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EA to detail Star Wars future at E3

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Electronic Arts says that they will be revealing their plans for the future of Star Wars games during E3 2013 next month. The game publisher was recently granted exclusive rights for the Star Wars franchise after Disney bought LucasArts, the developer responsible for past Star Wars installments. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Rebels cartoon series coming fall 2014

, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

While we've already heard some details of Disney's future plans with the Star Wars franchise, the company has announced its next Star Wars project, called Star Wars Rebels. It will be a cartoon series that will air on the Disney Channel, and as you'd expect, this show will be aimed at the younger audiences, but we wouldn't be surprised if the older-generation Star Wars fans also enjoyed the show. Read The Full Story

“Star Wars Kid” talks about experience a decade after going viral

Remember Ghyslain Raza? If you're thinking hard and still drawing a blank, that is probably because he is better known as "Star Wars Kid," the victim of what amounted to, in some ways, as a large scale personal attack by the Internet at large when a video of him went viral. Which video? The one of a 14-year-old boy wielding a stick as a lightsaber, flipping it about while alone in a room filming himself. After the video - which currently has millions of views on YouTube - went viral, Raza went silent. Read The Full Story

Lucasfilm registers pack of new Star Wars domains

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just a couple days ago, Electronic Arts signed a deal with Disney that would see the video game publisher obtain exclusive rights to the Star Wars video game franchise, which pretty much confirms that new Star Wars titles will be incoming at some point. Today, it has been discovered that Lucasfilm has registered a slew of domain names that are possible ideas for future game installments. Read The Full Story

Electronic Arts obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars games

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

In a piece of news that informs on the future of Star Wars video games after Disney shut down LucasArts last month, Disney and Electronic Arts have signed a multi-year agreement that will see the game publisher obtain exclusive rights to the Star Wars video game franchise, allowing them to make Star Wars video games from here on out. Read The Full Story

Disney planning new Star Wars films every summer starting in 2015

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

When Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in October and announced Star Wars Episode VII, we knew right away that the long-time franchise was about to be heavily kickstarted, and we were certainly right. Today, Disney announced at CinemaCon that a new Star Wars movie will be released every summer starting in 2015 with Episode VII. Read The Full Story

Star Wars: The Old Republic Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion launches

EA has announced that the first digital expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live on game servers. The expansion pack is called Rise of the Hutt Cartel and was announced back in December of last year. The expansion is now playable for players all around the world, assuming you pay for it. Read The Full Story

Star Wars: Episode VIII script subtly teased by Peter Jackson

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

We already know that Star Wars: Episode VII will be making its way to theaters in 2015, but what about Episode VIII? It hasn't been announced yet, but we already know that Disney wants more Star Wars movies in the future. However, Episode VIII may already be in the works, because Peter Jackson just showed it off on camera. Read The Full Story

Raven Software releases source code for Jedi Academy and Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast

When we learned that Disney was purchasing the Star Wars Empire from George Lucas, it was rather bittersweet. Lucas hasn't had the best track record with adding new films to the Star Wars franchise. We knew that new films will be coming in the Star Wars universe from Disney, but most fans we feared that Disney would ruin the franchise. Read The Full Story

LucasArts shut down by Disney

, Apr 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

The Star Wars video game company LucasArts has been closed down and is in the process of being broken apart by Disney. As Disney owns LucasFilm and the rights to all media therein, the video game subsidiary LucasArts is (or was) part of what they purchased. With this breakup of the company, Disney will be moving from an internal development model (with LucasArts) to a licensing model, this allowing companies from across the market their chance at developing video games in the Star Wars universe.

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Angry Birds Star Wars heads to Cloud City: update live now!

, Mar 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the next chapter in the Star Wars saga ala Angry Birds - Bespin, also known as the City in the Clouds! What we're seeing here is a massive expansion of the game with three full screens of action, including a set of super-secret Boba Fett missions for those of you that love the notorious feathery bounty hunter and his whole new look! You'll find a new set of gameplay mechanics including STEAM as well - get ready to float! Read The Full Story

Angry Birds Star Wars Cloud City expansion coming up quick!

, Mar 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Rovio have teased the next expansion for the Angry Birds Star Wars series with a trip to a city in the clouds - carbonite-frozen Han Skwawking Solo included! This is the next in a long series of updates to the massively expansive Star Wars / Angry Birds crossover gaming experience, with Hoth having come before it, and several episodes in the A New Hope universe coming before that! Now it's time to face off against Bounty Hunters galore! Read The Full Story

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