Star Wars Galaxies.com Newsletter #22 - December, 2002


Cross over to realms of ancient power - EverQuest®: The Planes of Power
Droid's Report  Q-3PO's Report On Community Happenings

Secret Plans  Exclusive Star Wars Galaxies Information

Featured Fan Site  Monthly Highlight of an Exceptional Fan Site

Off the HoloNet  Star Wars Galaxies in the News

On November 30th, the official Star Wars Galaxies site turned two years old. In celebration of this, we released two new desktop wallpapers; one Rebel and one Imperial.

Behind the scenes, November was another busy month for us. The game was flooded with new systems including Bounty Hunting, advanced crafting and structure placement. Most of these have already been hit hard by our internal testers. Our external beta testers have had a rough month as well as they have suffered through our dreaded multiserver tests. In these, we have basically been pushing the servers as hard as we can to create crashes and slow downs. We carefully pick apart the information we get from the tests so we can ensure a stable launch of the game. I consider it our "growing pains". So far the testers haven't complained too much about it, though I have a suspicion they are getting tired of Tatooine and can't wait to explore other planets. In December, we'll probably give them their first taste of Naboo. Eventually they will test several of our release planets, however we do intent to keep a couple in internal test only so there are new areas to explore when the game launches.

I wouldn't expect to hear too much from us in December. In addition to a little thing we call the Holidays (yes, we will have a few days off :)), we've got a fairly substantial internal milestone. You should be hearing a lot more about the game by January.

~Kevin “Q-3PO” O’Hara
Community Relations Manager

 

 

 

We've added a couple new fan sites to our Community This month we highlight another great Star Wars Galaxies fan site:

For informative headline news, relevant polls and exciting interviews, Star Wars Galaxies Warcry is a recommended stop. Be sure to check out their interesting columns sections and their random name generator.

Although we strongly support the hard work of our fan site community and recommend you visit their sites, please don't forget to make our official site your home. We've always got the latest information and a great community of fans here.


Star Wars Insider Magazine - Article - December Issue
Wired News - Economy Article
Computer and Video Games - Interview with Tom Sarris
BBC News - Preview

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