Star Wars The Old Republic Gets a Global Release Date!

Finally, after waiting for what seems like a millenia, the MMO we have been anticipating for most of all, has a release date. Today, a cavalcade of developers from BioWare took the New York Comic-Con stage to talk about the MMO. They also announced that the December 20, 2011 is the release date for the entire world and not just North America.

Phoenix Wright playable in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

If you're not familiar with Phoenix Wright (and you should be ashamed of yourself if you're not), he's the main character in a Capcom-developed series of games named after him called Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Starting out on the Game Boy Advance in Japan and making their way several years later to the Nintendo DS in the west, Phoenix Wright now commands a cult following. And it's his courtroom antics that are at the center of how he plays in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Unlike many of the other combatants, Wright isn't a fighter, and he seems wholly out of place in the game. But, like Servbot or Roll in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, that's part of his charm. Fumbling with papers, seeking help from his assistant and shouting his favorite courtroom terms are all part of his schtick in UMvC3, but he uses these moves with a surprising amount of skill, whittling down his opponents' energy with feats of combat that could have only been learned in a fictional law school.

New York Comic-Con; Panel Line-Up for Friday

The panel line-up for Friday, October 14th has a lot of interesting things that caught the eye of us here at The Geek Domain. The Kingdoms of Amular; Reckoning is having a panel where Andrew Auseon, Ian Frazier, R.A. Salvatore and Steve Danuser will be talking about how they brought New York Times best selling author R.A. Salvatore's world into a video game. At 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm Seth Green along with the other staff members from the hit Adult Swim television show Robot Chicken will be talking about season 5.5, premiering on October 23rd on Cartoon Network. Star Wars: The Old Republic will be hosting their own panel with little to no information given yet, all that can be said is it will be taking place from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Another 5:15 to 6:15 Panel; Street Fighter X Tekken where legendary Street Fighter producer, Yoshinori Ono will be hosting a Q&A session and a competition. Along with FUNimation, the deciphering of the hit Anime show Evangelion, DC talent search, Jagex, Batman: Arkham City, Venture Bros and many more, Friday's line-up is looking fantastic.

Yoshinori Ono is claiming Friday to be Street Fighter day, so don your Ryu outfit and enjoy the New York Comic-Con 2011!

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New Writers for DC's Static Shock and Green Arrow

Today DC announced new replacements for two of their New 52 series. While Scott McDaniel is remaining on board to pencil Static Shock, Marc Bernardin will be coming on board as permanent writer starting with January's Static Shock #5. meanwhile, Ann Nocenti will take over Green Arrow as of March's issue #7.

Dark Horse announces several new Star Wars comics, including one book that promises "Boba Fett is Dead."

2012 is shaping up to be a big year for the Star Wars franchise. Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic will finally be released just days before the new year. The 3D re-release of Episode I will hit theaters in February. And from what Dark Horse showed at the NYCC Retailer's Breakfast this morning, they've got some big plans in store for 2012 as well.

Dark Horse announced a number of new Star Wars comics, both ongoing and mini-series. One of the more significant was Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi. This series flashes back to the very beginnings of the Jedi Order, even earlier than the Tales of the Jedi comics of the early '90s. In these primitive days, the Jedi fight with swords rather than lightsabers.

Another significant announcement involved the er-popular Boba Fett. Writer Tom Taylor and artist Chris Scalf will be reuniting for a sequel to their Star Wars: Blood Ties mini-series. The original explored a shared conflict between Fett and his father Jango. We don't know much about the plot of the sequel, but Dark Horse did offer the ominous tagline, "Boba Fett is dead."

New York City Comic-Con Starts Today!

The Annual New York City Comic-Con kicks off today.  Stay glued to The Geek Domain for all the news as it happens!