Star Wars Galaxies
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided is a Star Wars themed MMORPG for the PC developed and released by Sony Online Entertainment in conjunction with LucasArts Entertainment on June 25, 2003. With several hundred thousand subscribers, it is one of the most popular MMORPGs in the United States.With a Star Wars license and veteran designer Raph Koster at the helm, expectations among gamers ran high during the development of SWG. Many industry professionals expected that these forces would push the subscription numbers past the one million mark, a feat accomplished only thus far in Asia by MMORPGs such as Lineage. As development wore on, the release date was delayed, features were cut, and Sony removed mention of the planned Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions.
After release, the developers continued working on the features cut during the delay. In November 2003, two of those most anticipated features, creature mounts and player-created cities, were enabled. Also, on November 7, 2003 it was announced that the first player had unlocked a Force-sensitive character slot needed to become a Jedi.
Star Wars Galaxies currently has an expansion in development which will allow the player to traverse or battle through outer-space in ships of their choosing. The "Space" expansion also plans to add new worlds, playable species, non-player characters, creatures and more. It is scheduled for release in 2004.
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