Celebrate Facebook Milestone with Yoda Bobble Head

The Star Wars Galaxies Facebook page has surpassed 10,000 fans, and Sony Online Entertainment is celebrating the milestone by giving all active accounts in good standing a Yoda Bobble Head in-game house decoration.

More details on the availabilty of the bobble head will be revealed soon. Enjoy your gift!

Your Launch Day Guide to RIFT Tools on ZAM

MMO gamers have come to expect resources like Wowhead to be available at or near release, so we’re here to make sure you have the same sort of tools and resources at your disposal. To make your life easier in the early days of RIFT, we’ve compiled a nice list of ZAM resources to utilize while you’re playing your first few hours of RIFT.

Further details can be found after the break, but if you just want to browse what we have to offer, feel free to examine the Soul Tree Calculator, Achievement Database, Ability Database, and Wiki at your own pace. Also, don’t forget to check out the Coming Soon! section to see what’s next up for the ZAM RIFT!

SOE Hosts Numerous President's Day Events

In honor of President's Day, Sony Online Entertainment is hosting special events in many of its games throughout the weekend. We've covered most of these events in separate posts, but here's a handy list of all the festivities, including bonus experience and item sales!

  • EverQuest: Double Experience Weekend from Feb. 18-21. There's also a sale on Marketplace items, including the House of Thule expansion.
  • EverQuest II: Bonus XP Weekend from Feb. 18-21. Enjoy the bonus on adventure, tradeskill and AA experience.
  • Star Wars Galaxies: Bonus Everything Weekend from Feb. 17-22.
  • Vanguard Saga of Heroes: Bonus Experience Weekend from Feb. 18-21. Crafting, Adventure and Diplomacy will all gain bonuses.
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures: Get the Attack Cruiser Bundle for just 800 SC from Feb. 19-21. The Bundle includes Attack Cruiser House, 10 Medium Crates, 4 Red Light Globes, 3 Triple-Paned Windows, and 2 Red Spotlights.
  • Free Realms: All housing items, including lots, are 50% off from Feb. 18-21.
  • Legends of Norrath: This weekend, save 50% off special bundle sets. For a limited time you can buy special Inquisitor, Oathbreaker and Ethernauts bundle sets and get a guaranteed mount loot card.
  • PoxNora: A different item will be available at a discounted price each day from Feb. 18-21.
  • Magic: The Gathering - Tactics: Get 50% off the Four-Chapter Single-Player Campaign Bundle from Feb. 18-21.
  • Wildlife Refuge: Get 50% off the Desert Camo Truck, Forest Camo Truck  and Zebra Print Truck from Feb. 18-21.

SWG Bonus Everything Weekend and Live Chat

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it will be hosting a Bonus Everything Weekend in Star Wars Galaxies from Thursday, Feb. 17 at 4:00 a.m. PST to Tuesday, February 22 at 4:00 a.m. More details will be posted on the game's official site tomorrow to coincide with the launch of the event.

In addition, players can chat live with the Star Wars Galaxies developers tomorrow, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m. PST on Stickam. The team will be talking about the Ewok Festival of Love, Veteran Rewards, the Bonus Everything Weekend, and will be giving a few hints about what's coming up next. The webcast is expected to last 20 minutes

Star Wars Galaxies: Ewok Festival of Love Preview

Love is in the air, and what says 'I love you' more than Ewoks? The Ewok Festival of Love is returning to Star Wars Galaxies again this year. A full preview of the event has been posted, and fans are in luck. This year's event goes from Februay 10 to March 10, plenty of time to spread the love by participating in the festivities.

New items are also available. So check out the full preview over at the Star Wars Galaxies official page.

Star Wars Galaxies Community Pow-Wow Recap

The Star Wars Galaxies Community Events Pow-Wow chat session has come to a close. During the chat community members were invited to share ideas about events run by the SOE Community Team and ways to help support player-run events.

A full recap of the items discussed has been posted. While the team isn't able to say yes or no to any of the requests and ideas, they do plan to evaluate each point and hope to make a few changes and incorporate new additions to help revitalize events in the game.

For full details on the items discussed and some fun screenshots from the event, head on over the Star Wars Galaxies official site.

Star Wars Galaxies New Officer Updates

SOE has released a full list of all the enhancements made to the Officer profession in Star Wars Galaxies. Hotfix 19.5 brought with it a major overhaul to the Officer including a free expertise reset. Enhancements have also been made concerning supply drop abilities, expertise, reinforcement, and the Dead Eye set.

Check out the details on all the changes over at the Star Wars Galaxies official page.

Discuss Star Wars Galaxies Events at Chat Session

If you're interested in Star Wars Galaxies in-game events, you may want to clear your schedule and participate in the upcoming Community Events Pow-wow chat session. Community Relations Manager Zatozia will be hosting the session on the Test Center server on Friday, Jan. 28 from 4-6 p.m. PST.

The discussion will focus on improving events run by Community Team and player-run events. No badges will be given out at the session, but SOE hopes that it will be a productive meeting. Check out the announcement for more details.

New Star Wars Galaxies Producer's Note

The latest Star Wars Galaxies Producer's Note is covering a wide variety of topics leading into the new year. While players upped the ante during the holiday season to make the first Galactic Civil War a huge success, Producer Tony "Teesquared" Tyson is looking toward GCW2. With high goals ahead and new GCW content, the second world war is looking to be just as epic as the first.

Also in the note is a list of stats from Wookie Life Day. Check it out to see if your server was the most festive of all! Speaking of festive, the Ewok Festival of Love is also right around the corner. Check out the first details about the event and see how SWG is spreading the love this year.

The note also covers upcoming Veteran Awards, the Galactic Senate, new plans for the Facebook page, and more! So head on over to the official page and read all the latest details.

ZAM's 2010 Holiday In-Game Events Roundup

It's almost time! The halls are decked, the stockings hung with care, and you've probably got some time off from work or school. It's the perfect time to get in some extra gaming, and why wouldn't you? Almost every MMO is running an in-game holiday event. With all the new zones, special items and festive quests, it's pretty much a digital winter wonderland. So to make things a little easier, we've compiled a list of in-game holiday events to help you narrow down which game to play!