Category: Star Wars
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A New Hope is being recreated entirely in Minecraft
Minecraft player ParadiseDecay is on his way to recreating Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in its entirety inside the world of Minecraft. Using only custom textures – no mods or official downloadable content – he has spent almost four years recreating A New Hope shot for shot and has already completed 1 hour…
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SWTOR 2.8 Patch notes: Spoils of War
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, June 10 from 2 am to 8 am PST to deploy patch 2.8. During that time SWTOR, SWTOR.com, and the SWTOR game launcher will be unavailable. Game Update 2.8 Spoils of War will be implemented during this downtime. Patch notes are as…
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Star Wars Battlefront E3 2014: Behind the scenes
Beyond a handful of tweets from DICE developers, progress on Star Wars Battlefront has been relatively quiet since the announcement trailer last year at E3. EA opened their E3 conference this year with a behind-the-scenes look at DICE’s approach and reverence for Star Wars and Battlefront. DICE was able to access to the Lucas Cultural…
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SWTOR 2.7.2 Patch notes
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be performing a scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, May 20 from 3 am to 8 am PST to deploy patch 2.7.2. During that time SWTOR, SWTOR.com, and the SWTOR game launcher will be unavailable. Game Update 2.7.2 will be implemented during this downtime.
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GameSpy shutdown cripples Battlefront multiplayer and other EA games
As of June 30, 2014, multiplayer for games like Battlefront, Battlefront II, older Battlefield games, Command & Conquer, and other EA games will be discontinued due to a massive GameSpy server shutdown. Glu Mobile, who acquired GameSpy Technology in 2012, told Gamasutra, “The GameSpy business itself proved to no longer be a viable business model,…
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Celebrate Star Wars Day with a free pet in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic joins in this year’s celebration of Star Wars Day with a free mini-pet. In addition to the Double XP Weekend they’re holding, which starts tomorrow May 2 and runs through Monday May 5, Star Wars: The Old Republic is giving away a free MT-4T Astromech Droid Mini-Pet to anyone who…
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Visceral adds Todd Stashwick as co-writer for Star Wars game
Actor and writer Todd Stashwick will join Amy Hennig at Visceral to co-write their upcoming Star Wars game. Stashwick has appeared in television shows including Heroes, Justified, Supernatural, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Last year, he provided voiceover for the announcement trailer of the next Uncharted game, and Naughty Dog community strategist Arne Meyer confirmed Stashwick…
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Leaked footage of Red Fly’s Darth Maul game
A small snippet of leaked footage from Red Fly’s cancelled Darth Maul game. It shows Darth Maul facing off against a few Death Watch soldiers, highlighting his acrobatics as well as the Force mechanics they worked on.
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The Darth Maul game that never was
In the May 2014 issue of Game Informer, Executive Editor Andrew Reiner retraces the development steps and ultimately cancellation of an ambitious Darth Maul game from Red Fly Studios. The seed of an idea for a Darth Maul game originally began at the tail end of development for The Force Unleashed II, which may be…
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Amy Hennig joins Visceral Games for upcoming Star Wars project
Following her departure from Naughty Dog, where she recently celebrated her 10th anniversary at the studio, Amy Hennig joins Visceral Games as the creative director on their upcoming Star Wars project. “It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to contribute to the Star Wars universe, after it’s had such a formative influence on my life.”…
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