The NGE, or new game enhancements, was a series of drastic gameplay changes made to sci-fi sandbox Star Wars: Galaxies in 2005.
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Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III is a new rogue server blending the CU with the NGE
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Star Wars Galaxies Legends celebrates 40 years of Empire Strikes Back with new PvE and PvP content
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Perfect Ten: Dead MMOs resurrected via rogue servers
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The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0
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Space content for SWGemu is still up in the air as devs say a wipe and launch are still ‘a long ways off’
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the best (worst?) at ruining classes?
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Star Wars Galaxies Legends is working on Felucia – a new planet with new houses, player cities, and space zone
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New Star Wars Galaxies rogue server Sunrunner 2 blends pre-NGE and post-NGE content
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