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Star Wars FAQ Update

Jan 26, 2002 8:49am CST tags: MMO, StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated again, offering a new Q&A related to Verant's upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. This week's question is about your mad garden skills.

Star Wars FAQ Update

Jan 18, 2002 2:16pm CST tags: MMO, StarWars
The official Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated again as usual on Friday. The single new Q&A is about technical crafting in Verant's upcoming MMORPG.

Star Wars Galaxies FAQ Update

Jan 12, 2002 11:11am CST tags: StarWars
The official Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated again, with another single Q&A. This week's Q&A is about the taming and training of creatures.

Star Wars FAQ Update

Jan 04, 2002 5:15pm CST tags: StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has received its usual Friday update, answering a single new question. The question is about the amount of skills and professions in the game. In related news, some news about what Verant is up to and when we will see more from the game is covered in the latest news letter for the game: "Behind the scenes, Star Wars Galaxies met another internal milestone. We have combat, creature spawning and some cities working. We are considered right on track for releasing on time. In January we begin ramping up both production and marketing for the game. Look for additional screenshots as well as more FAQs, polls, team comments and part two of the Motion Capture article."

Star Wars Galaxies Interview

Dec 25, 2001 12:29pm CST tags: MMO, LucasArts, StarWars, Interview
There is a Star Wars Galaxies interview on Electric Playground, where Haden Blackman of LucasArts answers a bunch of questions about Verant's upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. Thanks HomeLAN.

FAQing Star Wars

Dec 21, 2001 3:09pm CST tags: StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated, adding two additional Q&As. They are on weather effects and melee combat. Thanks Steve.

Star Wars MoCap

Dec 20, 2001 7:56am CST tags: StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies website has been updated with an article about the process of motion capturing animatino for the various creatures in the game.

Star Wars Galaxies Chat

Dec 04, 2001 1:59pm CST tags: MMO, LucasArts, StarWars
I see on Voodoo Extreme that there is going to be a chat with some LucasArts people working on the Star Wars Galaxies project tonight at 6PM PST. Star Wars Galaxies is of course Verant's upcoming MMORPG set in the Star Wars world.

SWG Animals

Dec 01, 2001 9:10am CST tags: MMO, StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies website has two new screenshots up, showing a Brackaset and Gnort from Verant's upcoming MMORPG.

Designing SWG

Nov 28, 2001 8:26am CST tags: MMO, StarWars
There's a new Star Wars Galaxies desig article on the official website for Verant's upcoming MMORPG. This time we get a look at how planets are being designed

Star Wars FAQ Update

Nov 22, 2001 8:56am CST tags: MMO, StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has received an early update due to the holidays, adding a single new Q&A. The Q&A is about what will be allowed as character names in this upcoming MMORPG. Thanks Blues News.

Star Wars FAQ Update

Nov 16, 2001 4:57pm CST tags: MMO, StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated again, with few new Q&As about Verant's MMORPG. The questions are about the owning of land, if the physical shape of your character effects his/her abilities, a pingmeter and if they will have a way to find groups to join.

Star Wars FAQ Update

Nov 09, 2001 3:24pm CST tags: StarWars
Steve let us know that the Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated, as usual. This time there are 6 new Q&As, about such things as job lists, faction presence on planets, sneaking, and three character customization questions.

SWG FAQ Update

Nov 03, 2001 8:25am CST tags: MMO, StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated with all of one new Q&A, dealing with currencies in this MMORPG.

StarWars Galaxies Planets

Oct 19, 2001 9:00am CST tags: StarWars
Some StarWars Galaxies updates this morning to read through. This morning you can read about planet design... they list off 4 different plants and mention that there are several other planets that have yet to be named.

Star Wars Galaxies Interview

Oct 17, 2001 9:19am CST tags: MMO, StarWars, Interview
iE Magazine has posted an interview with Haden Blackman, producer on Star Wars Galaxies. SWG of course Verant's upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. There are Q&As on the player species, amount of time needed to play, game play features, pricing and more.

Star Wars FAQ Update

Oct 06, 2001 10:22am CST tags: StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated again. It offers just a single new Q&A this week, about resizing windows.

Star Wars Galaxies Characters

Oct 05, 2001 7:52am CST tags: StarWars
There's a Star Wars Galaxies character screenshot on the game's official website. There is a forum post about the image as well.

Star Wars Interview

Sep 30, 2001 10:49am CST tags: LucasArts, StarWars, Interview
HomeLAN Fed has posted an interview with LucasArts's Garry Gaber about the RTS Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. The demo of this game is a turd according to Steve, so it'll be surprising if the full version turns out to be better.

SWG FAQ Update

Sep 29, 2001 8:30am CST tags: ESRB, StarWars
The Star Wars Galaxies FAQ has been updated, as usual during the weekends. There are 7 additional Q&As, about things like the ESRB rating and commanding NPCs.