Neowin News Feed for: Star wars

EA to publish new Star Wars games from DICE, BioWare and Visceral

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:30:22 +0100

Electronic Arts has announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Disney to develop and publish new games based on the Star Wars universe for core gaming audiences. Read more...

Review: Zen Studios' Star Wars Pinball [Updated with Windows 8 info!]

Christopher White — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Zen Studios, makers of the popular Pinball FX2 framework, are creating ten tables based on the Star Wars universe. The first three have been released and we review them. May the Force be with you! Read more...

White House addresses petition on building a Death Star

Christopher White — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:50:36 +0000

The White House has formally responded to a petition requesting that the United States government begin construction on a Death Star. The response shows that some in politics have a sense of humor. Read more...

Angry Birds Star Wars coming on November 8th

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:27:26 +0100

After teasing a picture last week we now have a video from Rovio announcing their brand new Angry Birds Star Wars edition. The game will be available on the 8th of November for iOS, Android and PCs Read more...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II now on Steam

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:55:26 +0100

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords has finally made it to Steam to sit alongside its predecessor; it's now available for purchase and download for just $10 Read more...

Star Wars 1313 "gameplay" trailer released

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:18:42 +0100

A Star Wars 1313 gameplay trailer has surfaced, and while it doesn't go in to much detail on when the game will be released or on what platforms, it certainly looks very cool Read more...

Review: Mimobot - USB flash drives with character

Christopher White — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:32:54 +0100

Do you need a USB thumb drive but are tired of the boring old designs? Then Mimoco has a product for you. We will look at Star Wars themed USB flash drives, but there are others to choose from too. Read more...

Star Wars: The Old Republic now free up to level 15

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:51:53 +0100

EA has introduced a new "free trial" to Star Wars: The Old Republic that allows hesitant players to check out the MMO for free until level 15, in the hopes that it will stem the flow of deserters Read more...

Video: An hour of Star Wars Battlefront III footage

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:03:56 +0100

Despite the fact that Star Wars: Battlefront III was cancelled some time ago, breaking fans' hearts, Past to Present Online has posted up a sweet hour of gameplay footage from alpha builds. Read more...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Collection coming July 17th

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:23:11 +0100

If you are a fan of Star Wars but have never checked out the Knights of the Old Republic series, now is your chance as a $20 collection is in-bound Read more...

New Star Wars game to be revealed next week

John Callaham — Sat, 26 May 2012 17:23:27 +0100

Spike will reveal the next major Star Wars game from publisher LucasArts early on Friday morning Eastern Time as part of the cable TV channel's pre-E3 2012 coverage. Read more...

Review: Kinect Star Wars

Byron Hinson — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:09:00 +0100

Kinect has continued to suffer with a host of poor games since it launched over a year ago, despite this Microsoft is holding Kinect Star Wars up as one of the hardware's flagship titles. Wrongly. Read more...

George Lucas reveals his opposition to SOPA/PIPA

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:13:29 +0000

Star Wars creator George Lucas has signaled his opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), saying that the bills before the US Congress are "sloppy legislation." Read more...

Star Wars Xbox 360 console to go on sale April 3

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:29:48 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the Star Wars special edition version of its Xbox 360 game console will go on sale April 3, along with the Kinect Star Wars game from LucasArts. Read more...

Microsoft working on Star Wars-like holographic tech

John Callaham — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:47:17 +0000

Microsoft Research is working on a new holographic projection technology called Vermeer that is aiming to bring Star Wars-like holograms in the real world one day. Read more...

Star Wars series to be released on Blu-Ray on September 16 in US

John Callaham — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:05:31 +0100

After months of speculation, Lucasfilm has finally announced when the long awaited Blu-Ray disk versions of the Star Wars movie series will be released. Engadget reports that today (which for some reason is an unofficial... Read more...

Star Wars releasing on Blu-Ray in September

Christopher White — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:00:08 +0000

Since HD DVD and Blu-ray first came on the scene, everyone has been wondering when Star Wars would be available to purchase. According to Amazon.com, we now have our answer: September 27, 2011. There appears... Read more...

7-year-old becomes web sensation over Star Wars drink bottle

Matthew Jones — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:25:33 +0000

A Chicago first-grader has stirred the global online community into action over a case of schoolyard bullying. The story of young Katie Goldman first came to light with the publishing of a ChicagoNow story early last... Read more...

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II: PS3 Review

Byron Hinson — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:04:59 +0000

A few years ago, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed came out and all Star Wars gaming fans were excited. It was one of the few Star Wars games that looked like it might very well... Read more...

Station Voice Released for EverQuest II & Star Wars Galaxies

maplecookie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:53:28 +0100

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - July 31, 2008 - Station Voice™, a service powered by Vivox® that allows players to talk to each other in online games, is now available in the role-playing games EverQuest® II... Read more...