BioWare announce launch window for SWTOR: April 2011 at earliest
There’s not a lot to be surprised about in the announcement from BioWare:
While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. We’ve got a lot of exciting updates and reveals planned throughout 2010, including the first-ever hands-on testing for [...]
More information on Jedi class released
BioWare have released their Holonet entry for the Jedi class. Die-hards won’t find anything particularly earth shattering in the information but it certainly fleshed out what is likely to be the most popular class in SWTOR. The SWTOR forum thread on the announcement has been pretty subdued to date – it’s certainly been one of [...]
Want an Australian SWTOR gaming server? Sign the petition
Anyone with some MMO gaming experience under their belt will know the frustration of ridiculous ping times if playing on US or European servers. There’s a petition running to make it clear the level of Australian interest in local servers. If you want to join the throng putting their hand up for lag-minimised play, then [...]
BioWare responds on beta-test selection for Mac users
I few days back I wrote about being excluded from the beta-test, due to trying to sign-up on a Mac. Sean Dahlberg, BioWare’s Community Manager, has followed up with a response:
I wanted to apologize for the previous response you received in regards to your issues signing up for STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™. While we recognize that [...]
BioWare announces SWTOR beta: invites applications
If you haven’t heard already, BioWare have invited applications to join the SWTOR beta program. This may surprise you greatly, but the response has been enthusiastic, with the SWTOR site down due to the influx of applications:
All you can do wait for the site to return and to wonder at the infrastructure challenges facing BioWare [...]
Latest walkthrough demo dissected
The dynamos over at Darth Hater have posted a brilliant pic by pic dissection of the recent demo walkthrough released. Here’s a tiny sample:
The walkthrough video is obviously the most detailed look at SWTOR to date and at this early stage, things continue to look promising. Not that BioWare are likely to intentionally release unpromising [...]
WoW Cataclysm: why it adds strength to SWTOR
The big MMO news to come out of this weekend is the trailer for the next World of Warcraft expansion, called Cataclysm. Before I start talking about it, have a look for yourself if you haven’t already:
As a WoW player, I have mixed feelings about well known areas in the game having their appearance changed [...]
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
One of our regular features will be a roundup of SWTOR news from around the world that doesn’t make it to separate stories during the week. The first few are likely to be sparse as I’ll avoid linking to the same story subject, but as more information comes to light, this weekly segment could [...]
Star Wars The Old Republic: it’s about class
I’m really thrilled to have a guest post from Xaelyn, whose post on hooks in gaming impressed me mightily. I asked him to write a piece of SWTOR’s proposed classes, and he’s delivered in spades:
One of the more popular topics for SWTOR theorists has been that of which classes remain to be revealed. Of [...]
BioWare interview at Comic-Con
Gaming site Ten Ton Hammer pulled off an interview with a bunch of the BioWare team at Comic-Con over the weekend. There’s lots of the expected “we can tell you that” featured but also some good insights into development to date.
You can read it in full here, but here are some of the [...]
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