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2010 has set the bar pretty high for holiday-themed art. And now it's our turn to share that joy with you. Here's a collection of the best and the freakiest holiday cards, prints and illustrations. From stuffed Rudolph to Bigfoot. More »
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The Last Airbender will carve a new path in visual effects, showing you things no movie ever has: water tentacles and gusts of fire. We visited Industrial Light and Magic, and saw what every other movie will be copying soon. More »
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The rumors are true; Lucasfilm and BioWare announced yesterday that the two companies are working on an MMORPG called Star Wars: The Old Republic that will not only offer players a chance to step into the Star Wars universe, but will also change the way that MMOs are made forever. But that's about all that they were telling. At least they did release some concept art and screenshots, which you can see below. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5066882&view=rss&microfeed=true Wondering what the mysterious "secret project" is that LucasArts and Bioware are announcing in San Francisco on October 21st? Rumors are that it's a MMO sequel to Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic, the "everyone is a Jedi" video game/novel/comic series from a few years back. Such a sequel has been expected since July, when an executive from EA, Bioware's parent company, accidentally told Conde Nast Portfolio that the company was working on an MMORPG for Lucas. [Digital Spy] More »
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Spore, the upcoming 6+-years-in-the-making project from Will Wright (Sim City, The Sims, and Sim everything else) is releasing its fabulous alien species design tool, the Creator Creator today as a free download. Spore is Sim-Rise-of-Intelligent-Life-In-The-Galaxy, and it is a fountain of scifi awesomeness. I've followed Spore’s development for a long time, and feel licensed to talk about what I’ve seen and speculate irresponsibly about what I haven’t. (I should disclose at this point that periodically I work as a freelance game designer for Electronic Arts, which owns Maxis, which makes Spore.) More »
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With The Force Unleashed about to hit consoles the world over, you may be slightly worried that it's not going to be "the greatest Star Wars game ever" (as some have said) and, instead, just another in a long line of crappy games based upon George Lucas' double trilogy of daddy issue movies. Thankfully, the people behind the game share your worries. Including that part about there being a lot of crappy games based on the Star Wars franchise. More »
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LucasArts is best-known for its endless supply of Star Wars games, but the company really hit a peak in the adventure game genre from 1986 to 2002 when they combined elements of interactive fiction with graphics and a new interface. Check out LucasArts' colorful past with games like Day of the Tentacle and Maniac Mansion, in our tour of adventure games past. More »
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One of the best video games to come out of the Star Wars universe was The Knights of the Old Republic, which is set 4,000 years before the events in A New Hope, and was also the first RPG set inside the Star Wars world. The original game came out in 2003 with a sequel in 2004, and if this rumored concept art turns out to be right, then LucasArts is working on a tre-quel for the series. Above is "Dashaad's Fighter," which looks a bit like a TIE-Fighter that's been through a taffy-pulling machine. Find more Republican goodness in the gallery below. More »
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LucasArts invited io9 out to their shiny new(ish) digs located inside The Presidio in San Francisco to take a look at three of their upcoming science fiction related video games. Right outside the entrance, was a requisite Yoda fountain, sagely watching over everyone who came in. Read on to find out about the video gaming scifi action. More »
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