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Posted in: Upcoming Expanded Universe Books in The Old Republic
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12-01-2009, 11:50 AM
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Sean Dahlberg had brought us some news concerning upcoming Expanded Universe publications set in The Old Republic’s timeline: Quote from SeanDahlberg (Source) LucasArts and BioWare are forging a new Star Wars? era of epic adventure with their f...  [Read More]
Posted in: PC Games Interview with James Ohlen
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11-23-2009, 8:30 PM
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Member GGDonner of the official forums has translated an interview with James Ohlen, the lead designer on The Old Republic, from the 8-page TOR article in the December issue of German magazine PC Games. Here is an excerpt:PCGames: Whats the main diff...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jedi Neri Discusses New Classes
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11-23-2009, 3:20 PM
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Speaking to SW:TOR blog DarthHater, Jake Neri has given some of his insight into what the inspirations were for the final two classes for The Old Republic: the Jedi Consular and Sith Inquisitor. We talked a lot today about being able to customize you...  [Read More]
Posted in: Friday Update - Threat of Peace #20
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11-20-2009, 2:40 PM
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This week our Friday update is a new issue of Threat of Peace. In this issue, Lord Angral is traveling back to Korriban to confront a traitor while Master Orgus Din catches Braden off guard. You can read the latest issue here. Read the full story a...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Imperial Agent Dissected
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11-14-2009, 2:30 PM
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SW:TOR blog DarthHater recently got to interview Jake Neri, a producer on the game at LucasArts, on the newly announced Imperial Agent class. An interesting bit mentioned in the interview is how the class’s stealth mechanics would work. It soun...  [Read More]
Posted in: Friday Updates - Developer Blog, Threat of Peace, and Class Reveal
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11-06-2009, 2:30 PM
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This week Senior Writer Drew Karpyshyn, who you may be familiar with as the lead writer of the original Knights of the Old Republic, blogs about what went in to writing the Jedi Knight class. Check out the entire blog to read what he has to say. We a...  [Read More]
Posted in: TOR Novel Coming From Sean Williams
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11-03-2009, 11:30 AM
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A listing in the PubEasy database has revealed that author Sean Williams is to write a novel based on the game, simply titled “Star Wars: The Old Republic”, and due for a tentative release on July 27, 2010. The book’s ISBN no. is 98...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Timeline Holorecord: The Battle of Bothawui
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10-24-2009, 2:00 PM
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Another timeline video has been added on the official site. This time, Master Gnost-Dural recalls the battle of Bothawui, where the Jedi forces scored a major victory against the Sith. View the video below. Read the full story at starwarsmmo.net......  [Read More]
Posted in: New Developer Dispatch - The Making of Coruscant
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10-09-2009, 3:10 PM
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A new video has been released on the official site and it details the making of Coruscant in game. We hear developers Clint Young, Erick Young, Robert Chestney, and Robert Lamb talk about what it took to build Coruscant from the ground up. Check out...  [Read More]
Posted in: More gameplay footage from PAX
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09-06-2009, 10:00 PM
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Kotaku have uploaded their own shaky-cam footage from PAX, this time of the Trooper and Sith Warrior in action. Click the image below to visit the article and view the footage. Read the full story at starwarsmmo.net... (http://www.starwarsmmo.net/n...  [Read More]
Posted in: More gameplay from PAX
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09-06-2009, 9:50 PM
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More gameplay footage from PAX. This time it’s the smuggler, the bounty hunter and finally the trooper, which we haven’t really seen in action until now. Thanks again to the guys from DarthHater for filming and uploading these ones. Rea...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sony To Develop A Free-To-Play Clone Wars MMO?
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09-05-2009, 10:50 AM
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The rumor? Sony Online Entertainment has once again partnered up with LucasArts to develop a browser-based Star Wars MMO set in the Clone Wars period. Sony would use the browser-based engine used to power free-to-play MMO Free Realms to develop the g...  [Read More]
Posted in: Say Hello To The Sith Warrior
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08-28-2009, 2:00 PM
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We knew it was coming after its unofficial reveal at GamesCom this past week, but now it is official as BioWare has announced the Sith Warrior to be the next playable class in Star Wars: The Old Republic. You can read all about the Sith Warrior in ou...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hints Dropped About Level Cap
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08-27-2009, 2:30 PM
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Recently there has been talk about what the level cap will be in The Old Republic and how relative the characters we’ve seen in the developer walkthrough are to that cap. Well both Sean Dahlberg and Daniel Erickson have given us something to di...  [Read More]
Posted in: 20 minutes of gameplay footage at IGN
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08-22-2009, 12:20 AM
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As promised by Bioware, today we get to see 20 minutes of pure in-game action, featuring the Bounty Hunter, the Smuggler, and the recently announced Sith Warrior. The video also features most of the flashpoint event shown at E3. The 20 minutes of gam...  [Read More]
Posted in: GameSpot gets details on new class - Sith Warrior
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08-18-2009, 9:10 PM
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The boys at GameSpot scored themselves an interview with creative director James Ohlen and associate lead designer Emmanuel Lusinchi, and in doing so, effectively announced the next playable class in The Old Republic – The Sith Warrior. Plenty...  [Read More]
Posted in: 4 page interview at IGN
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07-25-2009, 9:50 AM
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IGN sat down earlier this week with Dallas Dickinson from Bioware and Jake Neri from LucasArts for an extensive Q&A about The Old Republic. Don’t be fooled by the size of the article though. Not a lot of new meaty info in this one unfortuna...  [Read More]
Posted in: 3rd Official Video Documentary - New gameplay!
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07-17-2009, 8:40 PM
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The 3rd official video documentary titled “Voice of the Old Republic” was released today on the official site, featuring a couple of minutes worth of gameplay from what I assume is the flashpoint event shown at E3. It also gives us a good look at...  [Read More]
Posted in: Developer Blog #10 - An insight into game dialogue
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07-10-2009, 9:00 PM
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The official site has been updated today with another Developer Blog, this time by Shauna Perry, Director of Audio and Localization who talks about the process of scripting and recording the dialogue. It includes an amusing recollection of the dialog...  [Read More]
Posted in: Collection of in-game footage
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07-05-2009, 2:00 PM
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Some friendly chap over at Gametrailers put together this collection of all the in-game footage released so far. So, while we’re all eagerly awaiting the E3 demo footage (which should be released in the next week or 2), sit back and enjoy the f...  [Read More]
Posted in: Friday Update - The Return of the Mandalorians
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07-03-2009, 3:50 PM
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The third video in the SW:TOR timeline series was released today, detailing the return of the Mandalorians and their call to arms against the Jedi. The Keeper of the Jedi Archives has entered a new holorecord. Continuing his investigation, Master Gno...  [Read More]
Posted in: Full E3 preview list
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06-19-2009, 8:40 PM
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Below is a complete list of E3 previews and interviews including our own 2, thanks to the official site.StarWarsMMO – Interview with Tom NicholsStarWarsMMO – Star Wars: The Old Republic E3 Demo Preview1Up – Star Wars: Th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tasty new interview on MMOGamer.com
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06-12-2009, 8:40 PM
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MMOGamer.com has posted a 4 page interview with the lead designer and lead writer on SW:TOR. The interview goes into a little detail about class-specific questing and the overall story arcs of the game. Well worth a read! Here’s some tasty tidb...  [Read More]
Posted in: Threat of Peace, Issue #8
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06-08-2009, 7:40 PM
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Threat of Peace Issue#8 is out for those who read it. Those who don’t… read it anyway, but start from the start. The eighth issue of Threat of Peace catches up with Jedi Knight Satele Shan and Master Dar’Nala as they travel to the O...  [Read More]
Posted in: Star Wars: The Old Republic Interview
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06-05-2009, 2:50 AM
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This year at E3 True_Avery and I got the chance to sit down with LucasArts Executive Producer Tom Nichols to ask your questions about The Old Republic and threw in a few of our own. And we hit solid gold: Jumping is confirmed! Hit the break to read t...  [Read More]
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