Breaking News: A popular video game insider has had the privilege of seeing the gameplay trailer from Star Wars: Battlefront and he think it will “break the internet.” “Tidux”, an industry insider tweeted about his thoughts after watching the gameplay trailer. Tidux said: “Omfg, #StarWarsBattlefront gameplay is just ridiculous. the internet will frikkin break. (I) just can not believe what I have just seen” Later on during the week the Star Wars Celebration will reveal the trailer for the rests of the population to see. One developer from DICE has stated that the trailer will be exactly what the game looks like and they have not used any CGI. We think that the choice of words Tidux used is quite interesting. At first glance, they seem to be completely positive, but VG24/7 Italy thinks they were quite negative. Some of the replies from Tidux’s tweets have been positive and negative….
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday April 14 – 21 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of April 14 – 21 2015. Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links CORSEC ELECTROBATON 200 400 +100% 400 Information from TOR FASHION EMOTE: POSSESSED 90 400 +344% 400 Information from TOR FASHION CARBONITE CHAMBER 240 480 +100% 480 GALACTIC TRADE NETWORK (KIOSK) 120 90 –25% 120 CARGO BAY 115 87 –25% 115 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 360 270 –25% 315 DYE MODULE KIT 200 150 –25% 200 CZERKA CR-17 INCENDIA SPEEDER 1800 900 –50% 1800 Information from TOR FASHION SATELE SHAN’S DUALSABER 500 250 –50% 375
Know your Enemy: The Simple Guide for Class Symbols and Stances
If you want to have one great visual source for everything you need to know about the different class symbols and stances, you are in luck! While it is color coded and contains images and icons as well to help you know, the main goal of this Know Your Enemy guide is to match the stance to the spec. Have you ever struggled to figure out what your opponent’s spec was so you knew how to properly combat it? Some hybrid classes can be really challenging when it comes to figuring this out. So now you have this handy dandy chart to help you Know Your Enemy! From the creator: I tried to keep it simple. So if a Discipline have a number of AoE skills i marked it as a AoE. Focus/Rage is close to Burst, but as Smash still have some minor AOE capabilities and some AoE buffs…
Pazaak’s Not-So-Distant Relative
While the subject hasn’t been touched in a number of months, it’s worth noting that we have written about the game of Pazaak in the past. And in doing so, we’ve mentioned briefly that it shares some common themes with one of the more popular card games played in our galaxy: blackjack. It’s true that there are several very similar concepts shared by the two, such as the fact that you never want to go over a certain amount—20 in Pazaak and 21 in blackjack—and that the stakes are often pretty high. It’s true that there are tales of games of Pazaak that don’t include some form of gambling, but they quickly walked into that more competitive territory as its popularity grew. That all being said, it’s actually another game in the Star Wars universe that has ties to both Pazaak and blackjack: Sabacc. Before diving into Sabacc and its…
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…
Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Darth Malgus 3-Part Series
The negotiator versus the warlord. Who will come out on top? Strength and resilience, or defense and pacifism? In his Versus Series, Antoine Bandele asks this question and presents a possible answer. The part YouTube series is part of the very popular Versus Series that has pit characters such as Vader vs Voldermort and Anakin Skywalker vs Galen Marek together in a duel. Then there was one of my personal favorites: Darth Sidious vs Jar Jar Binks. The videos are very well done, some are silly and some are serious, but all will keep your interest. So up today, we want to show you the three-part series of Obi-Wan vs Darth Malgus. Check them out below and let us know if you agree with the ending. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: So there you have it! After that exciting conclusion, tell us your thoughts. Do you agree? Disagree? How would you have…
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…
Euan Morton (male Inquisitor) Narrates STAR WARS Tarkin
Now here is a voice that might sound a bit familiar to you. The audio book STAR WARS Tarkin is narrated by Euan Morton, the same guy who make the voice for male Inquisitor in SWTOR. How cool is that little nerd fact? Here’s a little sound bite for you: Now Tarkin is written by James Luceno, who is a champion of the Dark Heroes in the Expanded Universe and has a number of stories out including Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader and Darth Plague. Tarkin is a great character and one interesting thing about the story is that the Force is not a part of it at all. While the Dark vs. Light theme is prevalent in Star Wars, it’s also nice to see interesting, compelling stories that don’t overplay these concepts. Tarkin is a story that you’ll likely find yourself getting lost in and it makes sense now why Morton was…
The Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Books Available for Pre-Order
We were pretty excited to hear that there were going to be at least 20 new Star Wars books, ranging from novels to sticker books, coming out this fall. And now they’re here—the first pre-orders are available! Not all of the books have been announced yet, but it’s clear that Disney is placing a heavy emphasis on filling fans in on what happened between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. In addition to the Marvel comic series we discussed earlier, Shattered Empire, we can now see a few more titles. Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath presents an intriguing cover, with “The war is not over” emblazoned on the cover. Looks like Disney’s rewriting the canon quite a bit (we had some idea that this was the case when we saw Stormtroopers in the trailer, but this lends even more credence to the idea). The book’s description also contains the line “And while the Rebel Alliance engages the fractured…
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 Movies Release on iTunes and other Digitial Platforms this Week
Great news for fans who have been waiting for the Star Wars movies to finally release on digital platforms. They’re coming to iTunes as well as Xbox and Playstation this Friday. There are also supposed to be some new special features for each movie with these new digital releases. For example, the theatrical cut of the podrace from The Phantom Menace is available. The first six movies will all be available on iTunes for $19.99 each starting on Friday, April 10th. You can only buy them, and they’re the same editions as on the Blu-ray versions of the movies. They are also coming to Xbox and the Playstation. CinemaBlend explains: Sony kept its Star Wars announcement brief, limited to a single tweet that simply reads: “All six Star Wars films are coming to PlayStation Video April 10! You’re overdue for a marathon anyway.” The folks over in the Xbox camp, however,…
Four of the Best Star Wars Cameos in Non-Star Wars Video Games
Star Wars video games are great, but they aren’t the only place that your favorite Star Wars characters show up! You might be surprised to find out that you can play as Yoda, Darth Maul, Han Solo, Darth Vader, and Jango Fett in other video games. Here are a few of my favorites. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater In Pro Skater 3, you can unlock Darth Maul as a skater, and Pro Skater 4 includes Jango Fett. Use the power of the Dark Side to take your skateboarding to the next level! Darth Maul keeps his lightsaber at the ready and uses the Force to help him out with some tricks, and you can see here that Jango uses his jetpack as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3msAX-31Ec There’s reportedly another Pro Skater in the works, so hopefully we’ll see some more Star Wars characters in the next one, too. Soulcaliber IV What better kind of game to feature Star Wars characters than…
Patch notes for 3.1.2a
Servers are back online after today’s Maintenance. Below are the patch notes: Classes + Combat Jedi Consular Shadow Low Slash is no longer repeatedly activated after its initial use. I think we all saw this one coming 😉
More on Star Wars: Battlefront April 16-19 at The Star Wars Convention?
As we’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Star Wars Battlefront this year, we’ve heard next to nothing about it. EA has been very tight-lipped about the details of the game and the progression of the release. It’s possible that EA has been quiet about Battlefront in part due to the late release of Hardline that ran into March. Whatever the reasoning, there is a very good chance we will get some great new info about the game and some fans might even have the opportunity to playtest coming up soon. EA showed Battlefront gameplay footage to retail partners recently and there’s a good chance consumers might see more of it soon. The official Star Wars Convention in Anaheim, California happens on April 16-19 and this would be the perfect time to give some gameplay action and reveals of the game to consumers. EA also told us the “first look”…
Community Event Pre-registration is now live!
BioWare is trying something new for this year’s Cantina Tours. Starting with the Anaheim Cantina Tour in April is a pre-registration program that allow those who registered to earn additional rewards if they attend the registered cantina tour. Community Event Pre-registration is now live! | 04.07.2015, 09:07 PM Hey folks, I wanted to tell you about our new Cantina pre-registration page! You can find the page and some more details on it here. However, let me give you the TLDR on the perks of pre-registering for our Cantinas: If you pre-register and attend the Cantina, you are eligible for a pre-registrant exclusive swag drawing! If you pre-register and then redeem that Cantina exclusive pack code, you will receive an additional in-game reward. Pre-registrants will get priority access to the Cantina (you get in first!) Note: RSVPing on Facebook does not count as pre-registering, you must do it through this new…
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday April 7-14 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Feb 24 – Mar 04 2015. New Items Price Helpful links THORN CONTAINMENT ARMOR SET 1440 INFECTED WOMP WEASEL 120 HYPERCRATE: SHIPMENT 2 CONTRABAND PACKS 5400 THORN SANITIZATION ARMOR SET 1440 Items No Longer Available Helpful links HYPERCRATE: SHIPMENT 1 CARTEL PACKS Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links CORSEC ELECTROBATON 400 200 –50% 400 Information from TOR FASHION EMOTE: POSSESSED 400 90 –78% 400 Information from TOR FASHION UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL CARGO BAY 350 475 +35% 475 UNLOCK: INVENTORY MODULE 131 175 +33% 175 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SLOT 300 600 +100% 600 SANCTIFIED CARETAKER ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 APPEARANCE OPTION: PIGTAILS 240 100 –59% 240 APPEARANCE OPTION: DREADLOCKS 240 100 –59% 240 APPEARANCE OPTION: SHAGGY 240 100 –59% 240 APPEARANCE OPTION: AFRO 240 100 –59% 240 CARBONITE CHAMBER 480 240 –50%…
Star Wars Battlefront playtest sessions in Vancouver and San Francisco on Friday, April 10
Star Wars fans, listen up! Do you want to play Star Wars: Battlefront early? Here’s how! EA Redwood Shores and EA Canada are having playtest sessions that will last three or four hours on April 10th for Star Wars: Battlefront. If you are a resident of Vancouver or the San Francisco Bay area you are eligible to sign up for the EA Canada or EA Redwood Shores session. Click here for the application. We would really like to know if any of you get to test it out and hear what you can say about, if anything. The game is due to be officially unveiled later this month at a Star Wars Celebration at the semi-annual fan convention. Star Wars: Battlefront has been in development at DICE by the ones who produced the amazing Battlefield franchise and Mirror’s Edge. EA stated that the new game will have a holiday 2015…
SWTOR: Changes to Stronghold Titles Coming in 3.1.2
Stronghold Labels sold by the Warzone Decoration vendors will become BoP when patch 3.1.2 goes live today. This is to prevent players from trading them for warzone commendations between characters. PSA: Changes to Stronghold Titles Coming in 3.1.2 Tomorrow | 04.06.2015, 04:18 PM Hey PvPers, Heads up on a change that some of you spotted as being in Game Update 3.2 on PTS, it is actually a part of 3.1.2 which is coming tomorrow. The change is around three Stronghold titles, which some players are using to move around Warzone Commendations in a way we did not intend. Here are the changes: The following Stronghold Titles are now Bind on Pickup: Stronghold Label: Imperial Sanctuary Stronghold Label: Republic Sanctuary Stronghold Label: Starfighter’s Lounge If you have any of these titles unbound, they will bind to you as of tomorrow. Thanks! -eric
SWTOR Update on Sentinel and Marauders
Eric Musco posted an update on the official forums regarding Sentinels and Marauders for PvP: Update on Sentinel and Marauder | 04.06.2015, 03:00 PM Hey folks, I know that some of you have been waiting for a status update on Maras/Sents, especially for PvP. Here is some info from the Combat team. — Hello everyone, We would like to take this opportunity to discuss Marauders/Sentinels and their present state in the game. To do so, we wish to start by outlining the rotational design philosophies of the three Marauder/Sentinel rotations. Carnage/Combat: Low Rotation Difficulty, Moderate Burst and Moderate Sustained Damage Annihilation/Watchman: High Rotation Difficulty, High Sustained and Low Burst Damage Fury/Concentration: Moderate Rotation Difficulty, High Burst and Low Sustained Damage Marauder/Sentinel PvP Viability: As it presently stands, Carnage/Combat and Annihilation/Watchman are performing well in Solo Ranked and Group Ranked PvP, respectively. We target a 50% win rate for each Discipline in PvP, and…
Game Update 3.1.2 Patch Notes
Servers are going down in less then 24 hours. When they come back up, Game Update 3.1.2 will be applied. Below are the patch notes: Highlights Revel in the arrival of Star Wars™ Celebration with a Double XP Week! Get twice the experience from April 16th at 11:00 PDT/18:00 GMT to April 22nd at 00:01 PDT/07:00 GMT! Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event! The event begins April 21st at 05:00 PDT/12:00 GMT and ends April 28th at 05:00 PST/12:00 GMT! General Frameworks from any Guild Bank tab can now be used to purchase Guild Flagship Room unlocks. Cartel Market Vehicles with the new “Flourish” functionality will be available in the Cartel Market soon! Bright Yellow and Vibrant Green Eyes are now available for Cyborgs. Short Wavy Hair no longer distorts on any body types. The Bright Blue Eyes appearance has been fixed and is now…
Star Wars Battelfront Reservation Card for $1
It’s here! It’s finally time. If you have been waiting to get Star Wars Battlefront, we have one more sign that this is really happening. You can now purchase the reservation card for $1 at participating Target stores. This is part of the Target $1 pre-order program with $5 gift card incentives. Basically, the way it works is that you purchase the $1 card and you are guaranteed a game when it releases. How does it work? Target Announces Reservation Program For Popular Video Games Target Guests Can Reserve Key Titles By Purchasing A Collectible Reservation Card For $1; Guests Receive $5 Target GiftCard Upon Purchase Of Title This Release’s Tags So there you have it. You don’t have to wait outside your favorite store for the release. You don’t have to stand in line for hours. It’s all very simple with this reservation card. However, even if you’re not…
Here’s When Star Wars: Battlefront’s First Trailer Debuts
Get ready to be extremely excited Star Wars fans! EA has announced that the debut trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront is going to be revealed on April 17th at 10:30 AM Pacific Time! Finally, an official date for the trailer and we are so excited! After the news that EA would be appearing at the Star Wars Celebration that is taking place in April, they finally confirmed that the trailer will be seen at the show. We now have more details on what the trailer will include. For those who are lucky enough to attend the Star Wars Celebration you “will have a chance to see gameplay behind closed doors during the show at our official booth along with a few other activities starting that Friday,” according to EA. Star Wars: Battlefront is currently in development with DICE and has been scheduled for a holiday 2015 release on the PlayStation…
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…