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New Planet: Taris

New Planet: Taris
BioWare has announced a new planet for the game – Taris. If you played Knight of The Old Republic you’ll remember running around the destructive beauty of Taris. The planet will be explorable! And, of course, the Empire and the Republic will be duking it out in the swampy wasteland of Taris. Will...
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Designing The Dark Side: Sith Inquisitor & Sith Warrior

Designing The Dark Side: Sith Inquisitor & Sith Warrior
The game developers came up with this little video to discuss how they designed two of the Dark Side player classes – the Sith Inquisitor and the Sith Warrior. The video covers art, design, lore, background and more. It’s a great little mini-documentary about the game. I love how they’re...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Coming in Spring 2011

Star Wars: The Old Republic Coming in Spring 2011
Looks like BioWare has confirmed that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released in the spring of 2011! Both G4 and Massively are reporting that spring will be the season. Lets just hope they can avoid delays. I remember waiting for over a year for Wrath of the Lich King the World of Warcraft expansion...
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Final Classes Revealed: Jedi Consular and Sith Inquisitor

Final Classes Revealed: Jedi Consular and Sith Inquisitor
Finally! PC Games has dropped the veil on the final two classes. Ask The Gamers: Now that all the player classes have been revealed, do you know which one you want to play? Comment at the bottom! Well that’s certainly a novel way to make sure you don’t have a huge overpopulation of Jedi Knights...
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Jedi Knight Class Revealed

Jedi Knight Class Revealed
Although the inclusion of the Jedi Knight class has been assumed almost since the announcement of the game itself, and especially since the Sith class was confirmed, it is still nice to know for sure that Jedi Knights will be a playable class. When it comes to combat tactics, BioWare isn’t very...
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Creating A Massive MMO: A Look At Development Teams

Creating A Massive MMO: A Look At Development Teams
When it comes to game development, says Dalton, “For any game these days, we have very large teams. For MMOs, in particular, we have a lot of stuff going on. Everything everybody does is challenging. Producing the art, source code… [More from Gamasutra] Christian Nutt over at Gamasutra delved...
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Adding Story to an MMO – Star Wars: The Old Republic

Adding Story to an MMO – Star Wars: The Old Republic
If you’ve been following the news about Star Wars: The Old Republic you know that one of the main game features that will set TOR apart from other MMOs is the introduction of an in-depth storyline. The deep storyline progression is one of the main ways your character progresses. Get more information...
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From PAX: Trooper in Action

From PAX: Trooper in Action
Star Wars: The Old Republic was shown this year at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). Part of that demonstration included a video of the Trooper class in action. The demo shows off only a few of the class abilities but it’s nice to see how things might play out in the release. The graphics look good...
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Fight as a Sith Warrior

Fight as a Sith Warrior
Feed your anger and hate and become a Sith Warrior. As a powerful and intimidating leader, loyal to the Sith Lords, your aim will be to destroy the Jedi Order and enforce Sith domination across the galaxy. Use for the Dark Side of The Force to wreak havoc on your enemies and instill fear in the weak....
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Documentary of SWTOR Reveals Great Information

Documentary of SWTOR Reveals Great Information
BioWare and LucasArts have teamed up to create an informative little documentary about Star Wars: The Old Republic. Topics Covered: Depth of Content Rich History of the Game Setting Aspects of an MMO Stylized Realism Combat and Storyline Even at this early stage, the game play shots look awesome....
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