Fast Facts
Name:
Star Wars Galaxies
Acronym:
SWG
Developer:
SOE Austin
Publisher:
SOE
Release Date:
7/9/03
Country:
USA
Genre:
RPG
ESRB Rating:
Teen

News

News, from other sites, press releases, or in-house

Tuesday, September 2nd
Editorials

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno looks at different ways to roleplay with weather effects in-game.

Monday, August 18th
Editorials

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno continues his look at character alignment in MMORPGs - this time focusing on how in-game factions make characters "evil" (or not).

Monday, August 11th
Editorials

In this week's examination of Clausewitz "On Gaming," Jonathan Steinhauer looks at what victory and defeat mean ... to NPC monsters.

Thursday, August 7th
News

Star Wars: Galaxies has a new producer, Dotanuki, who swung by the official forums. He gave fans a bit of news about upcoming events and takes a look at the latest update. Click below!

Monday, August 4th
Editorials

In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the standard D&D concept of alignment, how it works in roleplaying, and how it's applied to MMORPGs.

Thursday, July 31st
News

Sony Online announced today that "Station Voice" is now live on both Everquest 2 and Star Wars: Galaxies servers. Station Voice is a free voice chat system developed by Sony in conjunction with Vivox. Check out the details after the jump.

Tuesday, July 29th
News

Update 5 is now live on all Star Wars: Galaxies servers. The servers were updated early this morning. For a list of changes in this update, click below.

Monday, July 28th
Editorials

Jonathan Steinhauer continues his application of the writings of Carl Clausewitz to MMOGs, this time focusing on defeat and "life after death" in online worlds.

Monday, July 21st
Editorials

This week in RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at ways for roleplayers to deal with the Fairer Tongue of Elvish.

Monday, July 14th
Editorials

Jonathan Steinhauer continues his application of the writings of Carl Clausewitz to MMOGs, this time looking at what happens when victory is yours.