Riffing on the Family Research Council’s outrage over same-sex NPC relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic, talk show host Conan O’Brien and team cobble together some footage of the science fantasy franchise’s most famous gay couples. More »
Oh boy. The Family Research Council, a US organisation that “promotes the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christian value system upon which it is built”, has finally noticed that BioWare intends to publish a game update to Star Wars: The Old Republic that accommodates same-sex relationships between player characters and NPCs. This didn’t go over well with them, because he’s a total canon fiend who says there can never be anything gay about Star Wars, ever. More »
The advocacy publication for disabled video game enthusiasts has named Star Wars: The Old Republic its Mainstream Game of the Year, meaning it is the most widely released title that also is most accommodating of gamers who have different needs to enjoy full-featured gameplay. More »
A fascinating report in the Los Angeles Times about Star Wars: The Old Republic ought to get some attention for pegging the cost of making the massively multiplayer game at $US200 million. More »
I’ve never played an MMO in my life and, being perfectly honest, I never really intended to rectify that ever. But if ever an MMO could get me inspired to have a bash, it would most likely be Star Wars: The Old Republic, a game made by a developer I respect, based on a brand I’m engaged with, also based on a game series I love! So what’s stopping me? Not really sure to be honest… More »
Today we revealed that EB Games is selling grey imported copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic in stores across Australia, but there are some unanswered questions. The Old Republic isn’t your typical game, it’s hardly a product you can buy, install and forget about: Australian players will require ongoing support, they’ll have to deal with overseas servers, and potential issues regarding retail keys not working out of the box? How will these problems be rectified considering the fact there is no local infrastructure available in Australia? More »
We’ve just received word that EB Games is now selling copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic in stores today across Australia. More »
One of the issues with living in Australia is our ridiculous time zone! Tonight Bioware is running scheduled maintenance for Star Wars: The Old Republic and, understandably, is undertaking said maintenance at a time that suits the majority of its player base in the US and Europe. The only problem is this maintenance will result in server downtime for Aussies between 7pm and 3am, which is pretty much when I imagine most people will want to be playing the game! More »
Massively multiplayer games come into the world as wriggly things full of writhing paths of possibility. This changes as soon as those servers go live and players start interacting with each other and the content. Running beta tests can predict some exploits and behaviours, but the game’s also still being built while those betas are happening. Nevertheless, every beat must end and the game in question’s got to come out eventually. For Star Wars: The Old Republic, that time was this week in the US. More »
