In Real Life

Star Wars Is No Match For Some Good Concept Art By Your Side

Paul Adam is a concept artist at BioWare. No, not the Mass Effect BioWare. Or the Dragon Age BioWare. The Star Wars one. So yeah, you’re about to see some lightsabers.


May 8, 2012
PC

It’s Time To Take These Old MMO Games Out Back And Shoot Them

From the disappointment over The Elder Scrolls Online to the steep decline in subscriber numbers for Star Wars: Old Republic, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the time of the traditional MMO is drawing to an end.


March 30, 2012
In Real Life

A Star Wars: Old Republic Figure That Stands 2.2m Tall, Costs $6000

First announced last year, Sideshow Collectibles has finally unveiled product images and details about its upcoming Darth Malgus statue from Star Wars: Old Republic.


January 24, 2012
PC

BioWare Bans Old Republic Player For Using Internet Meme

“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.


January 9, 2012
PC

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

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.


January 5, 2012
PC

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

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.


January 4, 2012
PC

Old Republic Lets You Dance Your Way Out Of Trouble

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.


December 23, 2011
In Real Life

Jedi & Sith Turn Times Square Into A Battleground

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.


August 19, 2011
PC

Old Republic Looks As Interesting As A Naboo Trade Blockade

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”.


June 2, 2009
News

Old Republic Is All-Talk (Literally)

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.