SWG BITES THE DUST



Dear Star Wars Galaxies™ Community Member,
We write to you today to inform you that on December 15, 2011, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and LucasArts will end all services (MMO and Trading Card Game) for Star Wars Galaxies (SWG). The shutdown of SWG is a very difficult decision, but SOE and LucasArts have mutually agreed that the end of 2011 is the appropriate time to end the game.
We are extremely grateful to all of the SWG fans. We have had the rare opportunity to host one of the most dedicated and passionate online gaming communities and we truly appreciate the support we've received from each and every one of you over the course of the past eight years.
In recognition of your incredible loyalty, we are extending special Fan Appreciation offers to the current SWG community. We also plan to go out with a bang with a galaxy-ending in-game event in December and hope to see you all there. The details relating to these offers and events as well as the timeline and specifics regarding the discontinuation of the service, are provided below.
Again, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to our player community for making SWG one of the best online communities in gaming history.
Sincerely,
Sony Online Entertainment & LucasArts

cannot continue a SWG with a SWTOR around the corner, not to mention the idea that those resources may be better spent on new projects...

Dear Star Wars Galaxies™ Community Member,

Sorry we corn holed you with death patch after death patch. We now understand at SoE that we managed to fuck up one of the best games in the last 15 years of online gaming. After careful review by our superiors it has been deemed that our transgressions against the greatest genre MMO ever have given cause for use to regretfully discontinue support for Star War Galaxies. So it is with heartfelt remorse that we finally fulfill you the fans wishes as our last SoE action, and commit seppuku.

/fact.

SWG started as a crafter's sandbox. They tried to turn into something else.

Lesson: MMORPGs have lots of momentum, you are better off making a new game than trying to drastically change your existing title.

Nail, meet Head of the Hammer...

SWG Furios Fanboi

sad part is kotor sux too. hopefully by the time im 50 something worth playing will come out.

I would love to see the code for SWG on the web somewhere soon.

The dip shits at SoE never backed the code up for SWG pre NG and CU, so the original base code is lost until completely re-developed by the SWG-EMU group.

That is the level of epic fail at SoE.

I never played the game ... but on the bright side, I have had the honor of playing with a number of KGB members that I otherwise would not have known, if SWG did not have the success it did ...

Raises mug to all those KGB members that came from SWG ...

SWG was the first time I actually met KGB members, I would not be here if the experience was not positive.

SWG could have been that great sandbox...sadly it was not.

well then you should definitely try and reconnect with us, fill out a returning vet application and join Hak's Republic KGB efforts for the new Star Wars the Old Republic game, I am sure Hak would be happy to have you, he fully intends to play hard in that game.