The End of SWG : Star Wars Galaxies Discussions

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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



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I figured the game would eventually shut down when TOR was announced. Oh well, I still have great memories of this game and hope to see everyone when TOR drops.

RAGE

TBH! S.O.E are gullable, lucasarts told em the mayans prediction is correct, the world will end in 2012 and that they want to shutdown there online games to let families enjoy the remaining time they have left... j/k Lucasarts dont want the two (ToR) co-existing so decided to axe s.o.e, it's logical but unethical.

Roll on ToR, seeyas on the other side...

Maybe, Evil, you can share your uber hacks now that swg has an expiration date..

Yea sucks they are doing this.

rugburn wrote:Maybe, Evil, you can share your uber hacks now that swg has an expiration date..

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rugburn wrote:Maybe, Evil, you can share your uber hacks now that swg has an expiration date..

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shwebby wrote:

spagetiokillers wrote:

rugburn wrote:Maybe, Evil, you can share your uber hacks now that swg has an expiration date..

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I wouldn't mind seeing them either.

Would be nice

5th'ed. Was my first thought when I got the email.. maybe folks will publish the !@#$%^&* they've been keeping quiet now.

lol

its been reported that SWG is no longer charging for subscription this guy resubed his acct and it didnt charge him and then resubed his seconds acct and that one didnt charge aswell he made a forum post under Game Play Discussion called So did they in secret make the game F2P? and someone replied saying this happened to them aswell.

there are still the 45days free play time as compensation for the 14d downtime in May active.

If you login into any unsubscribed account in good standing on or before August 31st, 2011, your account will be on 45 days free play time. Then you have to kick in a subscription, if you want to continue playing.

So if they logged into the account for the first time since the servers were up again, they are on their 45 days now. SWG is not F2P from what i know, they even charge subscriptions for the time until they stop billing on October 15th.

_obelix_ wrote:there are still the 45days free play time as compensation for the 14d downtime in May active.

If you login into any unsubscribed account in good standing on or before August 31st, 2011, your account will be on 45 days free play time. Then you have to kick in a subscription, if you want to continue playing.

So if they logged into the account for the first time since the servers were up again, they are on their 45 days now. SWG is not F2P from what i know, they even charge subscriptions for the time until they stop billing on October 15th.

these werent 45 days free he went and subscribed after the 45 days and it didnt bill him from what i understand