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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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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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SWTOR Blog Post Roundup

SWTOR Blog Post Roundup
GamesRadar describes gameplay in SWTOR: Story’s all well and good, but how does it play? The answer is very well, right from the off. Your attacks are mapped to the number keys so, if you’re playing as a Sith character (as we did), 1 is your standard lightsaber strike, 2 is a harder melee...
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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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SWTOR May Use Micro Transactions

SWTOR May Use Micro Transactions
Multiple payment methods may be used for Star Wars: The Old Republic including micro transaction payments. This was revealed by LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. Q: There is a lot of talk about the business model for MMOs – subscription, free-to-play…...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Release Date

Star Wars: The Old Republic Release Date
Star Wars: The Old Republic, as most of you know by now, is the upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) game developed by BioWare. In the game, you will be able to choose which side you want to fight for – the Galactic Republic or the Sith Empire. The Old Republic is set to release sometime...
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