Our latest coverage of Star Wars The Old Republic.
Broadsword Online Games continues its efforts to migrate the Star Wars The Old Republic servers to the cloud which started with the Leviathan server earlier this month. The studio is now preparing to transport the Tulak Hord and Darth Malgus servers up into the digital clouds. The transfer is scheduled to begin on August 30th at 5 a.m. PDT with [...]
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BioWare is keeping Star Wars The Old Republic players busy this month as it brings back the Rakghoul Resurgence and Relics of the Gree events while they work on transferring the game over to Broadsword. Rakghoul Resurgence is set to go live on August 8th and will run until August 14th. This time around, it’s the planet of Corellia’s turn [...]
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We all knew this announcement was coming, but here’s official confirmation anyway. BioWare has officially named Broadsword as Star Wars The Old Republic’s new custodian along with 40 of the EA-owned studio’s developers. “[…] While EA will remain SWTOR’s publisher, development of the game will move to our partner and friends at Broadsword, a boutique studio with expertise in managing [...]
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The anticipated transition of Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare to Broadsword seems to be gaining more traction as one of the game's lead developers, Ted Gegoux, announced his departure from Electronic Arts and his move to Broadsword. Gegoux, who served as SWTOR's director of live operations since 2014, expressed his support for the decision to relocate the game [...]
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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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