In his first entry, Master Gnost-Dural recounts the events immediately prior to the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant – the turning point in the Republic’s recent history.

Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is set during a unique time period in the galaxy’s history. Decades of war concluded with the Sith Empire sacking the Republic’s capital planet, Coruscant, and forcing Republic Senators and the Jedi Council to agree to a painful peace treaty.

In the years following the treaty, the Jedi Council tasked Master Gnost-Dural, Keeper of the Jedi Archives, with re-examining the galaxy’s history in light of recent events. In his insightful reports, Master Gnost-Dural established a new galactic timeline that became an educational reference for years to come… the very same years in which Star Wars: The Old Republic takes place.

In his first entry, Master Gnost-Dural recounts the events immediately prior to the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant – the turning point in the Republic’s recent history.

Bioware and LucasArts have put out another video documentary on Star Wars: The Old Republic, teasing the storyline and characters of the MMO, set in a “relatively unexplored timeframe of the Star Wars canon.”

The writers and the producers discuss the TOR universe, which they hope will create a “personal Star Wars saga,” for everyone who plays it.

More in game footage as well as some interesting insights into the new canon.

Sony Online Entertainment is bringing its massively multiplayer online catalogue to Steam as of today. Now you can MMO without ever having to leave the house to pick up one of those antiquated “boxes.”

Joining the Steam library as of right now are EverQuest, EverQuest II, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Pirates of the Burning Sea, as well as the latest expansions for EQ and EQ II.

Naturally, Valve and SOE are offering deals on the newest inductees to Steam, selling much of this stuff for as low as $14.99. Make with the questing!

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Smedley made the statement during an interview with GameDaily regarding the evolving MMO space, explaining that the PlayStation Network’s 15 million player plus players are a ripe audience for more involved gameplay experiences.

“I think a lot of the people who play PS3 games right now aren’t the same people playing MMOs right now. I think [MMOs on PS3 is] going to bring in a lot of new players. There are certainly people who have consoles and PCs in their house. The difference is what they actively play. PS3 gamers are used to playing Resistance 2 instead of a shooter on the PC. I think we can bring this kind of gaming to this audience and I think it’s going to be huge.”

Somewhere in the mists of time, back in Shadows of Luclin’s development cycle, an artist or artists unknown made a sheet of 90 icons for use in the expansion. They included many of the new weapons, several tradeskill items, a few different cloaks, and even unique icons for most of the existing epic weapons.

For some reason, these icons weren’t ever introduced into the game, and no one noticed that they weren’t around. They were placed in a folder with other art assets from the expansion and remained there, forgotten.

So… guess what we found last week? Have a look and see what you can recognize!

Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7,181,690, “System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space” through its games, including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II, and Tablula Rasa.

The complaint seeks to recover damages for the infringement and asks that NCsoft be prevented from infringing on patent 690, which covers scaling.   Based on NCsoft’s headquarters in Austin as a source of the infringement, the complaint was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division.

Worlds.com Inc. v. NCsoft Corp is Civil Action No. 6:08-cv-508. You can download the PDF of the complaint here.

It’s that time of year again when everyone spends extra time with family and friends; when gifts are bought, given, and returned; when elves suddenly start wearing red, green, white and gold combinations; when a certain ogre makes all other ogres say, “He’s doing what?”; when a torturing dark elf spreads good tidings? To help keep you from missing anything this season, here’s an overview of what’s going on in-game and out-of-game for EverQuest over the holidays.

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