Hope: the new SWTOR trailer

Today saw the launch of the second cinematic trailer, and like the first it’s a tasty piece of art. Hell, it’s more than that, it’s a piece that evokes the same level of excitement that the movie releases did for me – it’s a tight, dramatic 5 minutes that further tweaks the excitement levels. Plus [...]

New SWTOR cinematic trailer: preview

Thanks to the Jedi Archives Online, the sneak preview of the cinematic trailer launching at E3 in a few days, is available for your viewing pleasure. As you’ll see below, not surprisingly there’s not much given away but it certainly provides a taste of what we can expect. There’s already a huge discussion thread running [...]

SWTOR Machinima and AC/DC

One of the things I’m most looking forward to with SWTOR is the community created content, particularly machinima creations. One such creation is Spoiling for a Fight by SWTOR forums member XaarDun. On the face of it, this is some of the limited quantity, well-viewed footage released to date by Bioware, with an AC/DC song [...]

Help re-create A New Hope

A big thanks to Darka on the forums, who posted a link to Star Wars Uncut. It’s a great crowdsourcing project where anyone has the opportunity to recreate a 15-second slice of the original Star Wars movie. Whether it’s Lego, live action or Star Wars figures, you can end up part of a fan-generated replica [...]

WoW Cataclysm: why it adds strength to SWTOR

The big MMO news to come out of this weekend is the trailer for the next World of Warcraft expansion, called Cataclysm. Before I start talking about it, have a look for yourself if you haven’t already: As a WoW player, I have mixed feelings about well known areas in the game having their appearance [...]

A syndrome BioWare needs to avoid

Although SWTOR isn’t strictly a first-person shooter, I thought the following video was important to bring to BioWare’s attention: The humanity of it all!

SWTOR Guild recruitment goes to a new level

Torment Gaming are actively trying to put together some guilds for SWTOR, and they’ve gone to quite a bit of trouble to tell you. Once more gameplay footage is released by BioWare, expect a lot more of these to show up: Torment SWTOR Teaser #1 from The Darkside on Vimeo.

Voice as immersion: more information

BioWare and LucasArts have released a short piece in how voice is being used in SWTOR to increase the immersion of players. There’s some interesting shots of the game action itself interpersed between comments from developers. I have to admit that the gameplay shots have taken me aback a little – particularly the avatar close-ups. [...]

Official machinima: deceived