Angry Birds Star Wars II launches September 19

The Angry Birds universe continues to grow with more games, toys and collectibles. Angry Birds Star Wars II arriving for download September 19  you will have to choose what side you will fight for – I hope it’s the pork side! Rovio Entertainment and LucasFilm once again team up to

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ESPN Eliminated Less Than 400 Jobs Amid Company Cuts

Walt Disney Company’s ESPN sports television division has laid off several hundred workers. These job losses come as part of a company-wide drive to improve profitability. However, ESPN eliminated less than 400 jobs amid the company cuts. One report stated that the firings numbered fewer than 400 and even included

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Last Minute Star Wars Gift Guide – Top 5 Coffee Table Guides and Resource Books

Christmas is rapidly approaching and with life moving as fast as it does you may not have been able to nail down that perfect gift for that Star Wars geek in your life. If that’s the case take note of my TOP 10 Jedi Mouseketeer recommended books – specifically coffee table guides.

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Save the Galaxy and Use the Force For Free – Star Wars: The Old Republic is Free-to-Play

BioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc.  and LucasArts has taken their critically-acclaimed, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic is now Free-to-Play! Now players can experience the complete storylines of all eight, iconic Star Wars™ classes, all the way to level 50 without paying a monthly fee.

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Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm

Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the agreement and based

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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Game Update 1.2

There are a number of new features coming to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ with Game Update 1.2, “Legacy”. This includes new playable content, like Operations and Warzones, as well as new game systems like Guild Banks, Player-vs-Player Warzone ranking, and the next evolution of Legacy. Check out all of

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The Force Remains Strong For “Star Wars: The Old Republic” During Holiday Season

Over a million gamers worldwide celebrated the holidays in front of their PCs with lightsabers, Sith lords and Jedi knights as BioWare™, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), continued to see an unprecedented amount of player engagement for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Over this past weekend, players

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Begins Today, No Release Date Set

Star Wars: The Old Republic begins phase two of its beta testing for those who have pre-ordered the game this Friday. This is a long-time coming for the PC MMORPG originally announced in October of 2008. According to gaming sites EA/BioWare is seeing how the beta will shake out before setting

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