Our latest coverage of Star Wars The Old Republic.
In the opening movie of Star Wars the Old Republic, Satele Shan clutches her forehead and announces “I sense.....a great darkness.” I can’t help but echo her sentiments as 11th February edges closer into view from Bioware’s development horizon. “Anarchy in Paradise” is the first major update (4.1) since the release of the “Knights of the Fallen Empire” expansion. This [...]
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Electronic Arts reported their Q3 FY 2016 earnings on January 28, 2016 and revealed that Star Wars: The Old Republic subscriptions are near 3 year highs. The free to play transition for the game clearly helped expand the game's audience, as more and more people are giving the game a chance and ending up converting to a subscription. Pretty much [...]
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Perhaps sparked in part by my playthrough of The Witcher 3, the game that I believe simply outdid every story-based RPG ever created, I have recently begun to question story elements in MMOs. Stories are great for linking together structured content and providing some sort of “purpose” for taking part in this structured content. “It isn’t just a quest grind!” [...]
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During the month of December, Star Wars: The Old Republic was intended to have events occur each week. This didn't happen. Scheduling issues and some events, including the Rakghoul Plague, outright not running were attributed to the lack of events. To make up for it, the events that did not run properly will be running this month. The first of [...]
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Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire's tenth chapter is almost upon us. The new chapter is called Anarchy In Paradise and it will launch on February 11th. In this chapter, you will meet a new ally, an infamous mercenary named Firebrand. She is on a mission to destroy the Eternal Empire by way of attacking [...]
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Star Wars The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire update has gone live. Players can now start at level 60 and play through 11 chapters of their "Personal Saga" making "choices that matter" along the way. Another five chapters are planned to be released incrementally in the near future. The full patch notes can be viewed here. Quite a [...]
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Today marks the beginning of Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire's Early Access phase. Current subscribers have access to the expansion now, a week before the official launch on the 27th. The major bullet points of this expansion are a new story with choices that matter, personal class stories, the ability to build a team [...]
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Music & Soundtrack Star Wars: The Old Republic is a free to play sci-fi themed MMORPG based on the popular Star Wars franchise. It was developed by renowned RPG developer Bioware and is published by Electronic Arts. The Star Wars: The Old Republic soundtrack was composed by Mark Griskey, Jesse Harlin, and Lennie Moore. The Soundcloud [...]
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Bioware want to make this Comic Con memorable for fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic. In order to promote the upcoming expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire, they will be holding a massive cosplay contest on October 8th at the New York Comic Con. It will be a free event for everyone. The event will be streamed live at [...]
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The team at Bioware have just released notes about Game Update 4.0 and what that means for the Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior. Primarily, the team want to "make them more difficult to kite" by increasing their mobility on the battlefield. They're meant to be formidable opponents, as they wield the force, and the new ability, called Blade Blitz for [...]
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