For 30 years, Phil Tippett has been creating monsters for the movies, including the memorable Holochess game in the original Star Wars film. And now he’s made the monsters for a new augmented reality mobile game, HoloGrid: Monster Battle and it looks really awesome. If you haven’t yet seen or heard of this game, you’ve been missing out. Really, this is full of awesome. The game is from HappyGiant and features monsters that were designed by Phil Tippett himself. A lifetime of experience and imagination from the two-time Academy Award winner for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Jurassic Park can now be carried around in the palm of your hand. These pocket monsters are like nothing you’ll see in Pokemon Go. It’s a new take on Holochess and it honestly looks like a lot of fun. “Some of these creatures I made more than 30 years ago,” said Tippett in…
Unreleased Battlefront 3 PC Footage
In another case of the Little Game That Never Would Be, Battlefront 3 is one that fans were excited about but that was cancelled back in 2008. It seemed it was never going to take off as a project and didn’t seem to get too far in development, like some other Star Wars games that were announced but cancelled. However, there has been some leaked footage that makes its way out over the years and we see some of that cropping up now and again. It gives you a glimpse into what the game might have been. There were a lot of fans who were disappointed that this game was cancelled. If you’ve never seen this footage before, you should check it out and let us know what you think in the comments. Star Wars Battlefront 3: Training (Pt.1) Unfinished alpha version of the training mission. Gotta clarify that this was recorded…
New Blur Trailer for KOTET Coming October 7
A short teaser for The upcomming expansion for Star Wars The old republic – named Eternal Throne just hit the internet. Check out the eight-second of upcoming badassery below: A dangerous #StarWars family grows stronger. New cinematic trailer for Knights of the Eternal Throne arrives Oct 7! pic.twitter.com/NAFZqormWe — The Old Republic (@SWTOR) September 30, 2016
Star Wars: Battlefront’s Death Star DLC Nails it!
Star Wars: Battlefront’s latest DLC, called Death Star, was preceded by an insane amount of buzz, but when it landed, it actually fulfilled all expectations and more. In fact, its only shortcoming is that it’s way too short and that it brings less content than one would like. That is not to say there isn’t enough new content in the DLC. It’s all just so seamless and well-integrated into the movie-universe, that while playing, one actually feels like he/she is taking an active part in Star Wars canon. It makes people hungry for more, while indeed promising them a lot more in – as yet hypothetical – future expansions. There are so many great ideas, so many opportunities and potential offered by the Star Wars universe, it’s almost impossible for the devs to get things wrong from here on out. While everything is superbly rendered in the game, there are…
Star Wars Battlefront Patch 9/28 Update and Patch Notes (PS4, PC, X1)
Dice posted a note yesterday regarding a server-side patch that was applied to the game: Early this morning our team applied a patch update for PlayStation 4, Xbox one and PC. The update focuses on game server specific changes and will not / did not require a download. Players may have experienced longer load times to join matches during the upgrade process. Patch Notes: Health tweaks to Star Destroyer Force Cards – Bowcaster – Cut the damage against AT-AT’s by 75% Stability improvements
New SWTOR email offer being sent out – Free month when you subscribe
BioWare are sending out emails to former subscribers, offering a free month if you restart your subscription. People are now speculating that this means that KoTET won’t be released until December. Since they know players aren’t getting anything new until then, this is their “subscriber reward”. The fine print reads: “THIS OFFER IS EXCLUSIVE TO NAMED RECIPIENT. A PURCHASE OF ANY RECURRING SUBSCRIPTION PACK BY OCTOBER 5 2016 AT 11:59PM PDT IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE BONUS GAMETIME. BONUS GAME TIME AWARDED AT THE END OF THE FIRST PAID MONTH OR PAID SUBSCRIPTION PERIOD OR END OF THE FIRST PAID GAME TIME CARD PERIOD. OFFER MAY NOT BE SUBSTITUTED, EXCHANGED, SOLD OR REDEEMED FOR CASH OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES. MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER, GIFT CARD, REBATE OR DISCOUNT COUPON. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, TAXED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. LIMIT ONE OFFER PER ACCOUNT.” so I’m guessing cancelling…
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Game Update 9/28/2016
Here is the latest game update for Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Hiya! I’m excited to share this weeks update notes for 9/28/2016 Please note it may take up to 24 hours before you see the update on Google Play or the App Store. DOUBLE NOTE: Not all of these changes will be visible in game until all players are on the same version on 9/29. Players who have not updated to the latest game version will have their game automatically updated with the client restart on 9/29. What’s New: The Geonosian spy is now available in Cantina Battles Stage 4 Mission D Achievements have been added for completing Cantina Battle stages TIE Fighter Pilot is the new daily login character for the month of October We have added MK 5 CEC Fusion Furnace and the MK 6 Nubian Design Tech to PVE shipments Features: New Event Type, Squad Tournaments, allow…
SWTOR 5.0 Class Changes – updated to PTS #5
Jedipedia have updated the 5.0 class changes article to the most recent PTS patch. Also, by popular demand, they have added new sections at the end of each each advanced class’ section. There, you can find the abilities sorted by level, and all utilities grouped by tier. MAJOR CHANGES FROM PTS #3 to #5 (Imperial versions only for brevity) New Operative ability at level 38: Toxic Haze (PBAoE attack that will also stun weak/normal enemies). In the healing spec, this ability becomes a GTAoE with a 30 meter range. The Scoundrel equivalent is called Bushwhack. Toxic Haze Instant Energy: 15 Cooldown: 15s Executes your Tactical Advantage to drop a canister that fills the vicinity with poisonous gas, dealing X internal damage to up to 8 enemy targets within 8 meters over 6 seconds. The haze stuns standard and weak enemies for 6.1 seconds. New Mercenary ability at level 66: Responsive Obviation (defensive…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday September 27 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of September 27– Oktober 4 2016. Items No Longer Available Helpful links DOGFIGHTER’S STARFIGHTER PACK HYPERCRATE: DOGFIGHTER’S STARFIGHTER PACKS GALACTIC ACE’S STARFIGHTER PACK HYPERCRATE: GALACTIC ACE’S STARFIGHTER PACKS SPACE JOCKEY’S STARFIGHTER PACK HYPERCRATE: SPACE JOCKEY’S STARFIGHTER PACKS HOTSHOT’S STARFIGHTER PACK HYPERCRATE: HOTSHOT’S STARFIGHTER PACKS Items Available Again Price Helpful links FREELANCER’S BOUNTY PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: FREELANCER’S BOUNTY PACKS 5400 PURSUER’S BOUNTY PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: PURSUER’S BOUNTY PACK 5400 TRACKER’S BOUNTY PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: TRACKER’S BOUNTY PACKS 5400 OPPORTUNISTS’S BOUNTY PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: OPPORTUNIST’S BOUNTY PACKS 5400
Star Wars: Uprising shutting down in November
The mobile game Star Wars: Uprising has been pulled from app stores and is no longer possible to download. The game will officially shut down on November 17 at 9 a.m. PT The news was shared through an official blog post on the developer’s website. According to the team, Star Wars: Uprising simply wasn’t popular enough to maintain further support, which sadly led to the decision to take the servers offline altogether. Dear Player, Despite the best efforts of our team here at Kabam, unfortunately, Star Wars: Uprising will soon be decommissioned. On November 17th, 2016, all Star Wars: Uprising servers will be shutting down permanently. As part of this shut down we will be discontinuing down payments on November 17th, 2016 to prevent additional payments from occurring. We hope enjoyed Star Wars: Uprising, and would like to invite you to check out Kabam’s other mobile games, listed below. Finally,…
Welcome to the Death Star
Dice posted an article describing the maps, weapons, Star Cards, and other stuff coming in the Star Wars: Battelfront – Death Star update: The Death Star Expansion Pack takes the battle to space with a new game mode! The Death Star Expansion Pack takes the battle to space with a new game mode! “That’s no moon!” One of the deadliest weapons in the galaxy makes its debut in the Star Wars™ Battlefront™ Death Star digital expansion. Take your starfighters to space in an all-new game mode, and hop into the cockpits of Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced x1 or Luke Skywalker’s Red Five X-wing. If the Force™ is strong with you, attempt a trench run to take down the Empire’s ultimate weapon. New Locations 5 new multiplayer maps for Star Wars™ Battlefront™ will take you to space and to the ultimate battle station itself, the Death Star. Imperial Blockade Defense Sector…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday September 20 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of September 20– September 27 2016. Items No Longer Available Helpful links DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK HYPERCRATE: DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK MID RIM EXPLORER’S PACK HYPERCRATE: MID RIM EXPLORER’S PACKS OUTER RIM EXPLORER’S PACK HYPERCRATE: OUTER RIM EXPLORER’S PACKS WILD SPACE EXPLORER’S PACK HYPERCRATE: WILD SPACE EXPLORER’S PACKS Items Available Again Price Helpful links DOGFIGHTER’S STARFIGHTER PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: DOGFIGHTER’S STARFIGHTER PACKS 5400 GALACTIC ACE’S STARFIGHTER PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: GALACTIC ACE’S STARFIGHTER PACKS 5400 SPACE JOCKEY’S STARFIGHTER PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: SPACE JOCKEY’S STARFIGHTER PACKS 5400 HOTSHOT’S STARFIGHTER PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: HOTSHOT’S STARFIGHTER PACKS 5400
SWTOR Season 7 Rewards
BioWare has posted a blog update with details about the coming PvP Rewards for season 7. Season 7 will be coming with launch of KOTET. 09.19.2016 Season 7 Reward Blog Magnificent PvPers! Season 7 is coming to close this Fall with Knights of the Eternal Throne. Giradda the Hutt and Baron Deathmark appreciated the entertainment you have provided and look to reward the best around with some exclusive gifts from their personal collection. Below is a table with information and cost of the specific rewards, let’s get to it! Arena Themed Titles (1000 tokens each) Cove Cutthroat Character Name Mesa Mauler Character Name Orbital Station Obliterator Character Name Canyon Crusher Character Name Slayer of the Square Character Name There is still time to get your rewards so get in there and go berserk!
What about Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 3?
Here is a great video from GVMERS, you don’t see videos of this quality scale about a specific game often, especially for games as old as Knights of the Old Republic. I don’t think we’ll get Kotor 3, but we will likely get a game (or series hopefully) that is a spiritual successor/love letter to fans, and that is very similar to Kotor, perhaps still in the Old Republic era, or a different one. Thanks for joining us on another episode of GVMERS. Today we’ll be taking a look at the beloved Knights of the Old Republic series of role-playing games from LucasArts. While the first two RPGs in the acclaimed franchise provided memorable, dynamic storylines for players to enjoy, LucasArts canned the third single-player release in favor of other projects. Since then, BioWare’s massively multiplayer online spin-off “The Old Republic” seems to have eclipsed the Knights of the Old…
Star Wars Uprising: ector Battle Imminent: Burnin Konn
Sector Battle reports will continue from here on out as usual For the Rebellion! This week’s Leader Board: Burnin Konn General (Rank #1-5): Commander (Ranks 6-100): Captain (Ranks 101-3000): Begins at: 10 AM PST (Kabam Time) Leader Boards: Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 9,434,540+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,144,850+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 806,600+ Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 9,218,100+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,288,500+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 784,350+ Hoth General (Rank #1-5): 10,332,600+ Commander (Ranks 6-100): 4,282,350+ Captain (Ranks 101-3000): 821,770+
Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star Launch Trailer
Dice just released the launch trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront – Death Star. This is all in game footage you are about to watch: Coming in September, Season Pass holders will receive our third digital expansion pack, *Star Wars* Battlefront: Death Star. Players will experience five new maps – on ground and in space – new weapons and Star Cards and two new heroes, the fearsome bounty hunter Bossk and everyone’s favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca. Board the Death Star and blast foes with the new K-16 Bryar Pistol or TL-50t Heavy Repeater. Take your Starfighters to space in an all-new game mode and even hop into the cockpits of Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced or Luke Skywalker’s Red Five X-Wing. If the Force is strong with you, attempt a trench run to take down the Empire’s ultimate weapon. *Star Wars*™ Battlefront™ is available now on PS4, PC and Xbox One. Purchase the…
The Sarlacc Pit in Halo 5 – new unofficial Star Wars map
Star Wars fans have created a awesome map for Halo 5. Here is your chance to to jump in and frag your friends in a Big Team Battle map centered around the Sarlacc Pit. You can bookmark and download the map by logging into Halo Waypoint here. check out the trailer for the map below: Forged by our Founder, TyGoss, we are proud to introduce you to the last custom map you’ll ever need to get! Bookmark here:http://goo.gl/3PqkPC -= Forger =- TyGoss -= Editing =- TyGoss -= Music =- Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi – John Williams;London Symphony Orchestra Sony Music Entertainment
Star Wars: Battlefront Death Star DLC: What we know so far
Here is a rundown of all the information gathered about the upcoming DLC for Star Wars: Battelfront named Death Star. NEW CHARACTERS – VEHICLES Chewbacca His bowcaster behaves differently to the starcard (more powerful) Furious Firing Trait: each trait level gives his bowcaster an additional bolt (up to 4) Multi-Bolts ability: doubles the amount of bolts fired for a brief moment, allows to modify its damage output and area of effect. It has to be charged like Lando’s power blast. Mighty Roar: Gives nearby allies level 3 berserker effect and armor for a limited time. Chewy gains armor and damage too. Friendly heroes only gain armor not damage. Ground Slam ability: damages all enemies in a large area. Gives him extra reach and area of effectiveness. Has more health than most heroes and a small amount of armor (rebel tank) Slower than rebel heroes Bossk His Relby-v10 does a bit…
SWTOR: Is this lack of communication normal?
Eric Musco took on the forums earlier today to address the lack of communication from the SWTOR Developers. Hey folks, I thought this thread was a good opportunity to talk about the communication as of late. Although I may not post every day, I am definitely here, reading the forums. I know that there is frustration right now because you are all eager to learn more about what is coming in Knights of the Eternal Throne. We just aren’t ready to talk about Eternal Throne yet, and so I can’t answer your questions at this time. But, I do want to make sure you know when we will begin really talking about Eternal Throne. That date is October 7th. The day/night of our New York Comic-con Cantina is when you can expect details about Eternal Throne. Once we have crossed the 7th (and through launch), I will be able to…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday September 13 2016
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of September 13– September 20 2016. Items No Longer Available Helpful links GATEKEEPER’S STRONGHOLD PACK HYPERCRATE: GATEKEEPER’S STRONGHOLD PACKS CONSTABLE’S STRONGHOLD PACK HYPERCRATE: CONSTABLE’S STRONGHOLD PACKS SENESCHAL’S STRONGHOLD PACK HYPERCRATE: SENESCHAL’S STRONGHOLD PACKS ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACK HYPERCRATE: ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACKS Items Available Again Price Helpful links DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: DEEP CORE EXPLORER’S PACK 5400 MID RIM EXPLORER’S PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: MID RIM EXPLORER’S PACKS 5400 OUTER RIM EXPLORER’S PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: OUTER RIM EXPLORER’S PACKS 5400 WILD SPACE EXPLORER’S PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: WILD SPACE EXPLORER’S PACKS 5400 GRAND DYE PACK 150 GRAND COMPANION CUSTOMIZATIONS PACK 75 GRAND TITLES PACK 75
SWTOR PSA: CM Items from item stash can become bound.
Here is a PSA from SW-DocSpock: Encountered this bug over the past few days. Basically what seems to happen is occasionally I will be getting items from my item stash ( so CM items with a timer when claimed ) and then I’ll get an email about being affected by a ‘character load’ issue or some such and it will give me one of my items as an attachment because it apparently didn’t transfer to my inventory correctly. The problem is this item comes through as bound with no timer meaning you basically lose the ability to transfer or sell this CM item if you so wanted. Contacted CS who agreed it should be unbound and removed the bound status from the item and has noted it as a bug. The problem is I’ve had this occur about 5 times now and need contact CS each time so it seems more…
Obsidian Create Stunning Star Wars Environments
Pillars of Eternity developer Obsidian have a soft spot for Star Wars, or at least some of their artists do, who – reportedly in their spare time – put their skills and the power of the Unreal 4 engine to use, creating some superb Star Wars environments, which aren’t matched details-wise by any of the movies or games of the Star Wars universe. Considering the level of detail and image quality achieved by some of Star Wars: Battlefront’s incarnations, that is quite a statement to make, but it holds true nonetheless. The said environments are rendered in real time and they can actually be downloaded and explored. Obviously though, one does need a powerful computer to do that. Also involved in the project – besides other members of the Obsidian development team – was senior environment artist Jason Lewis, who did not shy away from going into all sorts of…
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in New York!
It’s been a while, but The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour is back. This time it will be happening on Friday, October 7th, 2016 in New York! This is your chance to join the Star Wars: The Old Republic community for a development team Q&A as well as complimentary drinks*, giveaways, and more. Attendees will receive exclusive swag! Space is limited so be sure to come early. If you’re in the area, make sure to stop by and hang out with us! Venue: Stitch Bar & Lounge Date: Friday, October 7th, 2016 Time: 7:00-10:00PM EDT Address: 247 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018 Space will be limited, so be sure to arrive early. You can RSVP on Facebook here (Facebook RSVP is not required for and does not guarantee admittance). We look forward to seeing you there! -The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Team *…
Mark Hamill to Return to ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’
Fans look for any and every sign of an update about new Star Wars movies, or anything Star Wars for that matter. The movies tend to be so hush-hush, sometimes all we have to go on is rumor and hints. In a way, this becomes part of the mystique and the appeal to the franchise. It’s a mystery we are all waiting to uncover together. So that’s why when fun little bits like this happen, we take notice. What does it mean? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything. But it sure is fun to speculate, right? Is Mark Hamill coming back to ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’? All signs seem to point to a yes and the popular star may have even confirmed it himself recently in a tweet: Haven’t seen my chin since May ’15, so #FarewellFacialFur & #ByeByeBeard (at least til #EpisodeIX) @popculturequest pic.twitter.com/gaScz1okk6 — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 30, 2016 You…