Dark Horse has posted a 6-page preview of the upcoming issue #4 of Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Lost Suns:

Captured by the evil Sith Empire, Republic spy Theron Shan is about to find out what secret sacrifice brought about the end of the great war. But once the Imperial’s covert activities are revealed, will he be able to act on his devastating discoveries?

If you haven’t been following this comic series, you really should. It’s not only well done, but ties in very closely with the game itself!

Head on over to Dark Horse for the full preview, and you can pre-order it in hard-copy form right here!

This week I am very proud to present one of our community’s long time hard hitters: Jen’jidai. Jen’jidai is one of those guild names that keep cropping up every where you go on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums, if you attend conventions, in the Twitter SWTOR community an seemingly behind almost any door [...]

You can stop refreshing the SWTOR Facebook page now, the Image of the Week has arrived. This Wednesday we get a nice action shot of a Jedi Shadow taking down an Imperial soldier. This battle takes place on the planet Corellia. For now, things look like they are going the Republic’s way. Enjoy, TORWarriors!  Concluding [...]

This week’s Star Wars: The Old Republic Facebook Image of the Week is a new image of a Jedi Shadow on Corellia.

Concluding a fierce battle on the battered world of Corellia, a Jedi Shadow strikes down the last of an Imperial patrol.

For ease of reference, we compiled a Facebook Image of the Week Media Gallery containing all the images which you can view below. Make sure to check the Media Gallery for the fullsize image.

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EA exec Frank Gibeau has revealed that the release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic is “definitely tied” to fan reaction of the ongoing beta. “We’re driving towards a date,” said Gibeau in an interview with CVG, “but the very issue you raised is why we’re not announcing a date yet because you want [...]

This week’s Facebook Image features a Jedi Shadow cutting down his foe, emphatically closing out the month of August for us with anticipation for the game’s release on the rise. Concluding a fierce battle on the battered world of Corellia, a Jedi Shadow strikes down the last of an Imperial patrol.

Apparently, someone at Bioware got the memo that Consulars weren’t feeling the love. 2 weeks in a row now, post-class video, they’ve been featured in the Facebook Image of the Week!

Concluding a fierce battle on the battered world of Corellia, a Jedi Shadow strikes down the last of an Imperial patrol.

I especially like the traffic safety sign in the background amidst the smoldering rubble of a war-torn world.

Make sure you head on over to Facebook and “Like” Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ so you get these great images posted directly onto your wall!

Stephen Reid tweeted that the first (and possibly only) round of weekend testing invites went out, so check your email! These invites are special weekend-only invites and are good only for this upcoming weekend, Sept. 2-4.

Computers And Video Games recently talked to Frank Gibeau, recently appointed boss of EA Labels, where he revealed that the release date of Star Wars: The Old Republic is “definitely tied” to the feedback coming out of the ongoing Game Testing program:

“We’re driving towards a date, but the very issue you raised is why we’re not announcing a date yet because you want to make sure that these services can last a decade”

Gibeau went on to talk about how important the launch of the game is:

“We don’t want to happen to us what happened to WoW and a couple of other services where in the first week there were queues trying to get on to the servers, the entire service crashed – we don’t want that to happen. So we need to nail and make sure that it’s up 24/7 and it’s high quality.”

We’ve heard BioWare say before that the release date will depend on the kind of feedback they’re getting from testers, and this seems to reaffirm that. So if you’re in Game Testing, work hard and give quality feedback to help get the game out that much quicker!

Head on over to CVG for the full read!

Source: ComputerAndVideoGames.com
Via: TORWars

Video Game news site CVG has spoken with EA bigwig Frank Gibeau who states that the Star Wars: The Old Republic release date “is definitely tied to the beta test feedback.” Gibeau adds that things are going well so far, but unexpected problems could show up in September and October – forcing fixes. Interesting…does that [...]