Massively: Welcome to the first installment of Indievelopment, where we give some love to the often-overlooked field of independent MMO development. For our inaugural post, we'll take a look at Star Wars Combine, a free MMO based in the Star Wars universe. Played entirely through your browser, SWC is available to Windows, Mac, and Linux users.
WorthPlaying sat down with Vince Kudirka the producer for Star Wars The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes. Kudirka talks about the game at lengh, including how to use Cad Bane as a playable character.
1UP writes: "A long time ago -- 30 years to be precise -- in a Mann's Chinese Theatre far, far away, a hokey B movie called Star Wars debuted and changed motion picture history forever. And for 25 of those 30 years, LucasArts and others have been producing games based on the phenomenon it inspired.
In that time, we've seen a lot of repetition; how many times can we fly through the Battle of Hoth, anyway? And we've seen a lot of junk games, too. But just as often, the games bearing the Star Wars name have been a brilliant success. Whether they work by simply tapping into our nostalgic fondness for the films in a clever way or simply stand on their own merits, the best Star Wars games stand the test of time."
On the heels of the new Bioware Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO announcement, Sarcastic Gamer poses a simple question:
Does Star Wars still matter to you?
Star Wars needs something else to bring the old glory days back.
might be prickish to say, but George Lucas needs to be removed from anything Star Wars or Indie.
I think you nailed it.
Star Wars has become just one big product for George Lucas.
SW needs to get back to its roots. Good story, epic fights, great surprises, cool effects.
"Star Wars has become just one big product for George Lucas." Yeagh a multi billion dollar product. Now what the F is wrong with that?
As a game ... probably not. As a movie franchise ... I think so. Star Wars didn't matter until Episodes I, II, and III were created. Folks were content with IV, V, and VI. I think they still are :)
It never has......ive never liked StarWars.IMO there are to many other scifi movies that are better then them.
Besides Lucas needs to stop sucking at the Star Wars tit.
Its sad that the man makes a StarWars affiliated movie or game every year.......i know he is creative...branch out will ya.
After hes debut movie THX 1138(which was great)ive never liked another thing he has done.
Wonder how long it will take Georgie Lucas to get his lawyers onto this one. George Lucas and Lucasarts are widely known to whip out the old litigation at the slight hint of ANYONE trying to do anything creative with the starwars name.