Puzzle-making and Pex's departure last weekend in Star Wars Galaxies

This past weekend was a unique one for the Star Wars Galaxies community. As we discussed last week, long-time fixture on the SWG team Jason "Pex" Ryan took his leave from the game. He's now slated to be the Community Manager for the in-development title Free Realms. The Pex Badge Bash was a huge success with the Galaxies playerbase, it seems, and the official forums have the screenshots to prove it. Check out the gigantic thread for shots from across the galaxies, as well as writeups of the events.

Also on the official site this past weekend, a brand new Friday Feature. The Meatlump Theme Park will feature a unique bomb-defusing puzzle, the first of its kind in the game. As one in a continuing series of developer insight posts, Associate Designer Jeff Haskell shares a bit about what was involved making the wire-cutting puzzle come to life. Check it out for a preview of the new system, coming soon to the game in Chapter 10.