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Star Wars Galaxies Unaffected by Star Wars: The Old Republic, Will Run...
We don't claim to be businessmen, but even we have to say LucasArts' rationale behind Star Wars Galaxies' continued existence seems a little off. When asked whether the troubled Star Wars MMO would...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Gunning For WoW's Throne
Well, kinda. Make no mistake, BioWare, EA, and LucasArts hope to four-legged race right past WoW's 11 million subscriber record, but even if WoW's legions commit to Blizzard's ludicrously popular MMO,...
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Hate Subscription Fees? EA Says Star Wars MMO Will Use Microtransactions Instead
Update: *Waves hand in front of your face* This is apparently just a big misunderstanding. EA told Shacknews that "no statements have been made about the Star Wars business model," and that...
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BioWare Enlists HeroEngine to Speed Up Old Republic's Development
It may not be able to brag about escaping from the labs of Valve or Crytek, but that's no reason to discount Simutronics' HeroEngine. After all, BioWare, in its never-ending quest to unite as many...
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LucasArts Would Love to Revamp More Classic Adventure Games -- for a Price
With The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on the way, LucasArts is finally reopening its vault of classic adventure titles. However, Monkey Island -– great as it is -- is only one game in a...
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LucasArts Hints at Porting Monkey Island to the iPhone
Old school adventure gamers who own an Apple iPhone may soon have reason to raise up a mug of grog, and those who have never matched wits with LeChuck might be in for a treat. In a not-so-subtle...
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SOE and LucasArts Working on Kid-Friendly Star Wars MMO?
“You heard about them Wookies, right? They say those giant furballs will tear your [socks] off and [tickle] you until you’re [not dead from having your arms ripped off].”Like that? Well then, you...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Looking for Public Testers!
You’ve waited and waited and waited, and you were prepared to wait even longer. Now, though, you can get an early hit of your next MMO addiction. Just head over to the official Star Wars: The Old...
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E3 Hands-On: Star Wars: The Old Republic's Smuggler is 'Han Solo: The Game'
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy not too far from here, someone tried their hand at a massively multiplayer Star Wars game. Unfortunately, unless living the life of a tentacle-haired cantina dancer...
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Hans Oh-No: Star Wars Galaxies Calling It Quits in December
We'll always remember our days as a Twi'lek cantina dancer. Well, OK, “days” in a figurative sense. It was more like “minutes.” But they were, er, different – that's for sure. If nothing else, we'll...
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Star Wars Galaxies Players Not Taking Closure Well, Class-Action Lawsuit on...
Star Wars Galaxies may have caused its fair share of anger – which led to hate, which led to suffering, which led to the dark side – but the galaxy spanning MMO was far from universally despised. Case...
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LucasArts Looking for Level Designers and Other Gaming Talent
We've all dreamed at one time or another of growing up to become a game designer. It used to sound so rad, up until we got a little older and discovered there's actual work involved, the kind of work...
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Monkey Island Creator Laments Disney's Lucasfilm Acquisition
Some long time fans of Star Wars are afraid of what will become of their favorite franchise now that Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion (to be fair, Disney's done a good job with Marvel...
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Disney Shuts Down LucasArts, Shifts to Licensing Model
Farewell LucasArts, and Thanks for the GrogToday's a sad day for any old school graphic adventurer (such as myself) who grew up wandering every inch of Maniac Mansion looking for that damned can of...
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Star Wars Games X-Wing and Tie Fighter Lands on GOG.com
Time to go back and relive some classic gaming momentsBack in October 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm from George Lucas for $4.05 billion which was met with some enthusiasm. Then in April 2013, five...
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