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BioWare finally sends apology for email blunder
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October 1, 2011 |
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In an effort to calm the angry masses of The Old republic fans out there in internet land, BioWare FINALLY got around to emailing their list of members again to retract the blunder that was made 2 days prior. It is sad to see that a company trying to hype their title up as much as BioWare...
BioWare discovers how to anger the fans of The Old Republic!
In an unexpected and very annoying move, BioWare accidentally found the perfect way to anger their fan base for their upcoming MMORPG, The Old Republic. It seems that some clumsy intern or employee sent out a pair of emails over the past 12 hours that made many people who are anxiously waiting...
The Old Republic will release with Achievement system
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September 28, 2011 |
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Daniel Erickson confirmed the release of The Old Republic with a first stage achievement system. They are taking a different tactic than some other MMO Developers in that they will release the achievement system in phases it seems. The first one will be for big heroic events/accomplishments. Later...
The Old Republic Release Date Finally Announced!
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September 24, 2011 |
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It if official folks… We have a release date for BioWare’s upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic! The release date is December 20, 2011! Yes folks, this year, not pushed back to 2012 as many feared. Here is a quote from the announcement: “This is no Jedi mind trick. The most...
The Old Republic: Same Gender Romance will be included Post-Release
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September 15, 2011 |
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As you may recall, Gamermonkey.com reported on this topic back in late August. At the time BioWare had come under heavy fire/criticism for announcing that same-gender relationships were not going to be allowed between players and their npc companions in the upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic....
New Smuggler Video released for The Old Republic!
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September 14, 2011 |
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The good folks over at BioWare released a new game play trailer for the Smuggler Class which shows some aspects of progression up both he Scoundrel and the Gunslinger trees. The class looks fairly fun and my hopes are that we will see many folks playing something other than a JEDI or a SITH! But what...
The Old Republic still aiming to launch in 2011
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September 12, 2011 |
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Eric Brown, CFO of EA, spoke at the Citi 2011 Tech conference and based on his speech it was made known that although there is no official launch date that has been given publicly, they do in fact have a date set internally for Q4 of this year. This is vague to say the least but at least it initially...
No new beta weekend planned this week for The Old Republic
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September 8, 2011 |
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BioWare confirmed that there may be additional beta test weekends in September but that will definitely not be happening this coming weekend (Sep 10-11). With the upcoming client changes that will cause all current testers to re-download the 27 gig game client again it is understandable why the folks...
BioWare says Europe will wait to test The Old Republic
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September 6, 2011 |
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Chris Collins the European Community Manager for BioWare’s upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic, delivered some less than joyous news today regarding the folks over in Europe hoping to test out The Old Republic now that the beta test weekends have begun and as of yet no beta test invites...
BioWare working damage control on Same Gender Relationship
It seems that what was a minor issue previously in BioWare’s eyes has blown into a big stink at this point. The debate has gotten quite heated and players are lining up on both sides of the fence regarding this topic. Will Maddock, BioWare’s Community Representative for The Old Republic,...
TOR beta weekends start September 2nd!
Very much-anticipated news from the folks over at BioWare has finally arrived! Starting September 2nd, Star Wars: The Old Republic will begin its beta test weekends for a select few who previously registered on the official game site. This exciting news was announced at PAX Prime.
For those of you who...
Eternity Vault in The Old Republic
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August 28, 2011 |
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BioWare released their latest game footage trailer for their upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic. This video shows a high level dungeon/instance being run by a group of Imperials that involves a clash with Robotech-ish Mechs! Fun Stuff! Below is the original description of this video:
“A...
