Category: Star Wars
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Bug fixes shouldn’t be at the mercy of Live-Service
Usually when games are revealed as live-service, the reaction is generally looked down upon. Most people assume a live-service game means content will be held back, or cost extra, or in general just feel less like a complete package. Most of the time, those assumptions are misinformed or flat-out wrong. For those who jump in…
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SWTOR 3.3.2 Patch notes
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, September 22 from 5:00 am to 8:00 am Pacific time to deploy patch 3.3.2. During that time SWTOR, SWTOR.com, and the SWTOR game launcher will be unavailable. Game Update 3.3.2 will be implemented during this downtime. Patch notes are as follows: Highlights…
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SWTOR 3.3 Patch notes: Grand Togruta Celebration
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, July 22 from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am Pacific time to deploy patch 3.3. During that time SWTOR, SWTOR.com, and the SWTOR game launcher will be unavailable. Game Update 3.3 Grand Togruta Celebration will be implemented during this downtime. Patch notes are…
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BioWare announces Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion for SWTOR
At EA’s E3 press conference, General Manager Jeff Hickman announced a new expansion coming in October for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Knights of the Fallen Empire is a full-on expansion, a departure from BioWare’s pattern of trading off small feature-focused expansions with large expansions that increase the level cap. With Knights of the Fallen…
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SWTOR 3.2.1 Patch notes
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, May 27 from 12:30 am to 8:30 am Pacific time to deploy patch 3.2.1. During that time SWTOR, SWTOR.com, and the SWTOR game launcher will be unavailable. Game Update 3.2.1 will be implemented during this downtime. Patch notes are as follows: Highlights…
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This is this closest we’ll get to a Republic Commando postmortem
It’s rare when developers talk about the design and development of games they worked on more than 10 years ago. It’s even rarer when those developers give full detailed walkthroughs about the design and creation of those games. Brett Douville, currently an independent developer, was the lead programmer on Fallout 3 and Skyrim, but he…
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Play as Darth Vader in Dota 2
Well, sort of. Steam user RustardGaming found a way to play as Darth Vader in Dota 2 by modding Dota 2’s Juggernaut to include Darth Vader’s helmet, lightsaber, and R2-D2 as a healing ward. It might not be the real thing, but it’s the closest you’ll get until the inevitable Star Wars MOBA comes into…
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Star Wars Humble Bundle Giveaway
In celebration of May the Fourth, Star Wars Day, I’m giving away three Star Wars Humble Bundle packs. These bundles were offered a few months ago on HumbleBundle.com and contain the following Star Wars games redeemable on Steam: Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II, The Force Unleashed, The Force Unleashed…
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Epic Story XP Boost returns to SWTOR with Star Wars Day
Star Wars: The Old Republic is once again celebrating Star Wars Day, this time in more ways than one. Anyone who logs in by May 4, 2015 will receive a free M4-1S Astromech Droid Mini-Pet. In addition, 12x XP boost returns as Epic Story XP Boost. Subscribers will receive a 12x XP boost to story…
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Watch an AT-AT shoot down a helicopter in Arma 3
Star Wars: Battlefront is still many months away, but modder McRuppertle found a way to ease the wait by adding an AT-AT to Arma 3. It looks to be part of a full Star Wars mod for Arma 3 called Imperial Assault which includes speeder bikes, scout troopers, and thermal detonators.
The Trench Run 