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Casting Director Says Battlefront 3 is in Development
When Chris Marazzo (pictured), a casting director, listed on his personal website that he’s casted more than 200 projects – “including most recently Star Wars: Battlefront 3 with LucasArts” – he probably didn’t have this kind of response in mind. However, the fan site Battlefront3.net noticed, got in touch with Marazzo, and lo and behold,…
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New Star Wars Game To Be Outed At VGAs
Twittered by Geoff Keighley and backed up by a teaser video, the next big Star Wars video game title will be announced at the 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards. Twitter maniac and former Kotaku guest editor Geoff Keighley is at it again, teasing more important goings-on happening at this year’s spike TV Video Game…
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Vader Senses Much Movement In Your Wii Remote
The only reason to think that Power A’s officially licensed Star Wars Darth Vader Wii Sensor Bar holder is a stupid idea is that you didn’t think of it yourself. Or maybe the price. We’ve mentioned it before, but now it’s finally hitting store shelves, and we’ve got packaging images. While we still haven’t received…
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The Old Republic’s Jedi Knights Revealed
BioWare finally reveals the Jedi Knight class for Star Wars: The Old Republic, bringing with them more than 20,000 years of defending the Republic, wielding lightsabers, and wearing long, flowing garments. For many Star Wars fans, this is the end-all and be-all of character classes. The Jedi Knights are the warrior monks of the Republic,…
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Sleuths Dig Up Microtransaction Language in Old Republic TOS
The terms of service agreement for Star Wars: The Old Republic, included in its recently announced Game Testing program, mention both “points” and a “game store,” possibly tipping off plans for microtransactions. According to DarthHater, the terms (above) state :• You acknowledge and agree that all points acquired during the Game Program are non-refundable and…
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Here’s 90 Seconds of the Force, Unleashed on Hoth
I’ll acknowledge Star Wars:STFU The Force Unleashed did not live up to the hype. I think one reason I lost momentum is that I really didn’t care about the worlds in which I was playing. This might be a reskin of the game, but going back to Hoth, one of the trilogy’s most iconic settings,…
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The Humorous And Romantic Old Republic Smuggler
Humor and romance are two things you don’t often associated with an MMO character class, but those are two qualities BioWare is focusing on for the Smuggler class in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Senior writer Hal Hood talks about creating the Smuggler class in the latest developer diary on the Star Wars: The Old…
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Ultimate Sith Trailer Delivers Ultimatum
And here is aforesaid trailer regarding the DLC for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You’ll battle with Obi-Wan and Luke (on Hoth) and, quite gratuitously, Boba Fett. Wonder how they’ll retcon that one. OK, so, you look like Isaac from Dead Space, and the Emperor’s VO is loud enough to make me think this was…
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Giving Voice to The Old Republic
We’ve already heard the script for Star Wars: The Old Republic is more than 40 novels long. In this developer discussion, BioWare talks about the effort and why this is a game changer. SW:TOR promises a fully voiced, more immersive MMO experience – between player and NPC, player and quest-giver, etc. The result, they hope,…
By Owen Good
