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 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 [...]

Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news

1. The President of LucasArts, Darrell Rodriguez, has resigned. There’s apparently no impact on SWTOR with this announcement. 2. The Guardian in the UK asks: what Star Wars tie-in games would you like to see? 3. From the SWTOR Forums 1: for those who can’t get enough of rhyming couplets and the like, there’s now [...]

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. [...]

Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news

1. Bioware have announced a new planet that’ll be featuring in SWTOR: Voss. Voss is an independent planet populated by Mystics who are major wielders of The Force, but know nothing of its existence. Sounds rather intriguing. 2. From the official SWTOR forums, there’s some interesting discussions on prestige classes, whether role-playing fansites serve any [...]

Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news

1. SWTOR’s Principal Lead Systems Designer writes a piece on MMO design and (surprise) how happy he is with the playability factor of the game. He also has some interesting thoughts about the multiplayer conversations for solo content and the community aspects of crafting. And if you think it’s easy writing as a developer, check [...]

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 get [...]