Our latest coverage of Star Wars The Old Republic.
Earlier this month, BioWare made the worrying announcement that it was planning to pawn off Star Wars The Old Republic to a third-party studio. At the time, the studio was looking at Electronic Arts-subsidiary and Ultima Online developer Broadsword Online Games to take over development, although both parties have yet to come to an agreement as of this writing. BioWare [...]
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Star Wars The Old Republic Patch 7.3: Old Wounds is now live on the servers and players can now make their way back to Voss to explore previously unseen regions on the planet. They’ll team up with the Voss and Gormak to investigate the Interpreter’s Retreat landing zone and with a grizzled commando to plumb the ruins of the Shrine [...]
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Prepare to embark on a new adventure in Star Wars The Old Republic as Patch 7.3, a.k.a. Old Wounds, makes its way to the sci-fi MMORPG next week. This update will bring players back to the familiar world of Voss where they’ll get to explore a previously unexplored area called the Interpreter’s Retreat. In Old Wounds, players will be tasked [...]
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BioWare’s bombshell of an announcement yesterday that it was looking to turn over development of Star Wars The Old Republic to Broadsword Games has sent shockwaves reverberating throughout the gaming community. Unsurprisingly, the SWTOR subreddit has become a hotbed of discussion, with players expressing their concerns about the future of the Star Wars MMORPG. Speculation runs rampant on how future [...]
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Development responsibilities for Star Wars: The Old Republic may soon be moving from BioWare to a new studio as revealed by IGN. Electronic Arts is reportedly looking to outsource the game’s development to Broadsword Online Games, best know for Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot. The fact that the studio is headed by former BioWare Vice President Rob Denton [...]
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It’s a good thing that BioWare decided to publicly test its new Star Wars The Old Republic 64-bit client before it launched because testers are apparently finding lots of problems with the build. Since testing started in December, players have reported numerous issues, including lag spikes, graphical glitches, and persistent crashing, which the studio is still actively trying to resolve. [...]
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Star Wars The Old Republic is celebrating its 11th anniversary this week and Executive Producer Keith Kanneg is marking the occasion with a retrospective blog that looks back at the big Legacy of the Sith expansion launch in February all the way to the release of Update 7.2 earlier this month. He also touched on the departure of the game’s [...]
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Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) Update 7.2 'Showdown on Ruhnuk' officially launched today and introduces a whole host of new content including new story content, daily area, world boss, and more. As a story driven MMORPG (similar to Final Fantasy XIV to a degree), the new story content is likely the biggest appeal with 7.2 for fans of the [...]
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It’s going to be a prosperous few days in Star Wars The Old Republic players for the rest of the month as the Feast of Prosperity event kicks off in the Star Wars MMORPG with a bunch of new rewards up for grabs. Like previous versions of the event, players will once again be tasked with overseeing a banquet to [...]
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The next major update for Star Wars: The Old Republic was revealed in a livestream earlier today on the SWTOR Twitch channel. The 7.2 update is coming soon and its titled 'Showdown on Ruhnuk' and introduces the new planet Ruhnuk as well as new story content and Daily Area. This is a major update for SWTOR and you can read [...]
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