Tagged News: star wars galaxies

Wednesday, October 22nd
Discussion

Can you really blame us for having Jedi on our minds? While not all titles give players such defined (and separate) moral paths to take, it's increasingly common to see games that give gamers more choices as to the sort of morality they'd prefer to play as. This week, we'd like to know:

Given the choice, would you prefer to play as a virtuous hero (Light Side), a dastardly villain (Dark Side), or something in between?

Share your thoughts with us and post in the comment thread!

Friday, October 17th
News

The SWG team made a minor update today regarding the Galactic Moon Festival. Check the new changes after the click!

Thursday, October 16th
News

Matrix Online, Everquest, Vanguard, Legends of Norrath, Everquest 2 and Star Wars: Galaxies have plans to scare the stuffin' out of players this Halloween season. In game events, themed quests, and trick-or-treating are just some of the fun in store. Check out the rest!

Sunday, October 12th
Editorials

While advances in world story are promising in the arena of PvP, the other aspects of MMOs have suffered neglect. If "the pen is mightier than the sword" then why are players only able to use swords? The answer is that the devs won't let go of the pen.

Saturday, October 11th
News

In this week's Friday Feature, Star Wars: Galaxies Community Relations Manager Kelly "Valara" Knox has put together a quick look at the upcoming Galactic Moon Festival.

Click below to check it out and stay tuned for screenshots, a short video and an exclusive Q&A; with one of the developers about this brand new holiday.

Monday, October 6th
Interviews

Suzie Ford chats with Monty Sharma at Vivox - the team behind the in-game voice chat in games like EQ, EQ2, and SWG.

Monday, September 29th
Editorials

MMO worlds are stagnant. They have cardboard cutout monsters and NPCs that stand in their assigned space. Players knock the monsters down like a fantastical shooting range, but after a few minutes, the pulleys whir, the monsters stand up, and the world reverts to its static state. On a micro level where thousands of players are sharing the same game space, this is to be expected. The problem is that it also exists at a macro level and constantly echoes in the background, "This world is not real... this world is not real..."

Thursday, August 7th
News

Star Wars: Galaxies has a new producer, Dotanuki, who swung by the official forums. He gave fans a bit of news about upcoming events and takes a look at the latest update. Click below!

Thursday, July 31st
News

Sony Online announced today that "Station Voice" is now live on both Everquest 2 and Star Wars: Galaxies servers. Station Voice is a free voice chat system developed by Sony in conjunction with Vivox. Check out the details after the jump.

Tuesday, July 29th
News

Update 5 is now live on all Star Wars: Galaxies servers. The servers were updated early this morning. For a list of changes in this update, click below.