star wars galaxies

Official Site: Star Wars Galaxies
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: June 26, 2003
Sunset Date: December 15, 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi Sandbox
Business Model: Subscription
Platform: PC

The Daily Grind: Are you irritated by paid server transfers in MMORPGs?

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A few weeks back, MOP's Eliot covered a World of Warcraft sale that caught my attention: Concurrent with the launch of Eternity's End, Blizzard...

SWG Legends tours its new Bespin apartments, SWG Empire in Flames adds new playable races

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It's time to check the news out of the emulator servers for Star Wars Galaxies! We start first with the biggie, Legends, which granted...

The Daily Grind: What’s the quickest way to derail an MMO expansion?

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I think that if I polled veteran MMORPG players about expansions that bombed, they'd probably point to Star Wars Galaxies' Trials of Obi-Wan and...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?

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The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....

Star Wars Galaxies Legends added apartments to Bespin to celebrate its sixth year as a rogue server

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Last spring, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dazzled Star Wars fans with the introduction of the planet Bespin and Cloud City, but...
skulls are scary

The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is almost here

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The first phase of Apex Legends Mobile's release is almost here, with the Android and iOS title becoming available for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends celebrates Valentine’s Day with the returning Ewok Festival of Love

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"Allayloo ta nuv!" That's not me facerolling on my keyboard, that's Ewokese for "celebrate the love," and that's just what Star Wars Galaxies Legends...
A CHAMPION

Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?

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Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...

Perfect Ten: Ten reasons your MMORPG creates a bad first impression

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While MMOs may ask us to experience them for the long haul, first impressions still count. And if those impressions aren't favorable right out...
Bundles.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 359: Tearing down the faction wall

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Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's financials, Star Citizen's roadmap mess, Mortal Online 2's rollback, New World's merges, and Lost Ark's headstart, with adventures in WoW Classic, Zenith, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Monster Hunter Rise, plus a mailbag topic on the future of SSG and Daybreak.

The Daily Grind: What will be your top three most-played MMOs in 2022?

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A week ago, I asked you folks what your top three most-played MMOs of 2021 were. This week, I want to take a page...

Star Wars Galaxies’ Restoration III rogue server preps Mustafar and Death Star II

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Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III, a hybrid CU/NGE rogue server that launched back in May 2021, gave a triumphant wrap-up of the previous year...

The Daily Grind: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2021?

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Usually at the end of the year, Justin will ask me on the MOP Podcast what my top-played MMOs of the year turned out...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 355: All your ships are belong to us

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Justin, Colin, and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Lost Ark, ArcheAge, Elyon, EVE Online, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, and GW2, plus mailbag topics on choice in MMOs and resurrecting Landmark.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 354: Catch-up roundtable and state of the site

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Justin, Bree, Tyler, and MJ discuss the 2021 MOP awards, Cryptic and PWE, Magic the Gathering Online, Fractured, Legends of Aria, Crowfall, and Book of Travels, with adventures in New World, Astroneer, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, Albion Online, Star Wars Galaxies, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Elder Scrolls Online, finishing it off with a state of the site recap.
Distinct!

Massively Overthinking: Our 2022 MMO resolutions

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Even if you're the kind of person who is deeply opposed to the idea of resolutions - or your typical resolution fizzles out by...

SWG Legends rogue server added 15K new players in 2021, plans Bespin apartments for early 2022

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So here's something I've never seen an MMO dev do before: The player-led Star Wars Galaxies rogue server known as SWG Legends just released...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2021

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It’s been quite a year of Choose My Adventure columns, hasn’t it? We did a pretty good random skip around of different games, in...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends is holding its annual memorial for Carrie Fisher today

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While Life Day celebrations in the Star Wars Galaxies Legends rogue server are continuing to roll forward, today is also another anniversary: the passing...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0

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It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects...

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