Bethesda, makers of The Elder Scrolls, the new Fallout games, and owner of Arkane Studios - who are currently leaning back on their chairs after finishing Dishonored - have opened a new studio in Austin, Texas. Heading up this new studio is Rich Vogel, formerly of Bioware where he worked as executive producer Star Wars: The Old Republic.
The arrival of HK-47 has been hinted at since PAX 2010, when a SWTOR teaser video had a HK-series droid saying “Interjection: Silence Meatbags" and he's since appeared in the Foundry Flashpoint. The new 1.3 patch notes have also confirmed that a new companion for all classes is arriving, an HK-51 droid, based on 47’s model. With the forthcoming return of the HK-series droids to Star Wars: The Old Republic, we thought it was time for a look back to the origin of the product line. (More spoilers than a modded car show, watch out.)
The Old Republic may have usurped Star Wars: Galaxies as the chosen one, but there are still hundreds of fans of the original Jedi MMO screaming, “These graphics are too good!" or, “It’s just not the same!" or, “I HATE CHANGE" at the screen. SWGEmu is an attempt to placate these fans by reverse engineering Star Wars: Galaxies’ servers.
