Fantasy Flight Games To Publish Star Wars Games

Breaking news from the Fantasy Flight Games website:

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce that it has entered a comprehensive licensing partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. for the worldwide rights to publish card, roleplaying, and miniatures games set in the popular Star Wars™ universe!

”Being able to publish gaming products in the Star Wars universe is quite simply a hobby-game company’s dream come true,” said Christian T Petersen, CEO of Fantasy Flight Games. “I’m confident that both Star Wars fans as well as FFG’s regular customers will be blown away by the game experiences we have planned for this legendary IP.”

“As a leader in hobby gaming, we’re excited to be partnering with Fantasy Flight Games,” said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing. “Fun and adventure are hallmarks of the Star Wars saga, and FFG perfectly captures this in their games.” Read more

R2-D2, C-3PO Inspired Star Wars-Themed Xbox

A limited edition, Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 will feature designs inspired by your favorite droids.

Microsoft and LucasArts unveiled a console bundle for the upcoming Kinect Star Wars game at a San Diego Comic-Con International panel on Thursday morning. The bundle will include an Xbox 360 console with a 320 GB hard drive, the Kinect sensor and the motion-controlled Star Wars game. It will also include the Kinect Adventures game that is currently bundled with the motion-sensing camera controller.

Set for release this holiday season, the bundle will cost $450, equivalent to the price of an Xbox 360 console, a Kinect and a game. Read more

Massive Multi-Touch Star Wars Strategy Game

There have been some big Star Wars videogames, but none as big as Fleet Commander.

Arthur Nishimoto, a graduate student in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory, has developed his real-time strategy game to be played on a wall-size LCD screen. Players are divided into two opposing teams that take control of X-wings, TIE fighters and even Death Stars, all with a touch of their fingers.

“The purpose of [Fleet Commander] was to explore how a complicated application like a real-time strategy game … could be played in a large, multitouch environment,” said Nishimoto in an e-mail to Wired.com. Read more

Verizon Wireless Smartphone Online Manuals – A Resource

UPDATE:  7/12/2011

I thought I would put up links to Verizon Wireless’ smartphone manuals that are available online.

I know that there are times when it would be nice to just have the manual handy, so I am including links to the online manuals of Verizon’s Smartphones, so that you don’t have to search through several site links to find what you want.

There are a few missing from the list but I’ll try to get those added later.

Enjoy the links

Verizon Wireless Salute Prepaid

HTC Thunderbolt

Motorola DROID 3

LG Revolution

Motorola DROID X2

Apple iPhone 4

Casio® G’zOne Commando

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

HTC Trophy

Samsung DROID CHARGE

HTC Droid Incredible 2

LG Vortex

Motorola DROID R2D2

Samsung Fascinate

BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330

DROID 2 By Motorola

DROID X By Motorola

BlackBerry Bold 9650

LG Fathom Read more

Verizon Wireless R2-D2 Droid 2 Smartphone

Verizon Wireless will release the R2-D2 Droid 2 smartphone on September 30th, 2010. The skinned phone comes with a Star Wars media dock and wired stereo headset all in a custom box resembling carbonite.

The phone also features R2-D2 notification sounds and ringtones, Live Wallpapers (Blast the Probe Droid; Luke Balancing Yoda; Navigating the Asteroid Field; Watch Bespin’s Cloud City), R2-D2 Clock Widget, Exclusive Binoculars App and “The Best of R2-D2? video with the original Cantina music.

The R2-D2 Droid retails for $249 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) and must sign up for a two-year voice and data plan. [Android Community]

George Lucas Gearing Up Live-Action ‘Star Wars’ TV Series?

Over on SciFi Squad, Mike Moody debuts his new weekly column called TV Geek Week, which will not only talk about the latest and greatest news in geeky TV land, but will also take a look at what fanboy-ish goodies are arriving on the boob tube this week. Check it:

Is George Lucas finally moving ahead with that promised live-action Star Wars TV show? Sources say yes. Sources also say the show will be produced in Australia by a hand-picked crew of Aussie TV vets. And we might even get to see it before the end of 2010. But I got a question: Do we really want a live-action Star Wars TV show?

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Star Wars Flash Drives Look Like PEZ Dispensers

Live Action “Star Wars” Series Could Have a Familiar Face

George Lucas’ live-action “Star Wars” series could see a face familiar to fans of “a galaxy far, far away.”  According to media outlets in New Zealand, actor Jay Laga’aia is in the running for a lead role in the series.  Laga’aia worked Captain Gregar Typho, the head of security of Amidala in episodes I and III of the prequel trilogy.

Whether or not Laga’aia would reprise the role or take on a new one isn’t known at this time.

The series will reportedly follow the Rebel Alliance as it slowly gains strength against the the evil Empire. The newspaper also reported that the show is a basic cable TV series and that it will feature stormtroopers, but not Jedi knights or Darth Vader. Lucas is currently casting for the series.

The fact that Laga’aia may be cast suggests that Lucas is considering shooting the show somewhere in Australia or New Zealand.

The actor is currently featured on “The Legend of the Seeker.”

Star Wars Live-Action TV Series Casting has Begun

For the last two years, George Lucas has been developing a live-action Star Wars television series. I think it was originally stated that they would not begin production until they had the first 50 scripts in hand, and I’ve heard about a bunch of screenwriters around Hollywood have been working on the series. 2009 was originally announced as the show’s targeted premiere (see the sign above), but Lucasfilm has since been quoted as saying 2010, and later 2011. With a lack of news leaking, I was beginning to believe that it might never actually happen. But MTV reports that casting is already underway. Rose Byrne, who played Dorme in Attack of the Clones, let it slip at the Knowing junket that a lot of her friends have been auditioning for the series.

Set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, the show has been described by Lucas as “Deadwood meets The Sopranos in space”. Told from the perspective of minor characters from the Star Wars galaxy (rumored to be a family in the underworld), the darker, grittier, more character-based story might also feature appearances and cameos from several major Star Wars characters, but not the heavy like Darth Vader.And now that the show has entered the casting stage, I’m sure we’ll start to learn more about the story and the characters.

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The Star Wars Force Trainer – Cool Toy Or Just Plain Weird?

This has got to be the best and most humorous use of brain wave technology.  Just like all the other brain wave games this one gives you an obstacle you have to accomplish by focusing and thinking hard on moving the object.  The more you concentrate, the better you’ll do.  Although the obstacle course with this one is far more simple than the Mindflex, it has plenty of geek appeal.  This one adds a Star Wars spin to the concept, which means there will likely be no shortage of fans pursuing this game.

Attach the headpiece to your head and use the The Force instead of those brainwaves.  After all this is a training device.  Of course they don’t mention how exactly you can become a Jedi by moving a ball up and down.  Nor do they say when exactly you get a shiny new lightsaber that actually cuts through things.  However, at least you’ll have the comfort of knowing that you’re helping to fund George Lucas and his many escapades.  You’ll be able to pick this up probably in the 3rd quarter of this year for about $100.

Source: Coolest-Gadgets.com

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