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On This Day in Battlefront History: The Death Star Expansion Was Unleashed at Gamescom

Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One X-Wing VR Mission title logo on starry background

Nine years ago today, Star Wars Battlefront fans got hit with one of the biggest announcements of the game’s era—EA and DICE unveiled the long-rumored Death Star Expansion Pack at Gamescom 2016, along with the now-legendary Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission for PlayStation VR. And suddenly, players everywhere were asking the same thing: “Wait… we can do what in space?” The Expansion That Took Us Inside the Ultimate Battle Station Up until that point, Star Wars Battlefront (2015) had done a fine job scratching that galactic war itch. But ground battles only got you so far—especially when the biggest moon-shaped gun in the galaxy was still off-limits. Enter the Death Star. The Death Star DLC delivered: It was Star Wars video game fantasy turned reality. Every element of the expansion leaned into cinematic drama, fan service, and fast-paced chaos in all the right ways. The VR Mission That Made You Feel…

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SWTOR Segment from EA GamesCom Press Conference

We have an interesting update today on SWTOR from EA’s GamesCom Press Conference. The SWTOR segment touched on a few things we have not gotten updated on in some time, such as the player count. They also touch on some things that are coming soon in SWTOR (things we all known about already but that might serve to bring in some newer or returning players). From EA’s GamesCom Press Conference: The results have been remarkable. Every month, more than a million players are logging in, playing with their friends, and embarking on their own personal Star Warstm Saga. So basically, EA took almost two minutes out of their press conference today to mention SWTOR. You can see the video for yourself at IGN, but the highlights are: recap of the last 18 months reminder that it’s gone free to play updated content Galactic Starfighter new guild rewards new PvP warzones new Flashpoints and…

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Jeff Hickman Interview from GamesCom

During the biggest gaming event in Europe, GamesCom gaming convention in Cologne, Germany, SWTOR Life had the opportunity to interview Jeff Hickman and ask some questions about the game. Mr. Jeff Hickman, the new Executive Producer for Star Wars: The Old Republic sat and answered some interesting questions. You can see the video here: And here are some highlights of the interview from SWTOR Life. Introduction of Mr. Jeff Hickamn and his previous work as well as his tasks in the future His thoughts and plans on how to make the Free to Play model a reality When will Free to Play launch? Correlation between announced content (new warzone, raid etc.) and launch of Free to Play Once Free to Play goes live, will subscribers ever have to pay for anything (like a big expansion/content pack)? Will Makeb increase the level cap? How do you introduce a cash shop into a…

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