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Star Wars EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Darth Vader Wii sensor bar holder protects your virginity 24 A few years back, in my younger years, a friend of mine had shelves of action figures in his apartment. A big Star Wars fan, this included plenty of George Lucas-themed toys and the like. Far fro... Beta signup begins for Star Wars: The Old Republic 39 If you're excited about the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic, you may have a chance to get your hands on the MMO early -- Shacknews is reporting that beta signups are now open. The process so... Star Wars Jedi Knight series now up on Steam 28 Who likes the Star Wars Jedi Knight games? A lot of people, apparently. I'd be willing to bet if you started up Jedi Academy right this second, you'd be able to find a match online. Then again, t... Star Wars Galaxies: 12 servers to be killed in October 16 Star Wars Galaxies isn’t dead -- far, far from it actually. Earlier this week developer and caretaker Sony Online Entertainment announced that it plans to kill over ten servers because the ... The Old Republic subscription model still up in the air 21 The Star Wars: The Old Republic subscription model -- or lack thereof -- is still being worked out. In a conversation with GI.biz at gamescom, LucasArts head honcho Darrel Rodriguez said the stud... Labor Day PSA: KOTOR available as a digital download 16 One of the few good Star Wars titles is now available for digital download. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic -- an RPG developed by LucasArts and BioWare -- can be purchased on Direct 2 Driv... Pour one out for Star Wars: Battlefront IV concept art 13 Two of my favorite things about videogames are, oddly enough, concept art and unreleased or cancelled games. I like thinking about how games get made, and it's fascinating to sort through the one... SCUMM and Star Wars together at last 19 One of the greatest travesties mankind has ever committed on itself is having let adventure gaming's prime run its course without a LucasArts Star Wars adventure game using the SCUMM engine being... Star Wars: The Old Republic slated for October 2010 release? 19 If a report is to be believed, we may be playing Star Wars: The Old Republic next year. French fan Web site Star Wars-Universe is reporting that the ambitious MMO will drop in October 2010. In th... BioShock 2, Star Wars items hit Avatar Marketplace 37 Now that this thing is officially live, publisher can start flooding the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox LIVE with all sorts of neat (yet useless) promotional crap. Case in point -- today, BioShock 2,... LucasArts releasing a trio of Star Wars content onto WiiWare 16 Three Star Wars-licensed SNES titles are headed to the Wii. Downloadable versions of Super Star Wars, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Super Star Wars: Return to the Jedi are all sla... The Forced Unleashed 'Jedi Temple' DLC price slashed 20 Microsoft’s latest Deal of the Week is stellar. People who missed the first batch of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed downloadable content can now download the “Jedi Temple Mission Pack... LucasArts to announce Star Wars-related things at Comic-Con 37 LucasArts has a several secrets it hasn’t shared with the citizens of Earth, but it does plan to give fans and press the dirt soon. In an e-mail sent to San Diego Comic-Con attendees, the s... Mythic Entertainment will have a hand in SW: TOR 7 Relationships are built on trust and communication. We’re not so sure if all of BioWare and Mythic Entertainment were able to get to know each other before Electronic Arts merged them, but ... Show off your saber with new Star Wars Wii accessories 10 You know, sometimes you just need a reason to swing a lightsaber around in the privacy of your own home. You could get the light-up kind from your local toy store, of course, but why do that when... You'll crap your pants while watching this SW: TOR trailer 34 Whoa. I first saw this new Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer (available after the break) at Electronic Arts’ insane booth -- really floor -- at Electronic Entertainment Expo. It’s a... Hutta is a place you'll visit in SW: TOR 16 In the fairly short demonstration for Star Wars: The Old Republic at E3, I had the opportunity to view a small slice of the previously unannounced setting, Hutta. You can now check out what my ey... Here's some SW: TOR Smuggler screens and details 12 I glazed over the Smuggler class in my E3 Star Wars: The Old Republic preview in order to bring you the full picture of what I saw in the presentation, but thanks to the screenshots of the MMO&rs... E3 09: Star Wars: The Old Republic live demo impressions 34 A few minutes ago I got the opportunity to see a live demo (hands off, unfortunately) of BioWare and LucasArts’ MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The focus of the first part of the two-part... E3 09: Every NPC talks in Star Wars: The Old Republic 16 Chew on this for a second:  every non-playable character in BioWare’s upcoming PC MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic talks. Every single digital denizen BioWare has created to populate th... Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron forced onto DS/PSP 16 Star Wars: Battlefront has always been a pretty sweet series of games, and people have been itching for news on Battlefront III for a long time now. Perhaps it may satiate the demands of Star War... ESRB lists two handheld Star Wars Battlefront games 8 The ESRB let another cat out of a closely guarded bag. Kotaku recently found two handheld listings for Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron. Due for release on the PlayStation Portable and Ninte... Play as Han Solo in the new Indiana Jones Wii game 23 Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (coming June 9th) has a new trailer at StarWars.com. And you don't even have to watch it after seeing the title of the video: Exclusive Han Solo footage from ... Star Wars the Old Republic Trooper class revealed 15 It’s not Ewoks, but we’ll take it anyway. Recently, BioWare revealed another character class in Star Wars: The Old Republic, the Republic Trooper. These intergalactic shock troopers d... New Star Wars game features light sabers and other things 9 You know what was awesome? When Star Wars was a wonderful series of three movies that everyone looked back upon fondly. Remember that time before it became a crass, money grubbing machine and tur... Bad reviews made Force Unleashed devs unhappy 60 Nobody likes to get a bad review, not least the team who worked on last year's Star Wars hopeful, The Force Unleashed. It's clear that the team worked incredibly hard on making the game look impr... Star Wars: The Old Republic will cost money, confirmed 23 Here’s some tasty Game Developer Conference 2009 leftovers. According to BioWare co-executive producer Dr. Greg Zeschuk, the price for upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will probably... Super Mario Bros. meets Star Wars in this art mashup 10 Gallery 1988 received three new paintings that will give nerds everywhere a raging clue. As you can see, the paintings fuse together one of the biggest movie franchises ever with one of the bigge... BioWare shares details on Bounty Hunter class in SW:TOR 15 Whenever I think Star Wars bounty hunters, images of Boba Fett immediately float into view. His wicked Mandalorian threads, hardcore pursuit skills, careful disregard of life, and seasoned body m... Jango my Fett: BioWare confirms Bounty Hunter class in SW:TOR 23 Finally. In the latest video documentary for Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare confirmed the existence of a third class, the Bounty Hunter. BioWare hinted at the class several times during the... Star Wars Battlefront III not at Pandemic 8 "As of right now I can say Battlefront III is not currently at Pandemic,” wrote a Pandemic representative on the studio’s official message board. “While I know the title se... First issue of Star Wars: The Old Republic comic book series available 7 The first issue of BioWare and Dark Horse Comic’s Star Wars: The Old Republic comic book series, ‘Threat of Peace’, is available. It’s a basic read that generally addresse... Rumortoid: Pandemic still has Battlefront, Rebellion worked on PS2 version 4 If you’re keeping track -- I’m not sure how you are -- Star Wars: Battlefront III might have changed hands several times. Initially, it was Free Radical’s game. The leaked alpha... Game Debate to the Death! K.O.T.O.R. VS Ninja Gaiden 76 Last week we saw a lot of different opinions offered by both sides. A lot argued that Jade Empire's detailed gameplay went to waste because it was boring and didn't amount to as much as it should... Rumortoid: Pandemic to get Battlefront III, developer carousel continues 18 Star Wars Battlefront III is going to Pandemic, the studio that developed the first two Battlefront games. According to a VG247 source person, the deal will be announced soon.  Pandemic&rsqu... Free Radical shot first, Star Wars Battlefront III footage looks great 25 This footage is allegedly from Star Wars Battlefront III. According to Kotaku, this was an in-house video shown during a Free Radical meeting in November -- a month before Free Radical closed up ... CES 2009: Jakks shows off motion-controlled plug n' play games, now I'm a Jedi 13 Jakks Pacific's "Plug It In & Play TV Games" are nothing new; the standalone controller units that plug directly into your television have housed games like Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, ... Game Debate to the Death! K.O.T.O.R. VS The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 138 Last week was quite the end of the year blowout debate. I threw my debate traps into the waters, cast out my anchor, and waited for a week to see what kind of things would wash up. A decent amoun... Star Wars Battlefront III model images leak out, Jawas are short confirmed 24 There's little question that TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design was working on the unannounced Star Wars: Battlefront III. After the success of the first two titles (developed by Pandemi... First SW:TOR documentary reveals some combat, Jedi swing fast [Update] 23 The most exciting thing about Star Wars the Old Republic is the fact that LucasArts and BioWare are both actively working on the project. The video above is the first documentary for the game. Th... EA's Star Wars MMO may be microtransaction-based, or maybe not 18 There's nothing like a little confusion and crossed-wires to keep gamers on their toes. In an investor conference call yesterday, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello referenced the upcoming Star... KOTOR MMO has 'potential' to fleece you of all your cash 21 With news of a Knights of the Old Republic MMO out in the open, Star Wars fans must surely already be bomb-proofing their wallets for the inevitable cash drain that lurks on the horizon. Naturall... BioWare boss calls The Old Republic's combat 'choreographed' 15 One thing that was missing from The Old Republic’s official unveiling was how the game was actually going to work in regards to its combat. In a conversation with VG247, BioWare exec Greg Z... Star Wars Galaxies will continue to be supported, despite SW: TOR 15 Despite Star Wars: The Old Republic’s recent unveiling, LucasArts has pledged to continue to support the original Star Wars MMO, Star Wars Galaxies. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Lu... Star Wars: The Old Republic detailed 33 Star Wars: The Old Republic will have “more story content and sheer square feet of territory than every single [sic] BioWare game that has been created and released to date.” That was... Star Wars: TOR and WAR being considered for consoles 10 Upon yesterday’s announcement of Star Wars: The Old Republic, many of us wondered if the MMO was eventually going to be console bound. The official line right now is PC-only, but Eurogamer ... LucasArts and BioWare will announce joint project on October 21st 25 Well, it's not like this is a big secret, but at least now we have an official date to rely on: October 21st will bring a press reveal at the LucasArts offices of the joint project between them a... Force Unleashed DLC to be unleashed by force soon 10 LucasArts isn’t taking support for their cash cow title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed lightly. In a Gamespot report it was revealed that LucasArts would be bringing costumes, character mod... Hey San Francisco, go to The Force Unleashed launch party on September 15 12 Live in or near San Francisco and looking for something to do next Monday while waiting to pick up your copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed? LucasArts will be hosting a The Force Unleashe... Force Unleashed dev explains why Star Wars games are less than stellar 27 I don't think I'll ever fully understand the arcane geometry of public relations. I will never truly grasp the Orwellian mechanics of crafting the elegant, eloquent bullsh*t that comes out of som... PSN/XBLA demo of The Force Unleashed with 'unique ending' hits next month 32 I'm prepared to dodge stones: I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars or its universe. I get it -- really, I do -- but I've never really gotten it. But if a Barbie game looked as kickass as LucasArts' St... E3 08: Knights of the Old Republic MMO confirmed 64 In an interview with Conde Nast Portfolio, EA chief executive John Riccitiello confirmed that Electronic Arts haa their hands in the Knights of the Old Republic cookie jar. We have been hearing r... The circle is now complete: the Star Wars lightsaber stylus collection 22 Officially licensed by Lucasarts and Nintendo, the Star Wars lightsaber stylus is an excellent way to represent your love of all things from that galaxy far far away. They come in two sizes and c... Lightsaber Duels, Wii have them 28 The debut trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Lightsaber Duels features plenty of action, and we think you'll agree that it looks delectable. It's still early on, and LucasArts doesn't want ... Dust off those Wiimotes, Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Lightsaber Duels confirmed 44 As Dale highlighted earlier this morning, LucasArts has no intention of attending this year's muted E3 summit, but that doesn't mean that good old Georgie blew his load with The Force Unleashed, ... One hundred LucasArts employees laid off, spill the beans on upcoming games 48 Kotaku has received word from several LucasArts employees that the company is phasing out employees at all levels of production, including QA testers, programmers, artists, and LEGO Indiana Jones... Latest Soulcalibur IV trailer shows Darth Vader's apprentice in action 40 Even if you aren't so keen on the prospect of Star Wars characters being placed inside of the Soulcalibur universe, this latest trailer for Soulcalibur IV should still get you hot and bothered.F... LucasArts says no Force Unleashed PS3/360 multiplayer, I practice my Force choke 73 A couple of weeks ago, X-Play got an exclusive look at the Duel Mode in the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. It seemed like a ton of fun, and I figured that while it wouldn’t ... Yoda won't be overly cheap due to his size, says Soul Calibur IV director 30 Chatting with MTV Multiplayer, Soul Calibur IV's director Katsutoshi Sasaki offered some insight as to whether or not the regular cast of characters would have a fighting chance against Yoda beca... Vader in The Force Unleashed: Choking Wookiees has never looked so good 79 Sure, Darth Vader has been a playable character in games prior to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. 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