A recent post on the official forums has been the focus of debate, stemming from two recent articles in Gamestar Magazine. BioWare Online Community Manager Stephen Reid responded to a few points from the articles, specifically regarding open world PvP and NPC diversity. Read the full quote from Stephen after the jump.
Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown today reaffirmed Star Wars: The Old Republic will release in calendar year 2011 / ERTS financial year 2012 in a presentation at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference. Brown mentioned this is the first time that they officially stated the highly anticipated MMORPG will ship in calendar year 2011.
Episode 62 “Off the Speeder Bike Rails” of the Darth Hater Podcast is now live. Check the bottom of the post for the stream and download links. Podcast notes after the jump.
Revealed to be in-game last month, Ilum is the sixteenth announced planet in Star Wars: The Old Republic. The HoloNet reveals that a recent Imperial surprise attack displaced the Jedi from Ilum, leaving players to discover the how and why. But what do we currently know about this mysterious planet the Jedi kept off the star charts for thousands of years? Read on after the jump to find out.
In this Turkey Week edition of DevTracker Highlights this week’s Highlights include information on the control players will have with Crew Skills, the focus of player communication across planets, quest progression in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and clarification on the recent survey email. Hit the jump for the Highlights in full detail.
This weeks episode of the TOROcast Samm and Musco are joined by 2 time Emmy nominated Brandon Miletta, and the rare to hear Mr. Kyle Pants. The four discuss this weeks Star Wars: The Old Republic news from BioWare. This week’s news consisted of five new inhabitants pages and the TOROcast debuts a new mini segment inside of their “This Week in TOR” segment covering topics of the dev tracker.
Not a whole lot of information today other than the fact that the Sith Pureblood race looks absolutely amazing and I think I know what I’ll be making my Sith characters. Other entries into the Holonet include the Terentatek, Vine Cat, and a few droids. Be sure to check them out on the inhabitants page [...]
I think I’m far from alone in being excited to see new inhabitants revealed. It has always been the background characters that have been some of the most fascinating aspects of Star Wars, to the more there are in SWTOR the better. The five revealed this week are: Terentatek Vine Cat Sith Pureblood M3-M1 Medical… Read More
