The biggest Star Wars: The Old Republic demonstration to date
The folks over at Torocast have a 30-minute video of the PAX 2010 preview of SWTOR by Bioware. The footage is raw and there are some glitches, but it’s one of the most in-depth demos to date. Thanks to Darka on our forums for starting the conversation on this. There’s an enormous amount of information [...]
Space Combat in SWTOR: a glimpse
It’s been the hot point of discussion over the past month or two in SWTOR circles, and things are about to get much hotter. Bioware have released a trailer of the space combat component of SWTOR. As you’ll see in the trailer below, it’s looking like a mighty nice aspect of the game, particularly given [...]
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
1. From the official SWTOR site: the Mandalorian Wars get a lore update, and new playable species are announced. Sith Pureblood (Sith Warrior), Zabrak (Sith Inquistors), Miraluka (Jedi Knight) and Mirialans (Jedi Consular) are the four newies. 2. From the SWTOR forums: some nice debate on holiday events being included in SWTOR, a thread on [...]
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
It’s been a rather big week for SWTOR news this week – the larger number of people involved with beta-testing is certainly creating some momentum, including on our own forums: 1. Bioware released a music trailer (more on that from us later in the week), an in-depth developer blog on music in SWTOR, and the [...]
Jon Stewart interviews George Lucas
Via the Kansas City Star: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart will be interviewing George Lucas as part of Celebration V, the festivities marking the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. The event kicks off on August 12th at the Orange Country Convention Center in the United States. The obvious question: how do we get [...]
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
It’s hard to do a roundup of SWTOR news at the end of a huge week like the last one has been, but here goes: 1. The Wall Street Journal has a great article contrasting financial reform in the United States to some Star Wars lore of a similar vein. 2. For the comic-obsessive (like [...]
Announcing: TOROZ reader for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
I’m really pleased to be able to announce the availability of the TOROZ Reader, an iPhone / iPad application for those interested in news and views about Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. You can download it here for free. What is it? It’s essentially an RSS reader with two sections. The first is our [...]
SWTOR combat: extensive new footage
The folks over at GameTrailers have an exclusive SWTOR developer diary that provides 6-minutes of insight on combat. During that time it shows some of the most detailed combat footage seen to date, covering most of the classes. If you want a really detailed dissection, you might like to check this out. The reaction to [...]
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
1. The SWTOR info snippet released by Bioware this week is on the potential infiltration of the Sith into the Jedi order. There’s a nice wrap up from Darth Hater on the info, including some snippets from SWTOR developers. 2. GamesRadar got their hands on part of SWTOR, and have a very detailed look here. [...]
Help re-create A New Hope
A big thanks to Darka on the forums, who posted a link to Star Wars Uncut. It’s a great crowdsourcing project where anyone has the opportunity to recreate a 15-second slice of the original Star Wars movie. Whether it’s Lego, live action or Star Wars figures, you can end up part of a fan-generated replica [...]
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