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Sony To Encase Half the Star Wars: Galaxies Servers In Carbonite

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-nobody's-coming-to-save-them dept.

Impy the Impiuos Imp writes "Sony is apparently merging out of existence half its Star Wars: Galaxies servers. In spite of a number of innovative features (three health bars, choreograph-able dancing, music you can coordinate between several players, 'your own R2 unit and 3PO,' programmable droids, and so on), a complete overhaul of the combat system, designed to simplify it and make it more action-oriented, actually drove away more people than it attracted. It soon thereafter retired to that great, Sony one-fee-for-all stable of aging and also-rans in the sky. Still on life support, it was preceded in death by Sony foster brother The Matrix Online."

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  1. Re:The Game is still Kicking! by hydrolyzer · · Score: 0, Troll

    only sandboxy game? probably true. www.fomportal.com -- was more sandboxy then anything you've seen before, but from what I hear its degrading in quality through its second lease of life.

  2. Re:Which is it? by Mike+Buddha · · Score: 1, Troll

    WD-40 is not for rust or lubrication, it's for loosening stuck bolts or parts. It's not a general purpose oil and will evaporate in short order. RTFC

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    by Mike Buddha -- Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will.