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Weekend tech reading: Full-sized Lego X-Wing Fighter, Xbox used games won't have a fee, Intel tablets incoming

Weekend tech reading: Full-sized Lego X-Wing Fighter, Xbox used games won
  • Posted May 26, 2013, 1:16 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in NATW With Video
  • This is the world’s largest LEGO model at 11-feet tall, 43-feet long, and with a 44-foot wingspan. It's made of over five-million LEGO bricks (5,335,200 to be exact), weighs 45,979.61 pounds (including bricks and steel infrastructure), and took 32 builders 17,336 hours (about four months) to construct. And yes, it has an R2 unit it in it.

Disney closes LucasArts, staff laid off, Star Wars 1313 cancelled

Disney closes LucasArts, staff laid off, Star Wars 1313 cancelled
  • Posted April 3, 2013, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • LucasArts is dead. News has surfaced that the game studio is being shut down some five months after it was acquired as part of a $4.05 billion deal between Disney and Lucasfilm. According to various reports, many of the outfit's…

Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, new Star Wars movie in 2015

Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, new Star Wars movie in 2015
  • Posted October 31, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • The Walt Disney Company has announced plans to purchase Lucasfilm Ltd. from founder George Lucas. The film company loved by millions of Star Wars fans worldwide will soon change hands as part of a deal valued at $4.05 billion.

Rovio hints at Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel

Rovio hints at Star Wars-themed Angry Birds sequel
  • Posted October 5, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Rovio’s recent spinoff of the Angry Birds series, Bad Piggies, proved the studio still has what it takes to top the mobile gaming charts. In the meantime, however, our agitated feathered friends have been cooking up something of their own…

Opinion: The subscription MMO is dead - long live free to play?

Opinion: The subscription MMO is dead - long live free to play?
  • Posted August 27, 2012, 2:17 AM by Kate Cox | Filed in Gaming
  • The era of the subscription-based online game has well and truly ended in 2012. It had a good run, really. Fifteen years is quite a long time for anything to stay static in the land of gaming. Ultima Online introduced the idea back in 1997, when those of us who had internet access were mostly still on dial-up and got booted off...

Star Wars: The Old Republic going free-to-play in November

Star Wars: The Old Republic going free-to-play in November
  • Posted August 1, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Electronic Arts has announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be moved to a free-to-play platform later this fall. The decision comes after a similar move last month that allowed new players to try the game through level 15…

EA CEO talks Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars numbers

EA CEO talks Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars numbers
  • Posted March 12, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • EA chief executive John Riccitiello has shared early numbers regarding the recent launch of Mass Effect 3. Speaking at the Wedbush Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference in New York City, Riccitiello said that he is feeling awfully good about the…

Star Wars: The Old Republic launches today in the U.S. and Europe

Star Wars: The Old Republic launches today in the U.S. and Europe
  • Posted December 20, 2011, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Software With Video
  • One of the most anticipated games of the year is launching today as Star Wars: The Old Republic is now available for the PC in North America and Europe. Fans of the series have been looking forward to this day since the title was originally announced...

Holiday Guide: This Season's Hottest PC Games

Holiday Guide: This Season
  • Posted November 15, 2011, 2:15 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming Breaking News With Video
  • Twenty-eleven is coming to a rapid conclusion and game makers are preparing to cash in on the holiday season by unleashing some of the year's finest titles. Although some of our most anticipated games wound up being duds on some level, there's still hope for the tailgunners of 2011.

    In keeping with tradition, we've assembled a list of 16 PC games that should be on your radar for the frigid months ahead. Titles are ordered by their North American PC release date -- no earlier than September 15 and no later than December 31.

EA's Origin digital platform surpasses 5 million daily users

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  • Posted October 20, 2011, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Electronic Arts’ Peter Moore has revealed that the company’s digital distribution platform Origin has surpassed 5 million daily users in just four and a half months. Moore also makes some bold predictions about where he sees EA in the next…

Star Wars: The Old Republic set for December launch

Star Wars: The Old Republic set for December launch
  • Posted September 27, 2011, 3:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Gaming With Video
  • Bioware and EA today announced the release date for its new massively multiplayer game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The launch is set to  take place just before the Christmas holidays on December 20 in the US, and two days later…

'Star Wars: The Complete Saga' is the best selling Blu-ray set of all time

  • Posted September 23, 2011, 10:42 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ went on sale one week ago and has already earned the title of best selling catalog Blu-ray disc of all time according to Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The box set has sold…

EA limiting digital and retail launch copies of Star Wars MMO

EA limiting digital and retail launch copies of Star Wars MMO
  • Posted August 19, 2011, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • Electronic Arts has revealed that they will purposely limit the number of copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic available at launch for retail and digital download. The news comes from an EA representative during a demonstration at Gamescon, as…

EA launching digital download service Origin to rival Steam

EA launching digital download service Origin to rival Steam
  • Posted June 3, 2011, 7:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, The Web
  • Game publishing giant Electronic Arts is set to take on Valve's Steam with the launch of its own digital distribution platform, dubbed Origin. According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, the new service functions as a single store…

News around the web: Lucas to release Star Wars in 3D

  • Posted October 4, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in NATW
  • George Lucas to release Star Wars in 3D @ BBC News Cataclysm release date set for December 7 @ WoWInsider China pollution: You think that's air you're breathing? @ Shanghaiist Vdara hotel 'death ray' claiming victims in the Las Vegas Strip @ Engadet See…

Weekend game deals: Dirt 2 $6, 50% off Star Wars collection

  • Posted September 17, 2010, 2:56 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
  • Aspiring Jedis rejoice. Steam's running a weeklong LucasArts special through next Monday, and as part of that promotion the distributor is offering 13 Star Wars games for $49.99 ($152.88 individually or $99.99 for the usual bundle price). Direct2Drive's sixth birthday…

News around the web: Star Wars on Blu-ray in 2011

  • Posted August 16, 2010, 12:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in NATW
  • Lucas: Star Wars on Blu-ray in 2011 @ Wired OpenSolaris is Dead @ Sstallion The Global Cities Index 2010 @ Foreign Policy Private server company forced to pay Blizzard $88M @ WoW.com See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Apple stock hits record…

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