Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The Old Republic: IGN has story details and an interview with art director Jeff Dobson while Tom Nichols of LucasArts tells Eurogamer that Galaxies will continue, and the new MMO may make the jump to consoles.
So outside of that whole duel mode thing, it seems that you can play as Mara Jade using the code MARAJADE. More cheats at IGN.
Meanwhile, you can learn how to unlock Starkiller in Soulcalibur IV over at the official site.
Honors: The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers has named Star Wars vet Alan Dean Foster their second Grandmaster. Foster was the first novelist to tackle the franchise, ghost-writing the novelization of Star Wars as well as (under his own name) the first original novel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. He returned to the GFFA in 2002 with The Approaching Storm. (via)
Gamespot is reporting that the secret apprentice from The Force Unleashed (aka Starkiller) will be joining Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur IV – on both versions of the game.
While we’re on the subject, io9 has some pics and a trailer with footage of Vader and Yoda.
Kotaku isn’t particularly impressed, and neither am I, thanks in part to the fairly disturbing fight sounds from Vader’s opponent. Gamers, your thoughts?
(Fair warning: The high res isn’t that high res.)
It’s Friday, April 11th, and that means one thing: A New Hope is airing on Spike tonight at 8/7C. (Okay, two things: a new episode of Battlestar Galactica at 10/9C.)
Gamers will also want to tune back in to Spike at midnight for GameTrailers TV, which will be showing another The Force Unleashed preview (“the world premiere of the duel mode in the Wii”) and SoulCalibur IV game footage of Yoda and Vader. (You can also catch all that at GameTrailers.com later.)
And don’t forget to vote in our poll on if you’re watching the movies on Spike! It expires Sunday night.