Jedi, fedoras, and carpal tunnel: A history of LucasArts

November 2, 2012 1:00 PM Jason Lomberg
Jason Lomberg

What if LucasArts never existed? What if the irascible filmmaker, beloved (and despised) the world over for his invaluable contributions to the pop-culture lexicon, had stuck to making space operas and juvenile fantasies about archeologists in fedora hats? What if George Lucas never entered the arena of gaming 30 years ago?

I’ve got a bad feeling about this — Star Wars: The Old Republic’s producer leaves BioWare

July 17, 2012 11:46 AM Mike Minotti
Mike Minotti

Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer Rich Vogel, has left BioWare Austin. He oversaw all aspects of the massively multiplayer role-playing game during its development and after its launch.

Star Wars: The Old Republic drops 30 spots on the UK sales charts

January 3, 2012 6:25 AM Sebastian Haley
Sebastian Haley

Electronic Arts and BioWare’s long-awaited, big budget Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen an unprecedented drop down the UK sales charts. According to Chart-Track, the licensed massively multiplayer online game plummeted from 10th position all the way to 38th …

Is Sony silencing player efforts to halt Star Wars Galaxies’ demise?

June 28, 2011 2:00 PM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

[Update: Sony has responded to queries from VentureBeat]

Sony is locking forum topics and banning players who are trying to promote a petition to keep one of its online games, Star Wars Galaxies, from shutting down on December 15, according …

Star Wars Galaxies players start petition to make game free-to-play

June 28, 2011 12:23 AM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

[Update: The petition has now gathered more than 2,100 signatures]

Enraged and frustrated players of Sony’s online Star Wars role-playing game, Star Wars Galaxies, have launched a petition to try to save the game from being shut down on December …

Why Star Wars Galaxies’ demise will be a tragedy

June 24, 2011 4:28 PM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

Star Wars Galaxies, one of the first online Star Wars games run by Sony Online Entertainment, will shut down December 15 — before the release of the highly anticipated online game Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Ever since the release …