BioWare tweeted a small video showing SWTOR weapons with new visual effects. This aparently a new feature comming with Eternal Championship starting on Sep 7. Hopefully more info will be available soon. Earn VFX weapon rewards for your weekly Eternal Championship triumphs, starting 9/7! Step into the ring for yours! pic.twitter.com/wdpItNuBRT — The Old Republic (@SWTOR) August 22, 2016
GameSoundCon Adds ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ Composer as Guest
If you were looking for a reason to visit or follow GameSoundCon, this is it. GameSoundCon, the annual conference for video game music and sound design in Los Angeles, has added multi-award winning film, game, and television composer Gordy Haab to its ‘all-star lineup’ of notable speakers. He has produced music for Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Walking Dead, Kinect Star Wars, and many others, including his most recent score for Star Wars: Battlefront. This became one of the best-selling ever, received seven nominations and four wins at the 2016 G.A.N.G. Awards – earning, “Music Of The Year”, “Best Interactive Score”, “Best Audio Mix” and “Sound Design Of The Year”. Haab is amazing at what he does and is known for his ability to mix contemporary and traditional styles and create powerful, moving, memorable scores, as displayed in Battlefront. Even if you’re not a fan of the game, you will likely enjoy the great music. It’s…
Star Wars Battlefront: New Death Star Details
As the release date of Star Wars: Battlefront’s new Death Star DLC approaches, more and more details are revealed about the new content we’ll be treated to this time around, and it does indeed look better and better the closer we get to the end of summer. Among the latest details, we have a new game-mode called Battle Station – a fitting addition indeed, considering that the Death Star is a planet-size weapon/battle station and that the add-on revolves around it. The new game-mode is structured into three-phase missions, each phase of which is focused on a different objective. The first phase is perhaps the most intriguing of them all, because it has players flying A-wings and X-wings against enemy TIE interceptors and TIE fighters, marking the first time ever that Battlefront has in essence ventured into space – a rather surprising fact in and of itself, considering the pedigree…
BioWare Says the MMO Market Has Never Been Bigger
Are people still playing MMOs? The director of Star Wars: The Old Republic insists that the MMO market has never been bigger. While some of the biggest hitters in the industry, like Blizz’s World of Warcraft, are seeing declining numbers, James Ohlen says it’s a good time to be in the MMO business. “The MMO genre is much bigger than it ever has been before – it’s just that people misunderstand what the genre actually consists of now,” James Ohlen said in an interview with MCV. He goes on to talk about how people once thought MMOs were just for hardcore PC games but the genre has expanded. We see MMO games that don’t call themselves that in the traditional sense. We also see MMOs on different platforms, which wasn’t so common in the past. When you look at things from this perspective, it’s easy to see why one would say the MMO…
Star Wars Fan film: Jar Jar’s End – An Anthology Story
Have you ever wondered what happened to Jar Jar Binks? One of the most disliked characters in Star Wars history had to have his story told to the very end and BlobVanDam has this parody story to explain it all to us. If you’ve been on the edge of your seat wondering what ever happened to good ole Jar Jar, then this is the video for you. You’ll get answers we know you’ve all been dying for, or at least someone is dying for. “How does Jar Jar Binks die? And why does C-3PO have a red arm in The Force Awakens? Find out this and more in this completely legitimate anthology story. No need to wait for Rogue One! If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe for more, and let me know what else you want to see in the comments below.” (This is a parody fan film and is in no way…
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shroud of Memory Teaser
BioWare posted a small new video yesterday. This time a teaser for HK-55 : Play as HK-55 and team up with new Droid companion, Z0-0M, on September 7 in ‘Shroud of Memory’! Long-time Subscribers, prepare for mayhem, meatbag-eradication, and laughs!
Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star New Mode Details
EA just posted news regarding the upcoming expansion Pack for Star Wars: Battlefront. The new The Death Star Expansion Pack takes the battle to space with a new game mode: Big announcements on the battlefront from Gamescom in Cologne, Germany this week. For the first time, we are taking Star Wars™ Battlefront™ to space in the latest expansion pack based on one of the most iconic weapons ever created – the Death Star. The new mode for the expansion pack shown at Gamescom is named Battle Station. This unique mode has players battling across 3 phases – each with a different objective. In Phase 1 you’ll be flying X-wings and A-wings against TIE fighters and TIE interceptors in space! The main objective in this phase is for Rebels to destroy enough TIE fighters until their Y-wing support can come in to weaken the Star Destroyer’s defenses. Once vulnerable, Rebel starfighters can…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday August 16 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of August 16– August 23 2016. 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] Items Available Again Price Helpful links SPACE PIRATE’S CARTEL PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: SPACE PIRATE’S CARTEL PACK 6480 BLOCKADE RUNNER’S CARTEL PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: BLOCKADE RUNNER’S CARTEL PACKS 6480 SKIP TRACER’S CARTEL PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: SKIP TRACER’S CARTEL PACKS 6480 HYPERCRATE: CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACKS 6480 CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACK 250 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links RENAME: GUILD NAME 750 3000 +300% 3000 RANCOR HOLO-REPLICA 60 120 +100% 120 UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 60 120 +100% 120 DATA ENTRY 240 480 +100% 480
SWTOR 4.7a Patch Notes
Servers are back up, and here the patch notes: General Players who completed The Dark vs. Light: Flashpoint Master Achievement prior to Game Update 4.7 now show the Achievement as completed under Dark vs. Light: Legend. Corrected an issue that was preventing players from earning their Classes Act III completion Achievement. This fix also addresses players who have completed all eight Class stories but are missing Legendary Status. Progress towards The Commander Achievement has been granted for players who completed Chapters X – XV prior to Game Update 4.7. Completing the Depths of Manaan Flashpoint on Solo or Tactical difficulty now properly tracks for the Dark vs. Light: Flashpoint Expert Achievement.
New Maintenance: Update 4.7a — Tuesday August 16
BioWare will be taking the servers offline in order to apply Patch 4.7a. Details: DATE: Tuesday, August 16th TIME: 6AM PDT – 8AM PDT (14:00BST – 16:00BST) VERSION: 4.7a SWTOR.com will also be unavailable during the time. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington August 17, 2016 01:00 am August 17, 2016 03:00 am +12:00 Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Sydney August 16, 2016 11:00 pm August 17, 2016 01:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide August 16, 2016 10:30 pm August 17, 2016 12:30 am +09:30 Tokyo August 16, 2016 10:00 pm August 17, 2016 12:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong August 16, 2016 09:00 pm August 16, 2016 11:00 pm +08:00 Mumbai August 16, 2016 06:30 pm August 16, 2016 08:30 pm +05:30 EET, Moscow August 16, 2016 04:00 pm August 16, 2016 06:00 pm +03:00 CET, Paris August 16, 2016 03:00 pm August 16, 2016 05:00 pm +02:00 London August 16, 2016 02:00…
Galaxy in Turmoil Terminated, No Battlefront 3 Successor for Now
If you haven’t yet heard about Galaxy in Turmoil: it used to be the shall we say proposed successor of Free Radical’s abandoned Star Wars: Battlefront 3, pampered and brought up by FPS Frontwire Studios. Indeed, for a short while there, it looked like the fan-made revival of the popular title was actually viable. Back in June, Frontwire announced that they had secured the green light from Valve to share the game for free through Steam. Things have taken a very sudden southward turn though a couple of days ago, when a blog-post surfaced from Frontwire, effectively announcing the termination of the project. LucasFilm had apparently issued a cease and desist order regarding Galaxy in Turmoil back in June. Having committed resources, time and dedication, Frontwire didn’t throw in the towel straight away though. They tried to set up a meeting with LucasFilm, which they surprisingly got. As it turned…
Star Wars Fan Film 2016: Renegade Kenobi
Here’s another Star Wars Fan Film that we really want to share with you. In Renegade Kenobi, Ben Kenobi’s mother encounters a notorious Sith Lord who wants to change the fate of the galaxy. The story is fun and creative, the film is well done for a fan film, and it definitely has a nice Star Wars feel to it. There’s also a fun little Easter egg in there around the 21:00 marker (or a bit after). The lightsaber blade and effects are good looking and were apparently done by hand in After Effects. Sounds like it took awhile but it does look really good. So we don’t want to ruin the story for you. It’s really best that you go ahead and experience it for yourself. You can watch below, as it’s not a super long film. Of course, fans always seem to have varied opinions on these fan…
Millions are Still Playing Star Wars: Battlefront According to EA
Are people still playing Battlefront? Are there as many playing as there were when it first launched? According to EA, millions of people are still playing online shooter Star Wars: Battlefront. EA reported its financial results for the three month period ending 30th June, and during that time 6.6 million played DICE’s Star Wars game. To many players, these stats are surprising since it doesn’t seem like there is as much interest in the game as there was at launch. The Battlefront community seems to have dropped from its high after release in November 2015. Complaints litter the forums and other online communities surrounding the lack of content and depth of the gameplay. While EA may have tried to play on the current popularity of Star Wars to boost the game even more, it still seems to fall flat after you’ve played it for some time. The surprise is that not that…
SWTOR Flashpoints 101
Are you wondering how Flashpoints work? Are you new to them or have you tried out a few but you are still not sure you know just what you’re doing? This is the perfect time to check out a great tutorial that tells you all you need to know about SWTOR flashpoints. First, they are not heroics but they will be a bit more difficult than your typical mobs. It might require some strategy or moves that you don’t know if you’re new to that Flashpoint, or to flashpoints in general. This is where a great guide can help you fill that learning curve and understand better how to succeed. Here’s a guide from SWTOR_VEGA that covers all the basics for you. He talks about interrupts, crowd control (CC), line of sight (LoS), as well as focusing a target. He also gives some additional tips and tricks that are very helpful. Here’s…
Bounty Hunter Set Star Wars Uprising
If you have not yet tried Star Wars Uprising, this video of the 5/7* Bounty Hunter sets might get you in the mood to check it out. The Bounty Hunter sets are some of the coolest sets in the game and this will really get you inspired. If you decide you want it for yourself, just be sure not to spend all of your Chromium on those great offers. Or go ahead and spend it if that’s what you’re into. 😛 Do you play Uprising and have Bounty Hunter sets already? What is your fave? From l0stw0lf: Hey Guys!! I collected all the pieces for 5/7★ Bounty Hunter Sets and I am excited to max it out! Just throwing my opinion out there and showing off my sweet stuff, thanks to Kabam for the OFFER!!! 😀 Star Wars: Uprising is a mobile game by Kabam. The game had a beta…
Playing Star War Slots
Star Wars slots have had something of an unsteady and uncertain history. Fans of Star Wars will know full well that Star Wars is one of the most merchandise-driven fandoms that has ever existed. Ever since the 2000’s in particular, the level of merchandise from the Star Wars universe has only increased. The Star Wars slot game was originally released in the year 2005 by IGT, and it was one of the most popular video slots of its day. However, if people search through the All Jackpots Online Casino today, people are not going to find any Star War slots. There are more than two hundred All Jackpots Canadian casino slot games, and yet people are not going to find the Star Wars slot game there. Star War slots were very popular in Las Vegas as well in the form of physical slot machines. However, even in 2013, the physical…
EA Tries to Schedule Star Wars Games Aligned with Upcoming Movies
EA says it will do its best to align some of its Star Wars games and content with the upcoming Star Wars movies. Honestly, is that really surprising to anyone anyway? It will definitely be in their benefit to do so as this will increase the popularity of the games and the number of people who sign on to play them. At this year’s Star Wars fan experience, Star Wars Celebration 2016, the Rogue One DLC for Star Wars Battlefront was announced. This DLC seems to be entwined with the release of the Rogue One movie. Again, not a surprise at all. This is just smart business. When something’s hot, you want to take full advantage of it from a business perspective. During the company’s most recent earnings call, Wilson was asked about the breadth of the platform and possible marketing opportunity: More broadly thinking about the Star Wars franchise,…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Monday August 08 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of August 02– August 16 2016. New Items Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: BATTLER PACKS 5460 SUPERCRATE: BATTLER BACKS 1150 BATTLER PACK 250 Items No Longer Available Helpful links THORN CONTAINMENT ARMOR SET THORN SANITIZATION ARMOR SET INFECTED WOMP WEASEL Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links ZAKUUL PERSONAL DROPSHIP 675 1500 +122% 1500 ARATECH ROSE 325 1500 +361% 1500 GEMINI PACK 250 300 +20% 300 HYPERCRATE: GEMINI PACKS 6300 8100 +28% 8100 SUPERCRATE: GEMINI PACKS 1150 1425 +23% 1425 RENAME: GUILD NAME 3000 750 –75% 2250 RANCOR HOLO-REPLICA 120 60 –50% 90 UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 120 60 –50% 108 DATA ENTRY 480 240 –50% 480
When Han Solo Meets Greedo : STAR WARS Battlefront Machinima
One afternoon on Tatooine, the bounty hunter Greedo is out to get revenge on his most hated enemy, the smuggler Han Solo. Hey, these things happen, right? In this video they do and it’s pretty good. The production quality of these shorts are really great and they are hilarious. If you’ve not watched Bombastic Gamer Films, then you want to check out more of their channel after this one we’ve linked you below. They have some great Star Wars videos but they also do other games and topics. Their Star Wars Battlefront machinimas are very popular. So you give it a watch and let us know: who shot first? For more Star Wars Battlefront and GTA V machinima, short films, movies, skits, cinematics, and funny moments, be sure to stay bombastic.
SWTOR Yavin IV Stronghold
It can be a lot of fun to see what other players do with their strongholds. There are so many things you can potentially do that there are no limits to the ideas players have come up with. Some have very clean, Ikea-like layouts and themes. Others go for a more rustic, realistic of the time frame plan. Some people just toss everything they like in there and call it a day. No matter what kind of player you are, you can do your own thing with strongholds and it’s a lot of fun. Bound to legacy upon purchase, strongholds are accessed by anyone in the same legacy, in some cases even characters of the opposite faction. You can also find stronghold listings available for all four planets across all servers. This is a lot of opportunity to do your stronghold just the way you want it and some players…
LucasFilm Uses Legal Force to Shut Down Star Wars Battlefront Copycat
Did you hear about the studio Frontwire who announced that it was releasing a Star Wars Battlefront successor titled Galaxy in Turmoil via Steam? It sounded like a good idea, right? Well, there’s just one little problem. They didn’t get any licensing rights from EA or Lucasfilm so the project was essentially an unauthorized knock off. They never had permission to use the Star Wars IP and this is a big problem, especially at a time when Star Wars is as popular as it is. Frontwire president Tony Romanelli detailed in a blog post that as of June 22, Frontwire received a letter from Lucasfilm requesting development on Galaxy in Turmoil be halted immediately. he goes on to explain how he didn’t want to just give up so easily so he reached out to Lucasfilm to request a meeting. They obliged and some negotiations were made. Unfortunately (but not unexpectedly), no…
Last Player in the Galaxy
Here’s a fun, if not somewhat bittersweet, old video from Star Wars Galaxies. For those who played back then, it might bring some nostalgia, or even some sad feelings about the official shutdown of the game. While it’s now available to play again thanks to SWG emu, there was a time when we thought we’d never see this game again and it was sad for the players who had made this game their home for so many years. If you’ve ever experienced a game shutdown like this before, you know that it can really affect you personally. You put a lot of time and energy into the game. You meet friends and you invest time with these friends. You create characters and you time, attention, and even love into building those characters and leveling them up. The experiences of the characters are like your own experiences. So for all of…
SWTOR Maintenance: Update 4.7 — Tuesday August 09
BioWare will be taking the servers offline on August 9th in order to apply Game Update 4.7. The website will also be unavailable during this time. Details: DATE: August 9, 2016 TIME: 5:00AM PDT – 9:00AM PDT (1PM – 5PM BST) VERSION: 4.7 Patch Notes will be available on Monday, August 8th. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Wellington August 10, 2016 12:00 am August 10, 2016 04:00 am +12:00 Australia/Brisbane, Australia/Sydney August 09, 2016 10:00 pm August 10, 2016 02:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide August 09, 2016 09:30 pm August 10, 2016 01:30 am +09:30 Tokyo August 09, 2016 09:00 pm August 10, 2016 01:00 am +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong August 09, 2016 08:00 pm August 10, 2016 12:00 am +08:00 Mumbai August 09, 2016 05:30 pm August 09, 2016 09:30 pm +05:30 EET, Moscow August 09, 2016 03:00 pm August 09, 2016 07:00 pm +03:00 CET, Paris August 09,…
Death Star DLC Content Detailed, Screenshots Made Available
Star Wars Battlefront’s Death Star DLC has been in the works for a while, churned through over and over by the rumor mills everywhere. We finally have some solid and reliable information concerning the content the new DLC is set to deliver, and there are a number of superb screenshots available as well, giving an actual visual glimpse into what DICE have up their sleeves this time. As scheduled, Death Star will launch next month, and above and beyond just delivering new content in the shape of new heroes, star cards, vehicles and locations, it will also deliver innovations like the multistage level design. Only recently announced, the feature is essentially about the automatic adjustment of mission parameters. Thus, players who progress through the game will actually amass experience, which will accompany them through the stages. At one point for instance, a player can find himself wreaking havoc on the…