{
  "id": 16317800,
  "title": "Star Wars Galaxies' Restoration project just received another massive update, including a huge visual upgrade and an overhaul to the Wookiees' home planet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/star-wars-galaxies-restoration-project-just-received-another-massive",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-24T11:09:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/star-wars-galaxies-just-got-another-massive-update-thanks-to-its-community-restoration-project-including-a-huge-visual-upgrade-and-a-refurb-to-the-wookiees-home-planet/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Star Wars Galaxies Restoration has undergone a significant update known as \"A New Dawn,\" featuring numerous improvements and overhauls. The visual overhaul is particularly noteworthy, with support for DirectX 12 enabling features such as volumetric fog, improved clouds and atmosphere, a new water shader, and support for upscaling technologies like DLSS, FSR, and XeSS. The planet Kashyyyk, the Wookiees' home, has also been revamped with new instances and a rebalance. The Scout & Ranger professions have received enhancements, adding new traps, advanced creature tracking, and expanded camp functionality with a prestige system. Pets and mounts have also seen upgrades, including mounted combat and more interactive creature taming. Player cities can now be upgraded to a higher tier, and the Doctor profession has become less passive. Other improvements include a drag-and-drop interface for moving furniture. Despite the extensive changes, the game remains free to play and can be downloaded from the project's website.",
  "summary": "\"We asked everyone: work on something that they loved about Galaxies, and showcase that to the world.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Star Wars Galactic Racer’s roguelike racing mechanics is not for all",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/star-wars-galactic-racers-roguelike-racing-mechanics-is-not-for-all",
        "published": "2026-10-24T05:36:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}