I had a feeling Bioware was going to make a Star wars MMO months ago when I saw they were hiring people for a unnamed MMO project and I was proven to be right this morning when I got a newsletter from Bioware.

Theres not a huge amount of info at the site currently. Other than a basic FAQ and some interesting lore.

Let me summarise the important parts of what I’ve learnt:

• Setting: The game is set 3,500 years before the rise of Darth Vader and 300 years after the events in knights of the Old Republic.
• Race: At the moment looks like human is the only confirmed race.
• Classes: There will be Sith and Jedi of course and a number of other “classic” star wars roles. I hope there some sort of bounty hunter/thief class.
• Environment: The site says you will be able to travel between different planets.
• Pay Per Month: The price is unknow at this stage but will most likely be the same as WoW and Warhammer online.

I’m not too sure about the art style at the moment. In some screen shots it looks great and in others the characters look a bit cartoony. It is still early days though so this could change in the future and I’m not that worried by it.

I’ve signed up for the newsletter at the site so when I hear some more details I will post them here. I’m such a huge star wars nerd I can’t wait for this game to come out!

P.S. I promise the next post won’t be star wars related.

Starkiller from The Force Unleashed. I was going to buy this game until it got pretty average reviews, so I decided to hold off on buying it till it drops in price. I think the games story and characters are awesome but it seems the game play was a bit of a let down.

Starkiller himself is a great character, he’s Vader secret apprentice and somewhat of an experiment in ways of using amplified force powers. I love dark characters that redeem themselves. I also really dig the way he uses and holds his lightsaber.

I based my choice on if I could possibly make the costume, so anything too over the top was out of the question. I also wanted to make a costume based on a dark or roguish character. I was tempted to make my own design for a Baldur’s Gate 2 Thief/Swashbuckler, which I will probley do in a drawing in the near furture.

So that would be my choice for a Halloween costume, now I’m kinda bummed that I won’t get to make it.