Geeks everywhere are still mourning the loss of of Ralph McQuarrie, the visionary conceptual artist who played an integral role in designing the look of the original Star Wars trilogy. Even if you weren’t familiar with McQuarrie by name or even if you’re somehow not a fan of Star Wars, it’s undeniable that McQuarrie’s work has left an indelible influence on all sci-fi movies, comics, anime, and of course, video games.
Want to give Bioware’s new MMO a shot, but afraid to commit? Well, cancel your plans for the weekend, cause Bioware and EA are giving players who’ve yet to join a side in the latest Jedi-Sith conflict a chance to try out The Old Republic for free this weekend.
Because sometimes you just look at a game and have to ask yourself, “How did this get made? Who thought this was a good idea?”
As games become more expensive to make, the big publishers are more likely to play it safe; they’ll stick to what they know will sell and usually that means sequels. Now, I don’t mind a lot of sequels, even annualized releases, if they manage to maintain a certain level of quality. Outside of the usual fanboy complaints from people who weren’t going to play these games anyway, I think most gamers are pretty happy whenever a new Halo, Zelda, or Uncharted is announced, and if you enjoyed the previous entry in the series then it’s only natural to want more.
Star Wars fans don’t need to be sad when Star Wars: Galaxies gets shut down on December 15, as it will be quickly replaced with another Star Wars MMORPG just a few days after. Sony Online Entertainment has announced the availability of Star Wars: The Old Republic on December 20 and fans can continue playing a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Sci-Fi Universe created by the legendary George Lucas.
At PAX Prime this year, Bioware announced at their panel for Star Wars: The Old Republic panel that they will be sending out a horde of beta invites to hopefully tide some lucky fans until the games release. Bioware has stated, they will begin sending out the invites starting September 2, so keep a close watch on your inbox (and spam) as they are sending them out periodically throughout all of next month.
BioWare has been teasing us with info for Star Wars: The Old Republic for some time. The upcoming MMO lets you choose from a variety of classes based on classic Star Wars characters, including Troopers, Imperial Agents, Bounty Hunters, and Jedi Knights, and fight for control of the galaxy, whether you pledge your allegiance to the light or dark side.
Every year the Consumer Electronic Show is jammed packed with great news in all forms of media and tech. Perhaps one of the best blends of tech and media would have to be Star Wars. During the show today LucasArts and 20th Century Fox announced that for the first time the entire Star Wars saga would be released in Blu Ray Hi Def.
Get it, work force, funny right? Well, it’s not too funny for those losing their jobs this holiday season at the studio behind the wildly successful Force Unleashed 2. With that sequel out the door, the only remaining announced project on LucasArts’ slate is Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, This may be the reason for less staffing. LucasArts also made a statement to Gamespot:
After strong sales of the The Force Unleashed 2 video game, it only makes sense that Lucas Arts would continue ahead with DLC to appease the mass craving for more. What better location to use the force than Andor, during the same time period of as the Return of the Jedi film. Gio Gorsi, executive producer at Lucas Arts compares it to original Force Unleased’s DLC by saying “we like to call this an “infinite storyline”, much like the Hoth Bonus Mission from the first Force Unleashed game that gave us an alternate take on that iconic battle from the Empire Strikes Back.”
Star Wars games are often few and far between but always anticipated by a massive fan base. With huge success on the last generation of consoles, Star Wars Battlefront quickly grounded it self as the best, and at the time best selling Star Wars game. The blend of 3rd person action, mixed with the awesome action packed universe of Star Wars makes for quite the experience in the form of a shooter/action game. This experience is eagerly awaited by its fans to touch base on the current generations of consoles and continue a great franchise.
We don’t really post much about iPhone games and apps, as there are other sites dedicated to such things and would likely do a better job of it, but this is one of those games that we have to let everyone know about. If you are a Star Wars fan and have an iPhone then this is definitely something you are going to want to download. You get to shoot TIE Fighters off your neighbours houses!
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