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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes will hit shelves on September 18th, MCV can confirm. The new game follows last year’s Clone Wars titles for Wii and DS, but this time LucasArts is expecting big things, releasing the game across all platforms to appeal to the widest possible …
Read More »Bioshock can do a Star Wars, says 2K boss
Global President of 2K Christoph Hartmann has told MCV that Bioshock has the potential to emulate the Star Wars series – and that the publisher might even create five sequels to the 2007 smash hit. However, Hartman was careful to promise fans that 2K won’t cash in” on the title. …
Read More »KOTOR MMO to be revealed this month?
The long-awaited announcement of BioWare’s MMO based on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic franchise should occur by the end of the month, according to online reports. CVG supposedly has it on good authority that the title, which is being developed by BioWare Austin, will be officially announced …
Read More »Force Unleashed hits 1.5m in a week
LucasArts has announced that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide since release. The achievement is a fastest-ever sales record for the publisher, as the title has only been on sale for five days. The record-setting sales of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed shows the …
Read More »Force Unleashed breaks XBL download record
George Lucas’ games development and publishing outfit LucasArts has announced that its demo for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has set a new download record on Xbox Live, with the playable snippet being sampled over a million times since its arrival on Xbox Live. This feat beats the …
Read More »Star Wars promotion goes galactic
Publisher LucasArts is busy preparing its biggest licensing programme for its upcoming video game epic, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The title is due out on September 19th on PSP, Wii, DS, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS2, and Lucas is treating the game as if it’s a full theatrical release, …
Read More »E3 08: KOTOR MMO confirmed
E3 may be over but the big-hitting announcements just keep creeping out – this time it’s the turn of EA chief executive John Riccitiello who has confirmed that the EA-owned BioWare is working on an MMO version of its hugely popular Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Speaking to …
Read More »This is the year of Star Wars
Hype for LucasArts’ Star Wars: Force Unleashed continues to build as the publisher gears up for its September release. The game will arrive shortly after The Clone Wars film and TV series, and LucasArts has revealed to MCV that fans can look forward to another big year for Star Wars. …
Read More »Soul Calibur IV set for July release
The highly anticipated Soul Calibur IV will arrive in the UK around the same as the US. The beat ‘em up, which features Star Wars characters for the first time, will appear on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in July. Earlier in the month Namco announced the game is to …
Read More »Star Wars: Force Unleashed dated for Europe
George Lucas’s gaming arm LucasArts has confirmed that its massively hyped and much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP and PS2 on September 19th in Europe, CVG reports. It will hit stores a few days earlier in North America on …
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