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Star Wars The Old Republic Pre-Orders, Early Access, and…Monthly fees?

The King's Eighth — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:43:04 +0000

Early last Thursday morning, BioWare took the big leap and announced the start of pre-orders on their website. Though they avoid to actually nail down a release date, speculation is ranging anywhere from October to December. Pre-order information included the revelation that a limited number of pre-orders, across all editions of the game, would be accepted. That is in part due to announcement of early-access to the game with the purchase of one of three different variations of the game. They include a normal edition for $59, and Digital Deluxe edition for $79, and a Collectors Edition for a steep $150. Once you decide how you want to go about ordering the game and actually order it, an email will be sent with a special early access code that you register on the game’s website.

What is interesting is the details of the game itself on the pre-order page. If you take a look closely under the description of each version of the game, you’ll notice the grey note stating that “30 days game time” is included with the purchase. This leads us to believe that The Old Republic will in fact have a monthly fee associated with it. Also interesting is the footnote following the giant “pre-order” title at the top. In it, it has the following sentence which also makes us believe in a monthly description:

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER ACCESS AND LICENSE AGREEMENT, PERSISTENT INTERNET CONNECTION, ACCOUNT REGISTRATION (13+ TO REGISTER), PAID SUBSCRIPTION AND VALID PAYMENT METHOD REQUIRED TO ACCESS GAMEPLAY.

Unfortunately it looks like BioWare is taking the same approach as the other MMOs unless they have something else up their sleeve. We shall have to wait and find out until the release.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic E3 2011 Return Trailer

The King's Eighth — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:52:58 +0000

BioWare certainly is flexing their cinematic muscle with their impressive trailers. Again at E3 they demonstrate the unique story of their upcoming MMO, The Old Republic. The trailer released by BioWare is slated to become the games intro cinematic. A few of us here have been debating over the quality of this game and the time and money spent on it. Will it live up to its expectations? Will the story line drive us deeper into the Star Wars universe? When will the damn thing come out? Hopefully BioWare and EA can live up to the expectations of many and deliver more than a large production bill.

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The Force Unleashed II E3 2010 Trailer

The King's Eighth — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:47:02 +0000

LucasArts has released another Star Wars trailer for you. This time its for the upcoming game The Force Unleashed 2. I’m personally excited for this game after recently playing through the first game. I’m curious as to where the writers are going to take the storyline. It seems that there can only be so much done in the time span between Episode III and IV of the movie series. Also worth checking out is the Force Unleashed II web site. There are no menus but instead take on the appearance as if you are in a bacta tank as a clone.(?) There are several audio files that you can listen in on and a few mini games to unlock memories. Some are flashbacks of the old game while others possible hint to the storyline of the next game. Go on and check out the site here. Make sure to check out the trailer after the break.

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The Old Republic: Hope of Alderaan E3 2010 Trailer

The King's Eighth — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:15:52 +0000

Well E3 2010 has officially kicked off today with many new and exciting games on the way. What better way to kick off the excitement then by LucasArts launching a new trailer for their upcoming massive multiplayer game, The Old Republic. The trailer is titled Hope of Alderaan and depicts the planet under invasion by the Empire. Nothing new right? Just make sure you have enough thermal detonators for this action packed trailer after the break.

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Star Wars Cantina Game for the Iphone

The River Salmon — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:06:01 +0000

Perhaps you’re a little like I am when you look at the Star Wars universe and its incarnations: kind of like watching your favorite plant wither while you do everything you normally have to love it.

I mean, the Clone Wars tv show was only cool because sometimes they had lightsabers that sometimes were used like you always want, and also sometimes some characters died. But as a whole there has been a lot of bad output from the Star Wars behemoth. We’ll see another “cartooned” version of Star Wars coming in the Old Republic MMO set to grab your wallet and shake it around like a chew toy.

What happened to games like Jedi Outcast?

Anyway, enter the Star Wars cantina game. I guess its something like a business management sim with Star Wars characters. Here’s the App store blurb:

Your task is to see that the right beverage finds its way to the right customer. And don’t keep them waiting, some of the customers are real troublemakers! Working towards your daily quota, accuracy and speed are essential. As a reward for a job well done, outfit your cantina with decorations and attractions to appeal to even the most difficult customers.

Ok, so from the sound of things, we won’t see any Jedi snipping off the limbs of boisterous cantina slime. Why are Star Wars games being dumbed down? Whats funny is I could totally get into this if it was rated teen and had realistic graphics and good dialogue/characters. I guess the content could reflect a high maturity while the graphics are cartooned, but really, whens the last time that happened?

We’ve said it before here at Pixel Well and we’ll say it again: give us a realistic, motion controlled Jedi duel game were you can shave off limbs and we would never stop playing it.

The Star Wars Cantina game is being developed by THQ and hasn’t had a release date set.

Star Wars Call of Duty 4 Mod

The River Salmon — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:38:47 +0000

Check out this footage of an upcoming total conversion for Call of Duty 4, titled Galactic Warfare, swapping out every game element for those of Star Wars heritage. Hopefully there is more than just a few weapons, because otherwise the gameplay looks great. Also, the sound effects are really appealing, if you listen closely. Check out the mod website here, but get ready, its in German.