Greetings troopers! As you may know, we here at First Strike have been working tirelessly to get our latest patch out to you, and today we have some good news. We will be releasing First Strike v1.2 on Sunday, May 18th. Blending infantry, vehicular, and even space combat, First Strike v1.2 delivers a truly amazing Star Wars experience, and we hope you’re as excited for this release as we are. Also, in case you’ve missed the map previews we’ve published over the past few weeks you can check them out at http://www.fsmod.com  See you on Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!!!

New Maps for v1.2 Include…

-Battle of Ryloth
-Battle of Yavin
-Endor Clearing
-Tatooine Bestine
-Rhen Var Ice Plains
-Rhen Var Research Facility
-Previously unannounced map

I wanted to share a hilarious music video that addresses the great Ewok debate! The video was created for the upcoming 25th anniversary of RotJ and has a cameo by Billy Dee himself! I hope you enjoy!

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdd0edT-BeE

As a Star Wars fan and as a gamer, there comes a time when the typical run-of-the-mill Star Wars gaming experience might not be enough. Where’s the next great first/third person multiplayer action experience? If you don’t want to wait, there’s a great solution out there now. Surprisingly, I’m not referring to another LucasArts title, but to another game called Battlefield 2142. For some time, a dedicated group of developers and artists have donated their talents to creating a Star Wars based mod to this game. Now you can have realistic and satisfying gameplay set in the Star Wars universe using familiar characters and weapons.

This mod is titled “First Strike” and the development team is hard at work on the next release of the mod, anticipated for late April (possibly early May). There’s some exciting new sets and features to look forward to, but the one thing that has me and apparently many others excited about this is three words: Battle. Of. Yavin. That’s right, Porkins. You too can do the trench run!

I recently had the opportunity to interview the development team to get their thoughts about the mod and what’s coming up for the next release. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll be reading next:

• New trailer
• Dev team profile
• Exclusive interview with the development team
• Screenshot gallery including views from the upcoming 1.2 release
• Links

Read on to find out more about First Strike, more on the new release, and the interview!
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The next installment of the web documentary series chronicling the making of Star Wars: the Force Unleashed video game features more information about how the game will be integrated into the “other” platforms including Wii, PS2, PSP and Nintendo DS. Click on concept art image to view.

TFU Webdocumentary 4

LucasArts announced today the release of the ninth chapter to the Star Wars: Galaxies MMORPG entitled “The Fury of Exar Kun.” It features 25 additions to the Collection System and enhancements to the Storyteller System. In particular, users will be able to create and share custom events, called blueprints, with others. The following is the press release in detail:
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