Star Wars Galaxies

DAoC: My Biggest Regret as a MMO Gamer

Posted on Oct 20, 2011

It all started around 2001 as my interest in the MMORPG genre continue to build and I was on the verge of joining my first virtual world. At this time there were only a handful of MMORPGs on the market, the biggest by far of course being Everquest, but it never really grabbed my attention. You [...]

Who will Win the Galactic Civil War?

Posted on Oct 07, 2011

The Galactic Civil War between the Rebels and The Empire has been waging for eight brutal years, with heavy loses on both sides, but now is not the time for peace. Now is the time for both sides to muster up all they have left and make one last valiant push for victory and control [...]

Star Wars Galaxies XP Frenzy

Posted on Jul 19, 2011

A new hotfix when live across all US and European severs early this morning for Star Wars Galaxies that just about doubled XP for everything and will most likely be in effect until the game closes down. It seems SOE is trying to make the last few months of SWG as enjoyable as possible for the remaining [...]

Star Wars Galaxies Shutting Down

Posted on Jun 25, 2011

Yesterday SEO made the announcement that on Dec 15, 2011 Star Wars Galaxies would be shutting down permanently.  President of SOE, John Smedley, talked with Massively about the shutdown and when asked why, he had this to say. The decision to shut down SWG is first and foremost a business decision mutually agreed upon between SOE and LucasArts. [...]

MMOries of a Gamer: Star Wars Galaxies

Posted on Oct 06, 2010

Welcome to another chapter of MMOries of a Gamer. This week it’s Star Wars Galaxies turn and I’ll tell you a story that happened to me  while exploring a planet accompanied by a friend. Read on after the break. It was summer 2003 when SWG launched. By that time I was playing Shadowbane, as I [...]

SOE FanFaire Attendees

Posted on Jun 28, 2010

SOE recently published a list of the folks from SOE who will be attending SOE FanFaire from August 5th to the 8th in Las Vegas.  The lists includes what looks like almost all of the community managers across the various games, as well as developers on most of their existing titles, although it doesn’t appear [...]

What Makes a Good MMORPG

Posted on Jan 19, 2010

In my first post here at MMOCrunch I went over why I think City of Heroes/Villains (COX) is still a good and somewhat underappreciated MMORPG.  This time around I am going to discuss something I touched on the last time, what makes a good MMO.  There are a number of points, but there are some [...]

Star Wars Galaxies: Galactic Civil War Update Hits Test Servers

Posted on Jan 07, 2010

The jedi council is calling for reinforcements to help them test the latest update for Star Wars Galaxies, entitled Galactic Civil War. All you have to do to take a glimpse into the new content is sign onto the “TestCenter” today(January 7th) or Monday(January 11th) from 4:30 to 6:30PM CST. The update will also be [...]

Sony Spins SWG Server Closures As A ‘Success’

Posted on Oct 10, 2009

Generally speaking, whenever an MMOG company closes down servers it is seen as a bad thing.  A very bad thing for a variety of reasons.  At best it was in a lapse in judgment, and at worst shuttering servers is seen as the beginning of the end.  Most companies recognize this, and attempt to explain [...]

SOE locks out foreign SWG TCG tournament players

Posted on Aug 29, 2008

Early adopters of SOE’s new TCG addition to SWG were surprised, earlier today, when an announcement that a tournament test was about to begin – but non-US players would be unable to take part. Rushing to the game’s forums, it soon became clear that some of the fine print in the game’s EULA states that [...]