PC

Star Wars: The Old Republic Expands Free Month Offer To Include Less Valuable Players

Yesterday BioWare made a substantial portion of Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s player base angry by offering a free month of play to its “most valued” players — those that had reached level 50 in the game. Today the developer continues to surprise and delight players by expanding the promotion as to not alienate people.


April 11, 2012
News

Star Wars: The Old Republic Petition Attacked By Hackers, Temporarily Shut Down

Kotaku AU

After amassing 60,000 online signatures for their petition in support of EA’s decision to allow games such as Star Wars: The Old Republic to feature gay romance stories, AllOut – a global organisation dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality — has now disabled the campaign page after a massive Spambot attack which has added almost 6,000 additional, fake signatures.


News

Anti-Gay Star Wars Complainers Now Complaining About Spambots

Who is waging the public opinion battle between anti-gay “family values” groups and the video game creators who dared to allow same-sex romance in their massive new Star Wars game? The anti-gay crowd says the Star Wars defenders are getting help from spam-bots. (Would they be spam-droids?)


March 21, 2012
In Real Life

Gorgeous 3D Art From Old Republic, Arkham City & Resident Evil

The fine folks at animation house Blur make some of the best video game trailers and cinematics in the business. So it’s a treat, as always, to be able to feature their work here on Fine Art.


News

A Weekend Of Free Star Wars: The Old Republic Begins Tomorrow

Kotaku AU

BioWare has announced another free weekend for Star Wars: The Old Republic


March 14, 2012
PC

Want To Play Star Wars: The Old Republic For Free? Or Course You Do

Kotaku AU

Hey everyone, you know Bioware has another game right? A game that is also set in space in a massive cross media universe with a massively intense fan base. I’m talking, of course, about Star Wars: The Old Republic, and if you feel like playing it this weekend, you could check it out for free.


February 28, 2012
PC

Neglected Regions Carve Out Their Own Home In The Old Republic

When Star Wars: The Old Republic launched last December across Europe and America, players on the other side of the world were told they would have to wait until some time in the indeterminate future before they would be allowed to join Bioware’s first MMORPG.


February 25, 2012
PC

Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Average At Least Four Hours Per Session, Love Sundays

The average player of the massively multiplayer game Star Wars: The Old Republic plays the game between four and six hours per session, according to one of the chief architects of the game.


February 16, 2012
News

Bioware Talks Star Wars: The Old Republic, Delays And Those Local Servers

Kotaku AU

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally got an official release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic in Australia. But why did it take so long, and what’s happening with those local servers? We caught up with Grant McDaniel, Senior Development Director of Live Services to try and get some answers.


February 15, 2012
News

Star Wars: The Old Republic Releases March 1

Kotaku AU

Star Wars: The Old Republic is receiving an Australian release on March 1. The game launches in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore on the same day along with regional servers.