BioWare announced the future of Operations in Star Wars: The Old Republic this past Thursday. Most people weren’t thrilled about the announcement and it was mainly because they are scared about the game’s status if people stop playing. They announced that there would not be any new Operations content for the next 12 months. We think the reason for this is simply, Star Wars: Battlefront. The game is sharing a parent company and intellectual property with Star Wars: The Old Republic. We are sure that there many people that intend on playing Star Wars: Battlefront and this makes sense that EA would use a business plan to maximize their revenues from both of the games together. They both have strengths and weaknesses that seem to mesh well together. Star Wars: Battlefront has very little single-player appeal but it does have a massive multiplayer component. Star Wars: The Old Republic struggles…
Michael Jackson Wanted to Play Jar Jar Binks in ‘Star Wars’
Michael Jackson wanted to play the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks, however George Lucas denied him the part. His reason for denying the pop star was because he “wanted to do it in prosthetics and makeup like ‘Thriller’”. Michael Jackson was known as the “King of Pop” and he reportedly told George Lucas that he wanted to play the goofy Gungan Jar Jar Binks, which is one of the most despised characters in film history. The character appeared in the 1999 blockbuster hit, Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menance. Ahmed Best voiced and provided the motion capture for Jar Jar Binks’ character, explained the interest that Michael Jackson had during an interview with Vice. “Me, Natalie Portman and George [Lucas]’s kids – we were at Wembley arena at Michael Jackson’s concert,” Best said. “We were taken backstage, and we met Michael. There was Michael and Lisa Marie [Presley]….
Update on SWTOR Season 5 PvP Nexu
Players who accidentally received the Season 5 Nexu will be able to keep them. BioWare Bioware is planning to add something exclusive for gold tier in patch 3.3.1. though. Check it out: The Season 5 Nexu | 07.31.2015, 03:10 PM Hey folks, Good news! We have granted Nexu to all of the remaining Gold tier characters who had not yet received it. If you were missing the Nexu, we isolated the issue to characters who had transferred or changed their names during the course of the season. I know there are questions about what will happen now, so here’s our current plans: Mistakenly Granted Nexu – Anyone who was granted a Nexu, will be allowed to keep it. This was our error and we are not inclined to take it away from everyone. Gold Tier Exclusive Reward – We know letting those extra players keep the Nexu, it takes away the exclusivity…
Star Wars the force awakens confirmed at d23
The Disney D23 convention is not far away and we have learned that The Force Awakens is going to be part of the two-hour long presentation by Walt Disney Studios’ Chairman Alan Horn. Now that The Force Awakens is going to be part of the presentation, nobody is sure if Rogue One will be discussed at all. There is a slew of special guests that are supposed to appear. Maybe Andy Serkis and Lupita Nyong’o will actually appear, since they have yet to be at any conventions. However, it’s all a guessing game right now. Another huge event that is happening at D23 this year is Star Wars creator George Lucas will be honored. He will be given a Disney Legend Award, as well as six other Disney Legends. The award will be given during a presentation in the morning on Friday August 14th at 10:00am and it will be…
The New Star Wars Tabletop RPG Is Just as Nerdy and Awesome as It Sounds
The new Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Fantasy Flight Games is a Star Wars lover’s dream come true. It’s similar to Dungeons and Dragons but it’s in the Star Wars universe. Everything you could possibly want out of a Star Wars table top game can be found in this new game. From using the force to move large objects to epic lightsaber duels, your Star Wars fantasies will be fulfilled. If you aren’t sure what a tabletop roleplaying game is, let’s break this down: You and your pals sit at a table and you will use paper, pencils, maps, dice, and your imagination to play this amazing story. One player typically runs the game and then comes up with the adventure and the other player controls a single adventurer. Ever since 2012, Fantasy Flight Games has been doing well creating awesome RPG’s that are set in the Star Wars universe….
SWTOR Crew Skills Diagram
You know that we love bringing you community created items and tools to help you enjoy the game more, or just things that we think are cool. So here’s a SWTOR crew skills diagram that we think is worth taking a look at. This is a great cart and while the regular updates and additions might make it feel a little cluttered for some, we think the more info, the more useful. See below: As you can see, this chart has a great deal of information for building your crew skills. Do you think it has everything? Too much? What would you like to see in a crew skills diagram?
Star Wars Battlefront Preview- PCMag
PCMag recently teamed up with a PR representative for a single round of Survival Mode. When you play this mode in the full game it will have players going up against 15 waves of enemies on multiple different planets that include Hoth and Endor. However, during the PlayStation 4 demo they took on six waves on the beautiful deserts of Tatooine. The main object of the mode is to stay alive but sometimes they received secondary missions from Admiral Ackbar to find and defend the weapon cache pods. If one player dies but the other one lives and finishes the round, both Rebel soldiers can go to the next round. The new Star Wars: Battlefront is currently being developed by DICE and they are known for making the Battlefield series. Just like Battlefield, Star Wars: Battlefront is mainly a large multiplayer experience. The only single-player part of the game will…
Star Wars: Battlefront Impressions: Learning to Survive or Die Together
The new and upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront game is not only about Revel vs. Empire multiplayer battles, but much more. As it was revealed at this year’s E3, the game will have a cooperative multiplayer mode, this is where up to two players can work together to take on waves of incoming Stormtroopers. Shack News used their teamwork skills during the EA Summer Showcase in New York City. During the beginning of the match the players get to pick out their equipment, like your main weapon and a star card. The star card will tell you what your special equipment load out is. The first is used for defensive play and also includes an Ion Torpedo that closes in on enemy vehicles like the AT-ST. The second card is for offensive players and it has the Barrage grenade launcher and Ion Shot. The Ion Shot temporarily enhances your blaster, which…
Star Wars Battlefront 4 concept art from 2009
During the time that LucasArts terminated their contract with Free Radical Design, they were not just working on Star Wars: Battlefront III and Time Splitters 4, they were also working on the pre-production of a new Star Wars: Battlefront game. While the status of Star Wars: Battlefront III is not currently known, we don’t really expect any news about a fourth SW Battlefront game in the future.
Old Star Wars PSAs About Drunk Driving and Smoking
Here is an old Star Wars Rarity. Back in 1979, creator George Lucas was still in the process of learning how to deal with the unexpected success of Star Wars and the huge incoming of merchandising and marketing opportunities that its popularity brought with it. The majority of the products from this time period are very special, such as early toys that were created by Kenner are now collectors’ items. However, the series of public service announcements have mainly been forgotten. There is a quick clip that was commissioned by the United States Department of Transportation and it features Star Wars characters carousing in the spaceport’s bar. When a Talz patron is way too drunk to fly back home, a responsible Duros offers the friend a ride home to make sure he makes it alive, while not hurting others in space. At the end you can see the copyright mark…
New SWTOR Story dev blog: Brothers
BioWare published a new story blog on the swtor website details Thexan and Arcann. These a the two guys from the Fallen Empire trailer. Check it out below: Brothers Today, I watched my face burn. The skin cracked and curled as fire seared away the moisture. Charred flesh retreated from the heat and shriveled into a huddled black mass. One blue eye, identical to my own, held me in place–made me watch. In an instant, it was the face of a stranger. And we were no longer twins. The memory tugged at my hand, pulled it to my cheek. I was startled by the smoothness that met the pads of my fingertips. My brother’s phantom grip still clutched my arm. I felt the bones beneath his skin reach out, try to escape the pain, and fail. Arcann had writhed for hours before sleep granted him mercy. My own bed remained empty….
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday July 28 – August 4 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 14 – July 21 2015. New Items Price Helpful links WALKHAR TRICKSTER 1440 Items Available Again Price Helpful links LIFE DAY BUNDLE (2014) 1000 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD UTILITY DECORATION BUNDLE 682 1018 +49% 1018 HUMBLE HERO ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 96 120 +25% 120 UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL LEGACY STRONGHOLD STORAGE BAY 450 750 +66% 750 CZERKA CZK-4 ASSAULT CANNON 500 250 –50% 375 CZERKA CZX-4 BLASTER RIFLE 500 250 –50%
New Maintenance: Update 3.3a
BioWare will be bringing the servers offline today, Tuesday July 28th, in order to apply Patch 3.3a. Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2015 Time: 5:00AM PDT (1200 GMT) – 7:00AM PDT (1400 GMT) Version: 3.3a This patch will correct the Unranked Warzone queue, make it possible to complete the Mission “Monolithic” on Ziost, and return the text to Medical Probe’s icon and tooltip. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Australia/Sydney July 28, 2015 10:00 pm July 29, 2015 12:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide July 28, 2015 09:30 pm July 28, 2015 11:30 pm +09:30 Australia/Brisbane July 28, 2015 10:00 pm July 29, 2015 12:00 am +10:00 Tokyo July 28, 2015 09:00 pm July 28, 2015 11:00 pm +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong July 28, 2015 08:00 pm July 28, 2015 10:00 pm +08:00 Mumbai July 28, 2015 05:30 pm July 28, 2015 07:30 pm +05:30 EET July 28, 2015 03:00 pm July 28, 2015…
Star Wars as 17th-century Japanese Prints
Maybe it’s because I am such a huge fan of art and Star Wars (of course) but I really love this project I came across from a Japanese crowdfunding site, Makuake. The project is for traditional woodblock prints of the original George Lucas Star Wars characters and the project far exceeded its goal. While they do not come cheap (a single print costs 54,000 yen/$434, with a set of three going for 162,000 yen/$1,303) they are worth every penny. The craftsmanship, art and patience that goes into each beautiful piece is amazing. Most Star Wars fans will know that George Lucas was influenced by the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and that Kurosawa’s 1958 period adventure The Hidden Fortress often cited as a direct inspiration for Lucas’ first Star Wars film so it makes sense that Star Wars could then be so easily and beautiful adapted to its Japanese roots. These are…
SWTOR Seattle Cantina Tour Canceled
The Seattle Cantina Tour has been canceled, as BioWare needs to spend all it energy on getting Star Wars: The old Republic Fallen Empire ready. Instead the team will do a livestream with some gameplay of a chapter of the upcoming expansion. PAX Cantina – Important Update: Revised Plan | 07.27.2015, 08:22 AM Hey folks, We wanted to give you an update on a change of plans around our Seattle Cantina, planned to happen around PAX Prime. As we have been looking at our schedule, we feel that as we are just a few short months from Fallen Empire’s launch, it is really important that we focus our resources internally. Our goal is to deliver a AAA-quality expansion and we need to allow the team to put their focus on development priorities, to put all resources into making Knights of the Fallen Empire the best it can be. With that in…
Fanmade ‘Star Wars’ Oculus Rift Game Trailer
A company named Hammerhead VR has created a trailer for Star Wars VR, a game made for the Oculus Rift. Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset that is going to change the way we play video games in the future. The trailer was made with the Unreal Engine 4 and it looks great, even though it’s not the most complex footage ever made. The first-person Star Wars experience is really what shines in this cool project. No matter if you are going up against Darth Vader in the carbon freezing chamber or leading the battle on the first Death Star, experiencing the excitement and action of Star Wars in a virtual reality environment would be amazing. The trailer does not show much activity with the characters but it was probably difficult to make the trailer with moving ships and environments while not having to worry about populating the game…
New details on Visceral’s Star Wars game
Any future Star Wars games will be coming from EA since they have taken over the rights to all licensed Star Wars games. Currently, Star Wars: Battlefront is being developed by DICE and they are known for their extremely popular Battlefield series. So far from what everyone has seen of the new game, it looks to be great. Visceral Games, which is also part of EA, is working on a Star Wars game. The studio of Visceral is most popular for making the third person shooter series that is Dead Space. Not too long ago, EA went on a spree to hire all-stars that are in the gaming industry. The most popular hires were Jade Raymond and Amy Hennig. Hennig is known for working at Naughty Dog while it was developing the first three Uncharted games and she was the head writer that was working on the story. She is…
New Update For Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic II
Fans of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords, which was released in 2004, is receiving an official update with new features and fixes. This new update covers Linux, Mac, and Windows versions of the game when purchased through Steam. It’s introducing a variety of new features, like widescreen resolutions of up to 4K and 5K, 37 more achievements, Steam Workshop integration, and controller support. The last feature is really awesome because it allows anyone to have access and install user-created add-ons for the game inside of Steam client. One item that is available already is the KotoOR II’s popular “Restored Content Mod,” and it repairs a variety of bugs and introduces new story content that was made for but not originally included in the game. Developer Obsidian Entertainment has been working under the gun for the last months of the games developments. This is…
Check Out the ‘Star Wars: Uprising’ Gameplay Trailer Kabam Just Released
You know how we love our Star Wars games around here. We know you love them too and that’s why we work to bring you the latest and greatest if it’s related to Star Wars gaming. That said, we were excited to hear about a new game that tied into the new movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Is anyone really surprised about this, either? Of course they are going to try to tie in everything and anything, with the popularity of the movies and all that. What was less exciting was the news that this would be a mobile game only. I like mobile games, don’t get me wrong, but I really wanted to see something bigger and better from this. Still, it’s being made by Kabam and this pretty much guarantees two things: It will be worth downloading It will be free to play Kabam has a way that they…
The 3.3 Drinking Game Celebration!
Hey, what fun would a new patch be if we didn’t turn it into a drinking game (adults only)? Here we have a lovely little way to enjoy 3.3 and celebrate with inebriated style! Every new patch, especially an update that brings new classes or other physical features to the game, is going to also bring the hordes of wanting to try the new class, the new zone, etc. Every MMORPGer knows this (and often dreads it on update day). So why not turn it into a little fun or have a few laughs from it? In all seriousness, if you drink, please drink responsibly.
Creating the Sounds of Star Wars: Battlefront
DICE’s audio team has been very lucky with the large amount of knowledge sharing and support that they have been given from Skywalker Sound. The team has had many visits to the Skywalker Ranch and they have been discussing the sound of Star Wars with the Star Wars sound design legends Ben Burtt and Matt Wood. The team has also been given the original sounds and stems from the Star Wars films. Along with talking about how the original sounds were made and the stories that went with them, the audio team has also brought Frostbite with them to show some of the challenges that are in creating the audio of Star Wars: Battlefront. They have also elaborated on how they will be building on the legacy sounds to fill all of the wondrous worlds and experiences that are in the future. The main goal was to use the original…
Stars Wars Commander Gets Biggest-Ever Expansion
Disney Interactive has been updating its extremely popular mobile game, Star Wars Commander, regularly. Ever since its launch last year it has seen new content frequently and its continuing this by introducing a major expansion called Worlds in Conflict. This new update is the largest one by far and the game itself is close to 18 million downloads. Some of the previously released updates have given players new characters and storylines. Some of the new characters were Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and even zombies. However, Worlds of Conflict is taking the game to a whole new level. This new update is adding a new design for the game and introduces a Galactic Map. This feature is the most requested by fans, according to Disney, and it lets the player relocate to and fight across all manner of many famous Star Wars locations. These locations include Hoth, Dandoran, Yavin IV, and…
Project Update #8: “Star Wars: The Old Republic – Revan” – Fan Film by Steven Shulgach
The Premier is Here! We have another exciting update for you about Project Revan, for those who have been following along. Below is the official update from the team. What a journey this has been… If you hadn’t heard, the premier date was unfortunately pushed forward due to internal complications in the departments of the theater, and we have a new schedule. For all those who are able to come out to the premier this Friday the 24th, you are in for a treat! For those that cannot attend the event unfortunately, need not to matter! – The film will be released the next day online on YouTube or Vimeo for you choosing. We are all so excited, we cannot even explain it. You all have meant a lot, and the rest of our fans on Facebook. This journey is coming to an end, and the critics *cough* fans *cough*…
SWTOR Fallen Empire story chapter length and new content
A new video that was published by Lady Insanity shows many details about chapter length, unspecified new content, and romance choices that has been revealed from BioWare. Some of the key points in the video are: Chapter 1 will be the tutorial chapter and many of the abilities will be locked. However, you can unlock abilities as you progress through the game. All subscribers will receive the free level 60 character and it will have plenty of gear to kill enemies in Chapter 1 but you won’t receive any credits. All of the chapters will be at least 1 hour long altogether. This includes cut scenes, choice wheels, and conversations. Some of the chapters will actually be longer than this. Romance in the game can get complicated if you decide to cheat on your loved one. Other characters in the game can find out if you have been romancing another…