As much as we moan and whine, fact is that franchises rule the gaming world. After all, every year there seems to be another Call of Duty, another Assassin’s Creed, another Madden, and those games sell like hotcakes. One of EA’s big franchises, Medal of Honor, won’t be getting that...

Fewer games have produced as much hype with so little known about it as Kingdom Hearts 3. People have been clamoring for a real Kingdom Hearts sequel for years, not that 360/2 or Ultra Dance Mouse Revolution crap that Square-Enix has been releasing for the last several years. Well, the people are finally...

If you’re hoping to get a new Star Wars game this fiscal year (April 2013-March 2014), you better think again. At an investors call yesterday EA made the announcement that for the next year they were expecting to release 11 major titles. No Star Wars game was on that list. The list of new games EA is...

“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.” These words from Obi-Wan Kenobi could not be a more apt description for what many Star Wars gamers are undoubtedly thinking right now. After closing down LucasArts last...

One of the great video game developers has fallen. Yesterday Disney made the announcement that they were shutting down LucasArts, effective immediately. Disney had acquired the studio last year when they bought LucasFilm from George Lucas back in October. One hundred and fifty people have lost their jobs...

Bioware has announced that it will be releasing a new expansion pack for its MMO, The Old Republic, which will raise the level cap from 50 to 55, allowing players access to new abilities, gear, and skills. The expansion pack will continue the fully-voiced tradition and is titled “Rise of the Hutt...

I’m not going to lie, when it came to Star Wars: The Old Republic I bought into the hype a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, it is a fun, beautiful game with a good story, but at the end of the day I felt like it was lacking something, and I never quite got hooked on the game enough to pay a...

It was announced yesterday that Disney has agreed to purchase Lucasfilm for $4 billion in a stock-and-cash deal. The assets that Disney will be getting from this acquisition include Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound studios, but most importantly the Star Wars franchise, both...