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Announced this week, Star Wars: Galaxies is headed to Xbox next year with full online capabilities. Galaxies is a massive online world (or rather world) based in the Star Wars universe centered around episodes 4-6. Players will be able to choose from variety of creatures, including wookies and ewoks. Not only that, but players will have the choice to join the Rebel Alliance, Empire, or kick back and be a moisture farmer. Let the waiting begin.
Available to PC and Xbox means more $ for them.
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Reynar thought about the meaning of life:
$$$$ talks.Available to PC and Xbox means more $ for them.
And it's easier to port from PC (win2k/xp) to XBox than it is to PS/2. Plus the XBox already has the HD built in to handle patches and shit, where it's going to be an addon for the PS/2.
That's a good thing and a bad thing. It's a good thing because you're getting a lot of hardware for not a lot of money. It's a bad thing because Microsoft is taking serious losses on all the consoles they sell 
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Maradön? had this to say about Knight Rider:
X-Box is actually a great buy.That's a good thing and a bad thing. It's a good thing because you're getting a lot of hardware for not a lot of money. It's a bad thing because Microsoft is taking serious losses on all the consoles they sell
And they're assfucking you on the games. The PC/XBox games are mostly the same code... it's just a minor effort to tweak the game out and make the disks. That's why they don't care about the loss on the consoles. The games are obcenely profitable.
Sony: No master
Except replace "Munch's Oddysee" with "Star Wars: Galaxies".
Yes, that's right, hot live sex!
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How.... Maradön?.... uughhhhhh:
They probably paid them exhorbitant amounts of money.
$_$
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Niklas had this to say about (_|_):
erm... what about patched to SWG? o_O
Xbox has a twenty gig hard drive, and I'm sure they'll have a patch program on the Xbox Galaxies disk.
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LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC today announced its intent to develop versions of the company's highly anticipated first game of its Star Wars Galaxies online series for Xbox Live and PlayStation 2.
Specific release dates for the Star Wars Galaxies-branded massively multiplayer games for the two next generation console platforms will be announced at a later time. This December LucasArts will release a Windows PC version of the game, developed by Sony Online Entertainment, titled Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided(TM).The Star Wars Galaxies online game series is designed to immerse literally thousands of players into the rich Star Wars universe. The series will feature dynamic role-playing adventures across multiple planets during the classic Star Wars timeframe. Game play will offer a unique combination of combat, exploration, social interaction, specialized missions, and daring quests.
"The ultimate goal with these versions of Star Wars Galaxies is to solidify LucasArts' position at the forefront of the emerging online console game genre, and we're confident this strategy will do just that," says Randy Breen, vice president of development for LucasArts. "By offering the Star Wars Galaxies series on video game consoles such as Xbox and PlayStation 2, LucasArts will be able to bring this eagerly awaited game to an entirely new audience of players who previously may not have had an opportunity to experience it."
"We're thrilled that Star Wars Galaxies -- the most anticipated massively multiplayer game ever -- is coming to Xbox Live," says J Allard, general manager of the Xbox platform. "We designed Xbox from day one to support great online games like Star Wars Galaxies. This announcement validates our vision that the best games of the future will take advantage of the Xbox system's built-in broadband support."
"We're delighted to partner with LucasArts in bringing the Star Wars universe to the PlayStation 2, the world's best-selling next-generation game system," says Andrew House, senior vice president, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Our goal with bringing PlayStation 2 online is to be able to showcase dynamic content that fosters multi-player opportunities and community building. The mass appeal of Star Wars combined with the tens of millions of PlayStation users represents a huge step forward in computer entertainment and the future of online gaming."
Lets just hope they make a console-only server.
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The Otaku Penguin stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
I agree Mort.And will the AV carry over to SW:G? (Stupid question alert...)
We play any and all Star Wars online games.
Even though our Force Commander and Galactic Battlegrounds sections lasted a week each. Simply put; no one was interested.
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Mortious had this to say about John Romero:
We play any and all Star Wars online games.Even though our Force Commander and Galactic Battlegrounds sections lasted a week each. Simply put; no one was interested.
Well, Force Commander basically sucked
What about Rebellion? Although, I've only heard of it, anyone played it?
