Star Wars: Old Republic

PC

BioWare Bans Old Republic Player For Using Internet Meme

3:30PM January 24, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

“I’m 12 and what is this”. If you don’t know what that means, here. Everybody back on the same page? OK, so we can all have a laugh at this poor guy’s expense when he was banned from Star Wars: Old Republic for using the line. More »


PC

This Old Republic Bug Makes The Universe Bigger. Perhaps Too Big.

8:00PM January 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Reader Ian hit a bug playing Star Wars: Old Republic over the weekend. Normally, we wouldn’t give a rat’s arse. Bugs happen. But this one was too great to ignore. More »


PC

Who’s Winning Old Republic’s PvP War, Empire Or Republic?

6:00PM January 5, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Seeing as Star Wars: Old Republic takes place within the confines of a massive galactic conflict, every Player vs Player encounter can be viewed as a small battle in one enormous war. More »


PC

Old Republic Lets You Dance Your Way Out Of Trouble

8:30PM January 4, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Want to see the best exploit of 2012 (so far?) Look no further than new MMO Star Wars: Old Republic, which literally lets you dance your way out of trouble. More »


In Real Life

Jedi & Sith Turn Times Square Into A Battleground

5:15PM December 23, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

To celebrate the launch of video game Star Wars: The Old Republic in the US, publishers EA flew teams of Jedi and Sith into New York City’s Times Square to face off. More »


PC

Old Republic Looks As Interesting As A Naboo Trade Blockade

4:00AM August 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Were the Old Republic any other MMO in existence, or even in development, I’d have probably walked away from its Gamescom presentation thinking “oh, this looks slightly interesting”. More »


News

Old Republic Is All-Talk (Literally)

6:35AM June 2, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

BioWare and Lucasart’s Star Wars: Old Republic MMO is going to be the world’s first large-scale massively multiplayer game to be all talk. As in, no text messages whatsoever. More »


News

Star Wars: The Old Republic – What We Know So Far

12:00AM October 23, 2008 | AJ Glasser

After the “big reveal” at the San Francisco LucasArts office, we were given the chance for Q&A with BioWare and LucasArts on details for the KOTOR MMO. Which was kind of silly, since they largely refused to answer any of the questions with anything besides “We can’t talk about that yet.”

So here’s what we don’t know: —The level cap —The release date —The type or total number of classes (so far, only Jedi and Sith have been officially announced) —If or what kind of vehicles and spaceships users will be able to own/access/build —If or which races will be faction-specific —What kind of business models the MMO will employ (subscription, micro transactions, etc.)

As for what we do know, you’ll have to hit the jump to find out.

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