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LEGO Retains Right to Create Star Wars Toys and Video Games

Entertainment company Lucasfilm and the LEGO Group have renewed their licensing deal linked to the Star Wars intellectual property, which means that toys and video games linked to the well-known franchise will continue to be developed and launched during the coming ten-year period. The two companies have not disclos...

14 February 2012
08:19 GMT

Kinect Star Wars Out in April Alongside Star Wars Xbox 360 Bundle

Microsoft has finally unveiled a new release date for the eagerly awaited Kinect Star Wars game, as well as for the Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 bundle, which will both arrive at the beginning of April all around the world. The Kinect sensor for the Xbox 360 has sold tens of millions of units since its release more tha...

9 February 2012
03:10 GMT

Rumor Mill: Spark Unlimited Working on Battlefront 3

Star Wars: Battlefront 3 is one of the projects that fans have been desperate to see announced and that some have thrown into the vaporware category, but fresh rumors suggest that development on the game might be progressing well at a new company. Information posted on the PlayStation Lifestyle site says that Spark ...

8 February 2012
20:01 GMT

Electronic Arts Posts Better than Expected Results for Fiscal Quarter

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it has posted better than expected results for the third fiscal quarter, which ended on December 31, although it has failed to beat the outlook that Wall Street analysts have linked to the company. EA has managed to bring in more than 1.65 billion dollars (1.25...

2 February 2012
20:31 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.1.1 Now Available for Download

BioWare has just deployed a fresh patch for its latest Star Wars: The Old Republic online game, in the form of update 1.1.1, which aims at solving some of the various issues that popped up after last month’s patch 1.1 (aka Rise of the Rakghouls). Star Wars: The Old Republic became quite popular back in Decembe...

1 February 2012
06:52 GMT

Kinect Star Wars Coming in April, Retailer Listing Says

Star Wars fans and Kinect owners will finally be able to enjoy the long awaited Kinect Star Wars game in April, at least according to a listing mentioned by large UK retailer Argos in one of its newest catalogs.Kinect Star Wars has been in development for quite some time, with Microsoft trying to really deliver a qua...

25 January 2012
05:15 GMT

New Video Shows Off the Content That’s Coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic Soon

In order to keep players interested in its recently released Star Wars: The Old Republic online game, BioWare, its developer, has just deployed a new video where it shows off the array of new content that will soon appear for it. Star Wars: The Old Republic has barely been out for a month and already quite a few pat...

23 January 2012
04:54 GMT

A Gamer’s Week: January 22

We’re nearing the end of January, which means that we are close to the launch dates for some pretty interesting games, but in the meantime we invite you to check out our rather extensive Incoming 2012 series in order to learn what great games we will get to play this year.We also have a full Softpedia review fo...

22 January 2012
05:21 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Gets New Patch to Fix PvP Exploits After Update 1.1

BioWare has just deployed a brand new patch for its Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, this time to fix the variety of exploits related to its Player versus Player mechanics, which appeared after the recent release of update 1.1, also known as Rise of the Rakghouls. Star Wars: The Old Republic had a pretty smooth laun...

20 January 2012
04:30 GMT

Dogs Sing Star Wars Song in Volkswagen Super Bowl Teaser

The Super Bowl frenzy can officially kick off now. Volkswagen has just released an awesome new teaser for the major sporting event, featuring 12 dogs and one very familiar song. You can see it in full above. The 12 canines (a chorus, if you will), some of them even dressed in proper “Star Wars” attire, do...

19 January 2012
08:32 GMT

BioWare Details Star Wars: The Old Republic Update Plan

BioWare, the developer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, has just revealed what areas of the online game will be updated with its next major patch, confirming that features like the Legacy or Guild systems, not to mention the ability and perk mechanics, will be modified. Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting ready to...

16 January 2012
14:11 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Has Content Planned Until 2013

BioWare has talked a bit more about its Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, this time saying that it has content already in development for it that won’t appear until 2013. Star Wars: The Old Republic had a successful launch last month and, despite a few bugs and issues didn’t encounter any major problems. ...

13 January 2012
17:21 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Sets World Record for Largest Amount of Voice Acting

BioWare and the Guinness World Record organization have announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic, the latest online role playing game that appeared a few weeks ago, has set a new record for the largest voice over project in entertainment. Star Wars: The Old Republic has been a long time coming, with BioWare hyping...

10 January 2012
03:10 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 1.1 Arrives This Week, Brings New Content

BioWare has confirmed that it’s preparing the first big update for its Star Wars: The Old Republic online RPG, in the form of patch 1.1, which brings quite a lot of new content and is already available on the Public Test server. Star Wars: The Old Republic was released a few of weeks ago and its developer, Bio...

9 January 2012
06:03 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Dancing Exploit Will Be Eliminated Today

BioWare has confirmed that a new patch set to be released today onto all Star Wars: the Old Republic servers is going to eliminate the already infamous dancing exploit, through which players escaped enemy attacks just by commanding their characters to dance. Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massive online game, so i...

6 January 2012
05:57 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Gets Patch, Dancing Interrupts Not Fixed

Video game developer BioWare has launched a new patch for its MMO Star Wars: The OId Republic, fixing a number of problems that the player base has been reporting but has failed to eliminate a glitch that causes enemies to stop attacking any player character who begins to dance.The main changes in the new patch are a...

5 January 2012
02:52 GMT

Low Level Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Banned for Looting High Level Areas

BioWare has just confirmed a series of temporary bans issued to a variety of Star Wars: The Old Republic players, specifically low level users who used an exploit to get high level items and equipment, thus upsetting the in-game balance and its economy. Star Wars: The Old Republic was released last month and, since ...

4 January 2012
07:01 GMT

Avoid Attacks in Star Wars: The Old Republic with Dancing Glitch

A brand new video from Star Wars: The Old Republic shows a hilarious, yet extremely helpful glitch, as any player engaged in combat can just use a command to get his character to dance, thus stopping any enemy attack. Star Wars: The Old Republic is a sprawling online role playing game, offering players the chance to...

4 January 2012
05:24 GMT

BioWare Ireland Is Focused on Support for Star Wars: TOR, Might Host Other Projects in the Future

BioWare has just released Star Wars: The Old Republic late last month and, while its development was a collaboration between the studio’s various branches from Edmonton, Austin, not to mention Mythic Entertainment, the newly founded BioWare Ireland also played a crucial role right now, according to the co-found...

4 January 2012
03:36 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Install and Download Errors Affect Many Users

A brand new issue has started affecting various Star Wars: The Old Republic players when they first try to install the game, as the files that are downloaded by the game’s client are corrupted and thus send it into an endless downloading loop. Star Wars: The Old Republic, the online role-playing game made by B...

29 December 2011
06:33 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Prefer Sith Characters Over Jedi Ones

Star Wars: The Old Republic was released last week and already Electronic Arts, together with the online game’s developer, BioWare, are showing off some impressive figures gathered from the first few days of the title’s availability. Star Wars: The Old Republic was awaited by millions of gamers from all ...

28 December 2011
18:21 GMT

Nikon D5100 DSLR Gets Hacked to Run Star Wars-Themed Firmware

When the Nikon D5100 firmware was decrypted last month, we all knew that great things are in store for owners of the entry-level DSLR, but few actually expected one of the first projects to arrive to be a Star Wars-themed firmware update.Cool, for some, useless for others, the new firmware uncovered by Wired basicall...

28 December 2011
10:54 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Can Be Profitable Even If It Doesn’t Have Many Subscribers

After just releasing Star Wars: The Old Republic into commercial success, at least judging by the crowded servers of the online game, BioWare, its developer, has confirmed that it has several plans to ensure the title’s profitability no matter its actual popularity. BioWare has just released Star Wars: The Old ...

22 December 2011
19:31 GMT

BioWare Writer Hopes The Old Republic Will Be a Successful Narrative

Star Wars: The Old Republic, the MMO from BioWare and Electronic Arts, might be the biggest launch of the year but for one of the main developers working on it the emotions started when he realized the size of the project.Speaking to CVG Alex Freed, who is the senior writer working on the game, stated, “We'...

20 December 2011
21:41 GMT

Star Wars Kinect Includes Jedi Dance Contests

The U.S. Entertainment Rating Software Board has just published a detailed listing for the upcoming Star Wars Kinect title, describing just what type of gameplay it will have, including, besides regular Jedi battles or pod racing, even dance contests.Star Wars Kinect has been a long time coming, with the developers a...

20 December 2011
14:31 GMT

More than 1.5 Million Gamers Playing The Old Republic During Pre-Access

Doug Creutz, who is an analyst working at Cowen & Company and watches the video game industry, has estimated that more than 1.5 million gamers have been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, the new MMO from developer BioWare and publisher Activision, before the official launch date.He links his number of pre-launch g...

20 December 2011
05:54 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Long Queues Are Being Addressed by BioWare

BioWare has talked about its just-released Star Wars: The Old Republic online title and how the server queues, which force players to wait for quite some time before being allowed to actually play the game, are being addressed by its team.Star Wars: The Old Republic went online today, with BioWare turning on a huge n...

20 December 2011
04:27 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Resident Evil Will Expand Franchise, Spark Is in Charge

The developers at Spark Unlimited have refused to deny that they are working with publisher Capcom on a new Resident Evil video game, telling fans that they are unable to comment on information that has not been made public by another source.The rumors were launched when Spark announced that it was beginning pre-prod...

19 December 2011
07:00 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Grace Period Offered to Early Game Access Participants

BioWare has confirmed that it’s going to offer a grace period for those who are participating in Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Early Game Access, as they’ll have two days in which to enter their final product code and continue where they left off, without having to start the game all over again.Star...

19 December 2011
06:31 GMT

Secret Project Will Expand Star Wars: The Old Republic Gameplay in 2012

Star Wars: The Old Republic might not be out yet but the leading developers working on the MMO are already thinking about its long term future and what features the BioWare team needs to add in order to keep gamers interested in paying their monthly subscription.James Ohlen, who is the game director working on Star W...

15 December 2011
20:21 GMT

Lots of New Features Coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic After Its Launch

BioWare has posted a hefty list of the new features it’s planning on adding to the Star Wars: The Old Republic online game, highlighting just what areas will receive more attention once the game is fully released and delivers an optimum experience to its customers.Probably one of the last big releases of the ye...

15 December 2011
12:41 GMT

Early Access to Star Wars: The Old Republic Now Available

BioWare has just confirmed that it’s started the Early Game Access period for those who already pre-ordered its upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic online game, allowing them full access to the title ahead of everyone else.Star Wars: The Old Republic is the last big release of the year, with BioWare, Electroni...

14 December 2011
11:01 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Pre-Load Now Available, Early Access Starts Next Week

We’re getting closer to the December 20 release date of Star Wars: The Old Republic so BioWare, its developer, has now allowed those who’ve pre-ordered the game to start pre-loading the game files, in anticipation of the Early Game Access period that kicks off next week.Star Wars: The Old Republic is prob...

8 December 2011
17:21 GMT

New Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Pits the Jedi Consular Against the Imperial Agent

BioWare is getting ready for the release of its Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG later this month so, in order to amp up the grudge match between its various classes, has released a brand new video that pits the Jedi Consular and the Imperial Agent one against the other.Star Wars: The Old Republic follows the battl...

6 December 2011
03:39 GMT

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Gets Battle of Umbara Expansion on December 15

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it plans to launch a new expansion for their MMO Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures on December 15, the same day that the older Star Wars galaxies is set to shut down. The expansion, called Battle of Umbara, will add a whole new combat zone to explore and will also get acce...

2 December 2011
02:30 GMT

Analysts: The Old Republic Will Make Money for Both Electronic Arts and LucasArts

Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer at publisher Activision Blizzard, recently talked about how he does not understand the economic fundamentals behind the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic.But two leading analysts of the industry believe that even if it needs to split money with LucasArts, Electronic Arts w...

1 December 2011
07:02 GMT

Bobby Kotick Doesn’t Understand Star Wars: The Old Republic Economics

Bobby Kotick, the current Chief Executive Officer at publisher Activision Blizzard, has attacked the upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare and Electronic Arts, saying that he does not understand the business fundamentals that underpin the game.Speaking at the Reuters Media Summit Bobby Kotick stated, ...

30 November 2011
07:40 GMT

New Video Shows Off the Jedi Consular in Star Wars: The Old Republic

BioWare has deployed a brand new video for Star Wars: The Old Republic, which focuses on the Jedi Consular character class, and presents the variety of ways players can develop its powers. Star Wars: The Old Republic is shaping up to be one of the biggest online game releases of the year, with BioWare finally set to...

29 November 2011
02:38 GMT

New Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Focuses on the Trooper and Sith Inquisitor

BioWare has released a brand new trailer for its upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic title, focusing on two special character classes, the Republic Trooper and the Sith Inquisitor.The Old Republic will allow users to play their own role in the conflict behind the Republic and the growing Sith Empire, with gamers bei...

14 November 2011
15:31 GMT

LucasArts Might Create Identity Based Star Wars Games

LucasFilm has registered a number of new Internet domains that could be linked to a new video game in the very wide ranging Star Wars universe.StarWarsIdentities.com, StarWarsIdentites.com and sw-id.com have been recently registered and it seems that LucasArts is creating a game which will use the theme.A number of d...

11 November 2011
12:11 GMT

The Old Republic Players Can Get Up to Five Days of Early Access

The developers at BioWare and the publisher Electronic Arts have announced that those who have pre-ordered the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic can get up to five days of early access to the game, meaning that at least some players will be able to get access to the experience on December 15. The Frequently Asked Ques...

8 November 2011
02:39 GMT

LEGO Universe MMO Closes Down on January 31, 2012

The LEGO Group has announced that it will be closing down the MMO LEGO Universe on January 31, 2012, a little over one full year after it was initially launched.A statement from The LEGO Group says, “In spite of very positive player feedback and a large number of players in the free play zone, it has not been p...

7 November 2011
15:11 GMT

Pre-Launch Guild Program for Star Wars: The Old Republic Gets to Phase 3

Video game developer BioWare has announced that it has now launched the third phase of the Pre-Launch Guild Program for its MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.This basically means that a number of guilds, created by players, will be transferred to the game for launch day as long as they met a set of criteria.Four member...

4 November 2011
06:07 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Limited Release Ensures the Launch Goes Smoothly

Electronic Arts has once again explained its reasoning behind the decision to limit the initial release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, saying that it's ultimately for the good of the player, as the company's been making sure that it will handle a certain number of players logging on when the game deploys o...

1 November 2011
16:41 GMT

Sony Announces Halloween Events for DC Universe, Everquest and More

Video game developer and publisher Sony Online Entertainment has announced a number of special Halloween themed events for its line-up of MMOs, including DC Universe Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Free Realms, Magic: The Gathering -Tactics, PoxNora and Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures.In the DC comics powered MMO a...

26 October 2011
04:20 GMT

BioWare Says Star Wars: The Old Republic Makes It Hard to Return to other MMOs

Star Wars: The Old Republic, from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, is the biggest MMO launch of the year and one of the leading developers on the game says that playing it actually makes it hard to enjoy other titles in the same genre.Speaking to The Gaming Liberty Ray Muzyka, who is one of the co-fou...

19 October 2011
03:00 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Launches on December 20 in Both Europe and America

Developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have announced that they are moving the European launch date for their MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic so that it coincides with the December 20 one that was announced for North America.The announcement was made by Stephen Reid, who is the leader of the community outrea...

18 October 2011
03:10 GMT

Star Wars: The Old Republic Gets Signs of War Story Trailer

BioWare and Electronic Arts have deployed a brand new trailer for their upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic online role playing game, called Signs of War, depicting the major conflict that's sweeping the galaxy and will be at the core of The Old Republic's story.Lots of gamers from Europe were thrilled to ...

18 October 2011
02:31 GMT

Explore the Night Sky Indoors with the New R2-D2 Planetarium

Over the years we have grown accustomed with seeing R2-D2's image being used for all sort of devices, but is hard to think of a role that suits the drone better than the one Sega Toys has for it when it built the R2-D2 Planetarium.While this may look like a toy to you, Sega's representatives are quick to po...

12 October 2011
14:11 GMT

Weekend Reading: Can The Old Republic Succeed at 14.99?

After a very long wait, which included rumors about further delays, the developers at the Austin studio of BioWare and the executives at publisher Electronic Arts have announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be launched this year, on December 20 in the United States and two days later in Europe.This is good n...

8 October 2011
05:41 GMT


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