Now available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Network is the first Character Pack for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed!  It is 400MSP on the Xbox 360, and $4.99 on the PlayStation 3.

The pack includes: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Imperial Commando, Darth Sion, Ki-Adi-Mundi and Kit Fisto. Also you’ll get 3 all new Secret Apprentice costumes including Hooded Combat Gear, General Starkiller and Sith Assassin.

Every three months, the NPD Group puts out a list of the top games worldwide for the previous three months.  On the July 2008 through September 2008 list, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed placed at #3.  This is impressive considering the fact that The Force Unleashed was only available for 15 days in September!

Source: Kotaku

The Official SW Site has updated with three videos in anticipation for the upcoming video game “Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance” for the Nintendo DS.

First is a TV Commercial for Alliance, voiced by Tom Kane, which can be seen here. Next is Producer Walkthrough Part I and Part II with Feargus Carrol, the project lead of the game. Enjoy!

PC Gamer magazine recently got an exclusive look at Star Wars: The Old Republic.  You can find the article in their Holiday 2008 issue, now available at your local magazine retailers.

They also talked about TOR on their latest podcast, which you can find here.

Update: PC Gamer sister site, Computer and Video Games (CVG), has what looks to be the entire article on their site.

• Part 1
• Part 2

Source: Star Wars: The Old Republic Official Site

It seems “The Old Republic” keeps getting hotter and hotter! First up is a very, very interesting interview with lead writer Daniel Erickson on Gamasutra. Here’s an excerpt:

How big is that team?

DE: We’re well past a dozen.

Just writers?

DE: Just writers. Dedicated writers, writing for years and years. One of the things I mentioned in the other pieces [is that] we have more story content than every other BioWare game ever made combined, so it is the largest project.

We realized at one point that we were doing enough content, just dialogue, to fit in dozens of books. It’s pretty mind-blowing!

You can read the entire interview here. Once you’re done with that, you might want to head over to Games Radar and see the six reasons why they are really excited about The Old Republic.

Source: Gamastura, Games Radar

LucasArts released four new pieces of Premium Downloadable Content (PDLC) on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace today.  You can now purchase two new themes and two new gamer picture packs.  You can find the content on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace under “New Arrivals.”

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Supporting Characters Theme – 150MSP
  Featuring: General Kota, Kazdan Paratus, Emperor Palpatine, and Proxy
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Vader Theme – 150MSP
  Featuring: Emperor Palpatine
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Picture Pack 3 – 100MSP
  Includes: Emperor Palpatine, the Secret Apprentice, Darth Maul, Shadow Guard, and Dark Trooper
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Picture Pack 4 – 100MSP
  Includes: R2-D2, C-3PO, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Old Ben), Princess Leia, and Bail Organa

Note: The Xbox 360 will be receiving a huge overhaul (called the New Xbox Experience) on November 19th.  All your themes and gamer pictures (including these) will continue to work.

Source: Xbox LIVE Marketplace

According to VideoGaming 247:

“LucasArts passed over a video edit of the entire reveal presentation of BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic today, held in San Francisco last week.

The movie is nearly 20 minutes long, and contains large sections of talk from BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, as well as talk-throughs on art style and level design from senior developers at the studio.

There are several sections in there from LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez.

And no: there’s no footage of gameplay. Two trailers were shown at the event - one on the history of the KOTOR franchise, and one showing early gameplay - but both have been edited out. Apparently there’s a movie exclusive deal in place with a US broadcaster, so no such luck for you, we’re afraid.”

You can view the presentation here. Enjoy!

Source: VideoGaming247

With the recent announcement about “Star Wars: The Old Republic,” IGN.com went straight to the source to find out how it will work with “Galaxies,” how it will be different, and what the future lies in store for it. IGN’s Steve Butts talks to Lucasarts’ as well as Jake Neri and Tom Nichols. Here’s an excerpt:

“IGNPC: What do you think the impact of Star Wars: The Old Republic will be? There’s obviously a lot of overlap in terms of the communities of Star Wars fans and MMO players. How do you see the games being differentiated and how do you think the success of The Old Republic will affect Star Wars Galaxies?

Jake Neri: Well, I think there are a lot of differences between the games, from the obvious differences in the timeline and the setting and, as you learned down at BioWare, the focus on story, character and dialogue. Those really are key differentiating features between The Old Republic and Galaxies.

I think there is definitely going to be an impact but I think you’ll find that a lot of Star Wars fans will still want to play Galaxies and a lot of them will want to play both games. Time will tell. When we launch the game we’ll see exactly what will happen. Nobody has a crystal ball. I think the games are clearly different enough that the market can support both of them together. We’ve seen that with some of the other MMOs out there such as EQ1 and EQ2. Although similar, both of them have been able to carry on successfully.”

You can check out the entire interview here. Enjoy!

Source: IGN.com

Watch the launch trailer for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars– Lightsaber Duels” below, coming out for the Wii November 11. Enjoy!

Source: SW.com

Just a quick reminder: Darth Vader and Yoda are now available for download on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, respectively.  Purchasing them for $5 each will allow you to use them in Soul Calibur IV.

• Xbox LIVE Marketplace DLC – Darth Vader (400MSP)
• PlayStation Network Store DLC – Yoda ($4.99)

Source: Major Nelson, PlayStation.Blog

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