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Star Wars: The Old Republic News
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Threat of Peace #20
This weeks Friday Update is Threat of Peace #20. This latest issue in the Threat of Peace webcomic series follows Lord Angral as he returns to Korriban to confront a traitorous Lord Baras. Meanwhile, Jedi Master Orgus Din tracks down the Bounty Hunter Braden to a Nar Shaddaa cantina and demands to know who was responsible for the attack on Coruscant.
Reported on Nov 20, 2009 -
Impressions of the Imperial Agent
MMORPG.com's Dana Massey recently traveled to the LucasArts compound for a demo of Bioware's upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic. While there, he got a look at the recently announced Imperial Agent.
Reported on Nov 20, 2009 -
HoloNet Update: The Imperial Agent
Last week we reported on the first details and images of Star Wars: The Old Republic's sixth class: the Imperial Agent. Today, the official SW:TOR website has updated the HoloNet section with the full Imperial Agent reveal.
Reported on Nov 13, 2009 -
Threat of Peace #19
Threat of Peace #19 is now available on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website, with this latest entry marking the beginning of Act 3. In Threat of Peace #19 the Bounty Hunter Braden returns from Coruscant and reports in to Nok Drayen to receive his new orders. On the Republic side, Lieutenant Tavus meets with Jedi Knight Fortris Gall on Dantooine.
Reported on Nov 09, 2009 -
Imperial Agent Class Revealed!
The Imperial Agent has been revealed as the sixth class for Star Wars: The Old Republic at a recent European press event. Today, the new class has been officially confirmed on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums, with its HoloNet entry to be published next week. In addition to today's confirmation, IncGamers has the very first set of screenshots of the Imperial Agent.
Reported on Nov 06, 2009 -
Developer Diary: Writing the Jedi Knight
Star Wars: The Old Republic Senior Writer Drew Karpyshyn discusses writing for the recently reveealed Jedi Knight class in this latest Developer Diary.
Reported on Nov 06, 2009 -
Sean Williams To Pen TOR Novel?
The folks over at New Jedi Order Encyclopedia have uncovered a listing (including ISBN) for a Star Wars: The Old Republic novel by author Sean Williams.
Reported on Nov 02, 2009 -
Friday Update: Jedi Knight Unveiled!
As we reported earlier this week, we kind of knew this one was coming. But while this news may not be surprising for many of us, the Jedi Knight has been officially revealed today as this week's Friday Update.
Reported on Oct 30, 2009 -
Jedi Knight to be Unveiled This Friday?
The folks at DarthHater have uncovered some pretty convincing evidence to support the claim that the Jedi Knight class will be next to be revealed, likely as this Friday's update. Star Wars: The Old Republic community sleuths have discovered a number of images depicting the Jedi Knight class, and today, the Jedi Knight HoloNet animation has also been revealed. I'm willing to bet this is no mind trick!
Reported on Oct 28, 2009 -
Holorecord: The Battle of Bothawui
Lance Henriksen reprises his role as Jedi Master Gnost-Dural in this latest holorecord entry to the Jedi Archive. The new entry, entitled, "The Battle of Bothawui," details a watershed event for the Republic in the war, as the Republic forces score a major victory against the Sith Empire on Bothawui. This victory served to rally Republic forces to fight with renewed hope and courage.
Reported on Oct 23, 2009 -
Threat of Peace #18
This latest issue of Threat of Peace marks the series' 18th entry. Threat of Peace #18 follows Jedi Master Orgus Din as he departs Balmorra to pursue the Bounty Hunter Braden, a suspect in the Senate Tower bombing. On Korriban, Lord Baras survives an assassination attempt, and Jedi Knight Fortris Gall teams up with Lieutenant Tavus on Dantooine.
Reported on Oct 23, 2009 -
Blaine Christine Interview
Steven Crews of the MMOGamer got a chance to sit down with BioWare's Blaine Christine, Producer on Star Wars: The Old Republic for an interview that sheds some light on some of the game's more controversial aspects.
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
Balmorra Announced as New Planet!
A new planet joins the roster of planets announced for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Today, the planet Balmorra was unveiled, along with four new screenshots and pieces of concept art.
Reported on Oct 16, 2009 -
Dev Dispatch: The Making of Coruscant
A new video has surfaced on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website for information starved TOR fans everywhere to check out. The new video is a developer dispatch giving us a behind the scenes look at what went into creating the planet wide super metropolis Coruscant.
Reported on Oct 09, 2009 -
Threat of Peace #17
As part of this Friday's update, Issue #17 of the Threat of Peace webcomic is now available on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website.
Reported on Oct 09, 2009 -
The Story of the Sith Warrior
This week's Friday Update is a Developer Blog entitled "The Story of the Sith Warrior". As you might imagine, we learn about what went into the process of writing the story for the Sith Warrior class.
Reported on Oct 02, 2009 -
Evidence of Microtransactions in ToS?
Some of the gumshoes in the Star Wars: The Old Republic community have dug up some interesting language in the Terms of Service agreement included with the application of the recently announced Game Testing program. The language present in the agreement may allude to the existence of an in-game shop aka microtransactions in The Old Republic.
Reported on Oct 01, 2009 -
Game Testing vs. Beta Testing
Did we (meaning our site and all the many other outlets) make a mistake in our reporting that "Beta" sign ups were being taken yesterday for Star Wars: The Old Republic? I'm not so sure, but it appears BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Manager, Sean "AshenTemper" Dahlberg is making a distinction between Game Testing and Beta Testing in a post on the game's official forums.
Reported on Sep 30, 2009 -
Sign Up for Beta!
Sign ups for the beta test of Star Wars: The Old Republic are now being taken on the official The Old Republic website!
Reported on Sep 29, 2009 -
Full PAX Day 2 Demo Footage
The awesome guys over at the DarthHater blog have hooked us up with footage of the entire Day 2 demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic shown at this year's Penny Arcade Expo. The footage has been broken up into five parts which you can find links to below:
Reported on Sep 09, 2009
