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…
Scheduled Maintenance 27 May 2015 – Patch 3.2.1
BioWare will be performing maintenance for Game Update 3.2.1 on Wednesday, May 27th! Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2015 Time: 1230AM PDT (0730 GMT) – 830AM PDT (1530 GMT) Version: 3.2.1 You can find the Preliminary Patch Notes here, and final notes will be posted on Tuesday the 26th. If there are any updates during the maintenance period, they will be posted on the SWTOR Twitter account, as the website will be offline. Time Zone Start Time Scheduled End Time UTC Offset HST Tue May 26, 2015 09:30 PM Wed May 27, 2015 05:30 AM -10 hours AKDT Tue May 26, 2015 11:30 PM Wed May 27, 2015 07:30 AM -8 hours PDT Wed May 27, 2015 12:30 AM Wed May 27, 2015 08:30 AM -7 hours MDT Wed May 27, 2015 01:30 AM Wed May 27, 2015 09:30 AM -6 hours CDT Wed May 27, 2015 02:30 AM Wed May 27,…
Versus Series Darth Malak VS Darth Vader
Here we have another great episode of the versus series: Darth Malak VS Darth Vader It’s a Darth vs Darth battle. This should be interesting… You know how we love these videos. They are a lot of fun for fans and even if we don’t agree on the outcome, or what it should be, it can be a lot of fun to watch. So here we go for this one: If you have seen these versus videos before, you know that they don’t always end the way we wish and sometimes that is part of the fun. In fact, some fans have even complained that they are biased but wouldn’t that kind of make logical sense too? I mean, the person creating the video is going to give it the outcome they think is most likely to happen. Yes, it will be based in lore and timelines and other facts from…
STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT LEAKED INFO. CLOSED ALPHA, NEW 40-PLAYER GAME MODE & AI CONTROLLED AT-AT
I got in contact with an insider who got to play EA’s upcoming game Star Wars: Battlefront, and we got some nice or not so nice info from his play session. I couldn’t get a screenshot or an unreleased asset from the game to back this leak, so take it however you want. Keep in mind that things might drastically change nearing release as these pieces of info are coming from a really early build of the game. It was said that a closed alpha test was done directly after the game’s second reveal at the Star Wars Celebration. This close alpha test was only done for a few EA employees and it ran for a week. This makes one believe that there will be a public alpha test held in Q3 2015 if they did decide to have one, and also a public beta test about a month before…
Darjani SWGE Goes Open Source, Too
We’re seeing a trend here these days in the Star Wars: Galaxies community. Following the lead of SWGEmu, they are going open source. After a year of silence and the complete death of their website, Dajarni Emu has finally announced that they will be up and running this summer. This post here on their Facebook page explains: After long silence, here is a heads up.Currently there is a new situaion with SWGEmu, since they finally decided to go… Posted by Darjani SWGE Galaxy on Sunday, May 3, 2015 Now with this in mind, you can expect to see some good things coming to the community. As always, we can expect to see some shifts and growing pains as a game ages and as the community around it grows and shifts. This is just one more example of that. The top sites/servers will rise above the rest with the changes and good things will…
New Dev Post – Update on Win-Trading in Season 5
Eric Musco just posted on the official SWTOR forums regarding Season 5 PvP Win Trading. Apparently this practice saw a 90% decrease in win trading activity and 50% decrease in trolls. Update on Win-Trading in Season 5 | 05.21.2015, 07:22 PM Hey folks, I am here to give an update on win-trading and ranked “trolls” for Season 5. As of earlier this week we sent out another round of warnings and action against players who were participating in win-trading or being trolly in ranked play. I did want to provide some additional information besides just letting you know timing of action going out. Many of you requested that we be more up front about the action we were taking against players, and you were right in asking for that! Our aggressive action against these players along with being up front and transparent about has led to a fairly substantial change, let…
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…
Star Wars: Battlefront does not have classes or squads
The new Star Wars: Battlefront game will be leaving out a few typical features that you find in most multiplayer shooter games. It will not have any squads or classes. During a recent interviews that was published in OXM and was reported by Gamesradar, the design director Niklas Fegraeus states that players will be able to choose the equipment they would like to use instead of only given a few choices. New gear is guarded by XP, but you will be able to share what you unlock with your Partner. What this enables is two friends always purchasing different unlocks in order to put together their resources. Also, a higher-level player could give a new player access to their top-choice weapons in order to help the partnership. Partners will be replacing Squads, giving you only one person to help you along the way. Star Wars: Battlefront just might be a…
Kickstarter: The Recompense: A Star Wars Fan Film
Bounty hunter Jahdo Kyn gets more than he bargains for on his last job. A noir-style Star Wars fan film. Sound interesting? Well, you know how we love to bring you fun stuff just like this. Here we have an awesome fan film and you know how we love bringing you those. Above you will see the details for the Kickstarter campaign and the video will help you get excited about it (like us). What is it? Here’s some info from the campaign description: The Recompense tells the story of Jahdo Kyn, a bounty hunter, and a broken man willing to do whatever it takes to make enough credits to start a new life for himself. On his final job, he finds himself confronted by a past he thought he’d left behind, and embroiled in a conflict he never wanted to be a part of. Along the way he encounters his…
SWTOR Game Update 3.2.1 Patch Notes
Here is an early draft of the SWTOR Patch Notes for Game Update 3.2.1 scheduled to deploy next week on May 27 after maintenance. These notes are not final and are subject to change. Check it out below: Highlights Nar Shaddaa Nightlife makes a glorious return! Head to Nar Shaddaa between June 9th, 2015 at 12GMT and August 25th, 2015 at 12GMT to test your luck on Smuggler’s Luck and Kingpin’s Bounty slot machines to earn unique prizes! General Right-clicking selected Utilities before resetting them no longer displays an incorrect number of available Utility Points. Dye Module Tooltips for the Outfit Designer now appear properly in German clients. The typo in the Season 4 Top 96 titles has been corrected. Emergency Fleet Pass and Quick Travel cooldowns for Preferred players now match the Subscriber cooldowns as intended. Modifying a Dye in an Outfit Slot now clears the slot’s Color Unification setting….
Star Wars: Battlefront Gameplay Debuts at E3, New Multiplayer Mode Revealed
For those of you that feel like you have ants in your pants for more information about Star Wars: Battlefront, we have some great news. June 15th is the official date that developer DICE will be releasing the very first gameplay footage to the public. It will be done through publisher Electronic Arts’ briefing that will be happening at E3 in Los Angeles. The designer for Star Wars: Battlefront, Niklas Fegraeus, announced this news on the games website and he also teased about DICE having “great plans for E3” overall. During the Star Wars Celebration in April, DICE showed a demo for Star Wars: Battlefront in a private area. E3 will be showing the gameplay footage to the open public as long as there are no leaks before then. The only thing that has been shown to the public is a CG trailer. While this trailer did impress us, there…
Cartel Coins vs Credits – A Guide to Unlocking Efficiently
You’ve probably noticed before that there is a disparity between the amount of credits and the number of cartel coins that are needed for unlocks. You could waste a lot of coins and credits trying to get unlocks but there is a very handy resource that makes it easier for you to unlock efficiently, making the most of your coins and credits. This one is coming at you from SWTOR Network and this guide is the updated version of the same from last year. Here is an introduction to the guide from the creator: “In order to compare the cost of legacy unlocks easily, I’m using ‘Credits per Coin’ which is simply the credit cost of each unlock, divided by the number of cartel coins the unlock costs. The higher the number, the more I’d recommend unlocking using Cartel Coins. Whether you should unlock an item with Cartel Coins or Credits…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday May 19 – 26. 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of may 19 – May 26 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links BLACK AND BLACK DYE MODULE Information from TOR FASHION WHITE AND WHITE DYE MODULE Information from TOR FASHION Items Available Again Price Helpful links HYPERCRATE: CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACKS 5400 Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION CRIME LORD’S CARTEL PACK 250 Pack contents from DulfyInformation from TOR FASHION WHITE AND BLACK DYE MODULE 800 SOLUS SECANT 1125 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD SCALENE ARMOR SET 1080 Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links INVESTIGATOR’S ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 Information from TOR FASHION MERCENARY CONTRACT: TREEK 1890 2100 +11% 2100 Information from TOR FASHION TREE CUSTOMIZATION BUNDLE 150 300 +100% 300 Information from TOR FASHION ADVANCED GREEN CORE HAWKEYE CRYSTAL 250 500 +100% 500…
The Millennium Falcon Will Be Playable In Star Wars Battlefront
We have another Star Wars Battlefront update and this one is the answer to a big question from many friends. Will the Millennium Falcon be playable? With the game releasing on November 17th, and with all the hype about its release up to this point, it’s really no surprise that so many people are asking questions. And who wouldn’t want the chance to pilot one of the most iconic ships in Star Wars history and lore? If you ever dreamed of riding along with Han Solo and Chewy (or of being Solo – or Chewy) then this is going to be news you may enjoy. ComicBook.com covers the scoop: Fans are looking forward to Star Wars Battlefront for many reasons, not least of which is the ability to pilot some of the vehicles from the Star Wars universe. In a Q&A session on Reddit, the game’s developers revealed that players will be…
SWTOR Basics – Gearing for Leveling, Basic Comms Usage, Fleet Vendors
SWTOR Basics guide for newer players. How to use the Basic Commendatinos, Gearing tips for leveling, Fleet Vendors location and contents, 12x vs Normal Leveling plus many more Tips and Tricks to help and guide you through your journey. Since this is a “Basics” video most of the things you will see and hear may be familiar to the veteran players. However, if you have a few minutes, stay around, watch and listen. You may discover a fact or trick you didn’t know or perhaps add to the information I shared. Some of the bullet-points covered in the video are: ♦ Location of the Basic Comms vendors on both fleets ♦ Vendor names and changes in Patch 3.2 ♦ How to best use basic comms for gearing with and without 12x ♦ Difference between orange shells and normal gear. How and what to use ♦ Crafted gear vs vewndor mods ♦…
Following SWGEmu’s Lead, ProjectSWG Goes Open Source
There are some changes happening over at ProjectSWG and it might be good for everyone involved. Following the lead from SWGEmu, they are going open source. Here is some information from the official post that also explains what their plans are for the future. Greetings citizens of ProjectSWG, In an effort to get the community actively involved in the development of ProjectSWG, we have decided to make some major changes to how we’ll be approaching our code. Below are the various changes that we’ll be making in regards to the further development of the core. Expect to see these changes pushed through soon. Core name change: In order to not be mixed up with SWG Emu’s Core 3 code we have decided to change the name of our core to Holocore. Change of license: Inspired by the announcement of SWG Emu team to go fully open source with their engine (http://www.swgemu.co…ad.php?t=159544) we have…
A Surprising Episode VII Cameo Revealed
Now that the actors playing most of the main characters in The Force Awakens have been revealed, we’re starting to get a little more information on the more minor players that we’ll get to see this Christmas. Don’t want to know who might be showing up in The Force Awakens? Read no further! Last year, there were rumors that Daniel Craig would show up somewhere in the movie, and The Daily Mail has quoted Simon Pegg as saying that Craig will play a stormtrooper. They also quote “an insider” who stated that “Fans will love trying to work out which covered up character is him”—though a cameo in a mask isn’t much of a cameo. Whether he’ll be a stormtrooper of any consequence or if we’ll see his face for a moment wasn’t discussed, but the fact that James Bond will be wearing the white armor is pretty cool! Although…
Star Wars: Battlefront Hero System is Revealed – Powered by Powerups
As more and more info comes out about Star Wars Battlefront, we anxiously await the release of the game. We also look forward to any other bits of information that tell us more about the game such as gameplay, footage, info from developers and more. So here we have some released details about the new Hero System. Lazy Gamer tell us more about how Battlefront wants to turn us into a “beacon of hope”: REBEL SCUM! Who wants to be a meaningless foot soldier in the war between the Rebels and Empire, am I right? Sure, Stormtroopers have bitchin’ cool armour, but they’ve also got the depth perception of a cyclops and even worse aim. And Rebel soldiers have silly helmets. No, I want to be a badass. A Sith lord, a legendary bounty hunter or possibly a killer Ewok. At least two of those options will be available in…
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,…
IGN Slams the Haters
“Yes, there’s no space battles, no prequel content, and no single-player campaign, but we’re not worried yet.” Fans are pretty upset that IGN seems to be backing Star Wars Battlefront and they slam the haters in this video, giving their opinions and stating they they are not worried about the game. They read some “demands” from fans who are already expecting specific things from the game and complaining about things that have not happened yet. Of course, some fans don’t side with IGN on this one and claim that IGN is just being paid off by EA/DICE. Paid to have an opinion? Hmm… unheard of in journalism! *sarcasm* That said, it doesn’t mean they are paid fanboys. Maybe they just like the idea of the game. They do have some good points, even if you don’t agree with the overall positivity. For example, they talk about the difference in games…
3.2c Patch Notes
As we mentioned yesterday, SWTOR Gree Event will extended by one week due to Conquest issues. Today BioWare took down the servers to deploy a patch that made the possible. Check it out below: General Corrected and adjusted the Conquest and Event schedule: The Gree Event will continue to run until Tuesday, May 26th. The Relics of the Gree Conquest Event will repeat starting on Tuesday, May 19th. Bounty Contract Week has been rescheduled, and will now run from Tuesday, May 26th to Tuesday, June 2nd. EricMusco Unscheduled Maintenance: 14 May 2015 | 05.14.2015, 06:23 AM Hi everyone! All servers will be unavailable on May 14th while we apply Game Update 3.2c Date: Thursday, 14 May 2015 Time: 6:30AM PDT (1330 GMT) – 8:30AM PDT (1530 GMT) Version: 3.2c During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we…
Season 5 Reward Teaser Blog
BioWare have posted a new developer blog. This one is teasing the season 5 rewards for PVP. Top ranking PvPers in Season 5 can expect a Gladiatorial Nexu mount as one of the rewards. Glorious PvPers! Season 5 is upon us and we hope everyone is enjoying the intense action. Giradda the Hutt and Baron Deathmark cordially invite you to dismember each other for their entertainment, all in the hope of taking home some exceptional prizes from their personal collection of antiques and cherished goods! Without further ado, here is the concept for the Tier 1 reward. This should give you a taste of what is in store for gladiators of the arenas this season: This mount is just one of the rewards available in Season 5. In addition to this Nexu mount, Giradda will be offering unique Decorations, Titles, Color Crystals, as well as a unique Gladiatorial weapon set. Additionally…
SWTOR Gree Event extended by one week due to Conquest issues
BioWare will be extending the Gree event time and, repeat the Gree Conquest next week. This is due to some bugs causing the Gree Conquest issue to end early. Relics of the Gree Conquest Issue | 05.12.2015, 08:03 PM Hey folks, I wanted to give you an update on the Conquest issue from this morning. What we learned is that there was an error in the timing associated with the Relics of the Gree Conquest event. During this week the Relics Conquest event will end early, based on the in-game timer, on Thursday. This was not intended and so we are going to make a few adjustments to correct this. These changes will require a maintenance, which will happen later this week. We are going to extend the Gree event by another week! It will now end on Tuesday, May 26th. The Relics of the Gree Conquest event will run again…