Well it's one of those "a friend saw it on this site" rumors , but based on how fast BioWare first deleted it then locked the threads related to it, and made an official thread stating that it's false, I think it's true now. I bet the guy just read it in someones "best guess"  thread, though it was real, but just happened to get it right by mistake. strange how these things work eh? Where's my tinfoil hat now?

Rumor Locked

after thought Locked

Sean's statement

Reminds me of the time they threatened to ban me for saying Scoundrel and Scout classes were confirmed classes for TOR as a joke. My advice is make as many off the wall threads as you can and see how fast they get locked to gauge what's true or not. :-P

just kidding, don't do that.

Yeah we speculate on release dates including when amazon.com posted a Jan 2010 launch and all kinds of other things without getting locked and yet this rates a lock and a dismissive statement.  Makes me think there is some validity to this.  Still doesn't mean we'll see it this year, but early next year still looks good.  

Originally posted by Darth_Osor

Yeah we speculate on release dates including when amazon.com posted a Jan 2010 launch and all kinds of other things without getting locked and yet this rates a lock and a dismissive statement.  Makes me think there is some validity to this.  Still doesn't mean we'll see it this year, but early next year still looks good.  

Yea I would have to agree, release will probably be some time next year, but heres to hoping lol. I mean if they have beta this June it only means that they where furather ahead in development than they lead us to be which for fans is a good thing.

Please don't get my hopes up :(

I hate having them shredded to bits.

Please god i hope not!

They have only been working on it for 5 mins as far as MMO's go, so hopefully it's way of. please dont speed a sub par game through. take your time and get it right for us fans!

Originally posted by shukes33

Please god i hope not!

They have only been working on it for 5 mins as far as MMO's go, so hopefully it's way of. please dont speed a sub par game through. take your time and get it right for us fans!

Work started in nov. 2005. So they have been at it for some time. Usuall development time for a MMO is 3-5 years. So in fact they should be on the home stretch. But this MMO is gonna be huge, filled with a massive amount of content and polished. After all its Bioware.

I still stand by my guess on a May 2010 launch. So Beta period for a massive game like this would be like 10-12 months.......

Originally posted by Hauken

Originally posted by shukes33

Please god i hope not!

They have only been working on it for 5 mins as far as MMO's go, so hopefully it's way of. please dont speed a sub par game through. take your time and get it right for us fans!

 

Work started in nov. 2005. So they have been at it for some time. Usuall development time for a MMO is 3-5 years. So in fact they should be on the home stretch. But this MMO is gonna be huge, filled with a massive amount of content and polished. After all its Bioware.

I still stand by my guess on a May 2010 launch. So Beta period for a massive game like this would be like 10-12 months.......

i agree with everything said except release....i still think its going to be late 4q 2009/early 1q 2010

Ye dont get me wrong, if a finished game came out early yhen great! i just hope they stick to thier usual high standards and release something to make us all say "wow" i would rather wait and get something great than them release something half finished.

You know what! ...i think i'm just suffering from DF vision haha! it is boiware after all and they dont usually let anyone down.

I think beta will be next year, from the game video and screens Ive seen its not polished enough and they is a lot of content to add, remember swg being released before finish, i don't think lucas will want to repeat that and there is a long way to go, i think bioware will have a sense of urgency thoe and get it out before the world of starcraft announcement ;)

Originally posted by Hauken

Originally posted by shukes33

Please god i hope not!

They have only been working on it for 5 mins as far as MMO's go, so hopefully it's way of. please dont speed a sub par game through. take your time and get it right for us fans!

 

Work started in nov. 2005. So they have been at it for some time. Usuall development time for a MMO is 3-5 years. So in fact they should be on the home stretch. But this MMO is gonna be huge, filled with a massive amount of content and polished. After all its Bioware.

I still stand by my guess on a May 2010 launch. So Beta period for a massive game like this would be like 10-12 months.......

I'm not quite as optimistic as you are about "it's Bioware, it'll be polished at release" but my hope is that MMO developers have learned their lesson with this last rash of releases (see AoC, WAR, et. al.) and will be patient during the beta phase.  The problem is that many people start freaking out when a game they want to play hits Beta.  It's like folks lose their minds or something.  If I'm making guesses at a launch date I'm saying November 2010, with beta starting some time in May or June. 

Keep in mind they are using the hero engine which makes developement of a mmo much faster especialy when they can implament or fix things in real time while the game is still active.

 But i hope there will be stuff like in "SWG" like real time battle and ships and etc.

Rumors are fun but I never give them much weight.   The game will come out when it's ready (at least that's what we should want)

Originally posted by shadow417

 But i hope there will be stuff like in "SWG" like real time battle and ships and etc.

if you wanna know what the game will be like go play kotor 1-2 gg it wont be swg

The game's still not even in Alpha testing yet.  I personally still don't think the game will be out til 2011, they're saying this is going to be the biggest game they ever created and that they are going to add lots of story content, that is going to take some serious time.  It's taking them over 2 years to get a sequel out for Mass Effect and that's only a single player RPG, and BioWare is saying that the game will be much much much larger then all of their games combined.

I dunno but always rule of thumb, if Bioware doesn't announce it then it is just a rumor. Though it would be exciting if we all were able to get into beta soon :)

Yeah, the game has been in development for quite a while. There's going to be something coming pretty soon. I'm guessing a closed beta for 4 to 5 months, then an open beta for 2 to three weeks about a month after closed beta.

As for when the closed beta will start? That's anybody's guess. But I wouldn't be surprised if a very early closed beta was already going, or just about to go. Bioware is, after all, being incredibly secretive about this game.

Also, the mods on the SW:TOR forums sound like jerks. They seem to lock every thread in sight and ban every user according to the OP.

I predict that there will be a beta in June.

Of 2010.

And that will neither be the start nor the end of the beta. 

Originally posted by Wolfdor

The game's still not even in Alpha testing yet.  I personally still don't think the game will be out til 2011, they're saying this is going to be the biggest game they ever created and that they are going to add lots of story content, that is going to take some serious time.  It's taking them over 2 years to get a sequel out for Mass Effect and that's only a single player RPG, and BioWare is saying that the game will be much much much larger then all of their games combined.

The game was called playable since before it was announced. Back in 2007 when it was labled as a "top secret" mmo some bioware dudes said they were playing it.

"I can say one thing: It looks awesome! [Laughs.] We can say a second thing, too: It's really fun to play. We're already playing it. We were playing it just last week." http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/dragonage/news.html?page=1&sid=6180866

On the day the announced the game at the press event they said the game was playable as well, though they said they weren't going to let the press play it that day : P.

So I find it a bit hard to believe it isn't in alpha if it is playable and has been for 2 years. Also remember that SWTOR has been in the works since before Mass Effect was done. As far as size/content you also have to remember that the size of the team changes based on what needs to be done and what the expected revenues are. A big MMO can bring in a lot more revenue than a single player RPG. So the bigger revenue potential means they can afford to have a lot more people on the teams.

I think they started working on the game Dec 2005, so if that is correct it's been in development for almost 3.5 years.  I some other statement recently I wish I could find again saying they were currently in alpha.  Personally I think June of this year is too soon, but I'd be thrilled if that was the case.  My guess would be closed beta not until later this year like Oct-Nov.