empire or the Rebellion and marshal…
Rumor: First Footage from Visceral’s Untitled Star Wars Game to Debut at E3 2015?
A new untitled Visceral Star Wars game is guessed to be third person and about a young Han Solo. Since the news of this, a new report has come in that the first footage from the game could be released soon. Now that everyone knows the trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront will happening in less than 10 days during the Star Wars celebration, it has given fans time to wonder about the new Star Wars game currently being developed by Visceral. According to a source, the wait will not be long and should be revealed during this year’s E3. E3 will be happening at the LA Convention Center, from June 16th-18th. The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the largest annual trade fair only for video and computer games and their industry. The expo is presented by Entertainment Software Association, or ESA for short. Many video game creators and publishers attend to…
Top Five Best iOS Star Wars Games
In light of the Star Wars films all coming out on digital release this week, TouchArcade has compiled a list of their favorite five iOS Star Wars games. I’m not a big Apple fan myself, as an Android phone owner, but we have iPods in our house and I have tried most of these myself. I love pinball and of course KoTR for mobile is a win. I appreciate all of the LEGO Star Wars series and since this one is free, you can’t beat it. What other great Star Wars iOS games are there and did they make the list? Their picks? Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions, Free Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, $9.99 Star Wars™ Pinball 3, $1.99 LEGO® Star Wars™: The Complete Saga, Free Star Wars: Commander, Free Head on over to their post to read why each one made their list and to get…
Disney Launches Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions.
You know how we love to talk about Star Wars games! Well, there is a new one coming from Disney, with the help of Kanata and we’re not sure what to make of it yet. It’s too early to tell but we definitely like Here are some details: Star Wars lovers and game creators at Kanata company Gigataur celebrated the launch of the newest Star Wars game on March 27, after working with Disney for 16 months to create it. The mobile gaming company, formerly Glitchsoft, secured a contract to make the game alongside Disney animators and writers, resulting in Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions. The game, based on Disney’s new digitally animated TV show, Star Wars Rebels, is set five years before Luke Skywalker meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, and focuses on rebels opposing the tyranny of the Empire. Coming out nine months before the anticipated release of the new Star…
PEGI Announces Two Classic Star Wars Games Coming to PS3
The Pan European Game Information board (PEGI) has some news about the release of two games fro the PS3. Rumor has it these are re-releases of two classic Star Wars games. These titles were originally released for the PS2 and Xbox. Stevivor tells us: Assumedly heading to the PS3 under the PlayStation Classics range are Star Wars: Starfighter and Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, both recently reclassified by PEGI. Both titles were originally released on PS2 and Xbox. The original Jedi Starfighter had some interesting features and upgrades. Here are some points from LucasArts when the game first released. Single and dual player action in over 15 story-based missions. Fly all missions co-op with a friend – or in single-player mode – in a variety of craft. Sneak a peek at Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones thrills! Fly the new Jedi Starfighter and get a preview of characters, story connections, craft…
Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels Coming to Zen Pinball 2
A new pinball table is revealed by Zenstudios and it’s based on the popular animated TV show on Disney XD, Star Wars Rebels. The new pinball game is called Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels. This new pinball game will take players on a journey to the far away galaxy and you will get to team up with the crew on starship Ghost, which includes Ezra Bridger, Zeb Orrelios, Sabine Wren, Kanan Jarrus, Hera Syndulla, and the Droid Chopper. The team comes together to fight the evil empire and the table will feature completely animated starships, Chopper’s mini playfield, seven exciting and new missions, a flaming engine thruster spindisk, and the Ghost and TIE fighters. Many Star Wars fans have been chomping at the bit to see if Zenstudios will continue their work with Lucasfilm to create a brand new pinball table. They are thrilled to let everyone know that…
5 Fantastic Star Wars board games
For Star Wars fans there is nothing like the feeling of playing your favorite Star Wars game or watching your favorite Star Wars movies, but did you know there are some epic Star Wars board games out there? If not, here is a list of tabletop Star Wars games that you should check out, you can thank us later. Star Wars: Armada Want to plan your own spaceships course? Look no further than Star Wars: Armada. It takes some time to become a pro at this game, but true Star Wars fans will love it! Armada might seem a bit overwhelming (and a bit too geeky) at first. You use a plastic stick with a series of joints to plot the course of your ships. There are shields to consider on each side of your big ships, with dials to turn as you take damage. Do you want to use…
Star Wars 1313 isn’t dead yet
A large-scale 3rd person style action game named Star Wars 1313 became cancelled after Disney took over Lucasfilm, however this games remains could be fuel for The Force Awakens. Currently, there are three Star Wars games in the works for PC and console gaming systems and the three development companies are Visceral Games, DICE, and BioWare. They all belong to the EA Games Company. BioWare delivered us the RPG game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic during 2003 and DICE is scheduled to release Star Wars: Battlefront close to the end of 2015. Visceral and EA recently gave an announcement that Amy Hennig would be responsible for the story line for the new Star Wars game. She will also be working with Todd Stashwik and they both are known for their work on Uncharted 4. When comparing Uncharted 4 and the trailer for Star Wars 1313 you can see…
If EA Created a New Star Wars Game
We love Star Wars games around here and most of you will know that there has been no shortage of ideas for them but very few that make it to completion and then stick around for any period of time for people to actually enjoy them. This can be very frustrating for the Star Wars gamer fan. How many games in the past couple of years have we seen scrapped? (Stop it already developers!) So here is a question to ponder: If EA was to create a new Star Wars game that isn’t part of an existing series (like Battlefront, Rogue Squadron, etc.) what would you want it to be about? If you could write the plot and script for a new Star Wars game, what would your game be about? Would you be looking for something with more of a Star Wars Galaxies feel to it or would you…
Star Wars Commander Gets Major New Update
Last Thursday, Lucasfilm and Disney both let everyone know about the newest update for Star Wars: Commander, the mobile game, which has a new storyline and different elements that can be used during gameplay. The popular mobile game was originally released in August of 2014 and since then it’s been a favorite among many, having 15 million downloads so far. This new campaign is called “Secret Alliances”, and the main goal is players fighting to keep the fate of the planet Er’Kit secure. Some of the new gameplay elements that are included are contraband, traps, and Starships. The new update is available today and if you don’t already have the mobile game, you can download it for free from Google Play or iTunes. Find out about more of the new additions here. Disney and Lucasfilm on Thursday announced the latest update for mobile game Star Wars: Commander, introducing a new…
Star Wars Humble Bundle Blows Clean Past $1 Million Mark
..and it does it in less than 24 hours. Indeed, a Humble Bundle of games tossed onto the market in cooperation with Unicef, has raised some $1.3 million in less than 24 hours. The bundle is made up of a number of Star Wars-themed games, depending on how much money the buyer is paying for the deal. More than 134,000 sales of the bundle were registered within the first 24 hours of the Humble Bundle’s availability, and the package is slated to be kept available for an additional 13 days. The excellent performance logged by the Star Wars bundle put it right into second place on the all-time best selling Humble Bundles list, second only to the Sid Meier Humble Bundle, which managed to accrue more than $1.7 million over its first 2 days. How exactly does this Humble Bundle deal work though? Players interested in picking up the game…
Star Wars Humble Bundle is a Deal You Don’t Want to Miss
I will admit, I am a big fan of Humble Bundle. Not only have I used it to get some pretty sweet deals on games for myself, but we also use it often in a gaming community I am part of to get great game prizes for our members. It’s a good idea for gifts, too. Humble Bundle works by allowing you to choose your price. The number of games you get from a bundle is based around the average price donated so far. If you get in early, you can usually get the lowest pricing. Of course, if you really like what they’re doing and you want to support the developers, Humble Bundle and charity, you can donate more. So you name your price and you can pay with credit card or Paypal and you get the games included in that bundle. I like that nearly all the games…
Petition to EA to finish production of Star Wars 1313!
In 2012, at E3, Lucasarts showed a demo of Star Wars 1313 and everyone was amazed and excited about it. Gamers were excited to finally be able to play a Star Wars games as the bounty hunter on Coruscant. However, after Lucasarts broke apart EA purchased the game licenses and they ended up cancelling the game. Quite recently, concept art and information about the story for 1313 became released and the game sounds even better than before. Star Wars fans we need to come together and sign this petition to help get this awesome game completed! Click here to sign the petition.
Star Wars: Battle Pod – From Concept to Cockpit
The official Star Wars Youtube channel posted a video called Star Wars: Battle Pod – From Concept to office design. The video goes behind the scenes of Star Wars: Battle Pod, a new arcade shooter from Lucasfilm, Disney Interactive, and Bandai Namco, in this special video from StarWars.com Star Wars: Battle Pod, with an enveloping dome screen, air blasts, and rumble, redefines the Star Wars arcade experience for a new generation. The first Star Wars game ever was an arcade shooter, released in 1983, and many other Star Wars arcade games followed through the years — Star Wars: Battle Pod hearkens back to that tradition. “We’re going back to our roots, so to speak,” says Lucasfilm’s Matt Shell, “in developing this really exciting arcade unit.” The game takes players through the original Star Wars trilogy, from the Battle of Yavin to Endor, with some surprises along the way. Combined with…