Sith Class Announced For The Old Republic

Obvious, surely, but Bioware has officially announced the Sith as a playable class in Star Wars: The Old Republic. According to the catalogue, Sith are best suited as a party leader class and will specialise, no suprise here, in lighsaber combat and brutal force tactics. Something for everyone, it seems, unless you're ...

The Old Republic Dev Walkthrough

Most of us have yet to see The Old Republic in action, and IGN abides. Check out this three part twenty minute walkthrough. If you wish, higher res versions of these can be found here. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Source: [IGN]

LucasArts Classics Releasing On Steam July 8th

Five years after canceling development of Sam & Max: Freelance Police and laying off the entire adventure game development team, LucasArts has announced that classic games from their back catalog will be releasing on Steam this Wednesday, July 8th. The first ten titles to be released are: Indiana Jones and the Fate ...

Star Wars: The Old Republic Press Conference and Cinematic Trailer

Video Games | Star Wars: The Old Republic | E3 09: Press Conference XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Guys? Umm... guys? Gnarles Barkley already did that once. Here for you now is the Bioware press conference and a cinematic for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Of note in particular was ...

Star Wars: The Old Republic Class Count Skyrockets. There’s Two Now.

Obviously there's more coming, like the Jedi, but Bioware has officially confirmed the second character class for Star Wars: The Old Republic. I present to you: The Trooper The Trooper, more commonly known to their Jedi companioins as "Meat Shields," are the protectors of honor and duty in the old republic. If you feel ...

Take A Look At The Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO

Podcast Episode 15: “Live, From Albion!”

It's our Halloween special! Well I think we mentioned Halloween once or twice, but we do spend an inordinate amount of time on the subject of Fable 2, as well as solid packaging, the return of E3, digital zombie infections, why on earth does broadband suck so hard, and ...

Lucasarts and Bioware talk about Star Wars: Old Republic

Though they say otherwise, Lucasarts and Bioware's new MMO Star Wars: Old Republic sounds to me like a replacement for both Galaxies AND Knights of the Old Republic. Or should I say, a merging of the two, minus the limitations of Galaxies being not good and KOTOR's limitation of being ...

Podcast Episode 14: “The Bane of the Broke Gamer.”

This week is not the best time to be broke, but we welcome the beginning of the end of year flood of gaming goodness anyway. Listen Now.

Yoda & Vader Getting The DLC Treatment With Soul Calibur IV

Remember when Namco Bandai told everyone that Yoda and Vader would be trapped on their respective Soul Calibur IV platforms?  Well now they've changed their minds.  Beginning October 23rd you will be able to download Yoda or Vader to your Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 for 400 MS Points or ...