
This week IGN has been focusing a lot of attention on the new BioWare and LucasArts MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. For their final day of coverage, they are going to check in with the industry's current Star Wars MMO, Star Wars Galaxies. LucasArts producer Jake Neri and senior director of the online group Tom Nichols were nice enough to sit down with IGN last week to chat about the potential impact the two games may have on each other and what's next for Galaxies and its associated trading card game, Champions of the Force.

Star Wars Galaxies was not just a sandbox MMO. It was one of the clearest examples of Star Wars becoming a world players could truly inhabit.

Star Wars Galaxies Restoration has set a new player record, with 2,516 unique accounts logging in and pushing the fan project to a new milestone.
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Star Wars Galaxies Restoration is launching its Shatterpoint update with a revamped Galactic Civil War, new PvP systems, prestige progression, and dynamic sandbox gameplay.