Star Wars: The Old Republic Articles

Today, MMORPG.com is pleased to present these new Trooper class screenshots from Bioware's upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: the Old Republic.

EA's Chief Banker Eric Brown has described Star Wars: The Old Republic as Electronic Arts' "largest ever development project, period, in the history of the company".

This week's Friday Update adds yet another planet to the roster of planets that will be featured in Star Wars: The Old Republic, bringing the new total to a whopping 11 planets. The newest addition is the glacial world of Belsavis, a prison-world housing some of the galaxy's most dangerous Sith Lords, Mandalorians and vicious aliens. A Republic world, the Empire has recently discovered Belsavis' existence and seeks to liberate its allies from Republic imprisonment.

This week's Friday Update is a new developer blog by Star Wars: The Old Republic writer Joanna Berry, describing what went into crafting the story of the Jedi Consular.

This week's Friday Update is the latest in the series of Developer Dispatch videos, this time focusing on the inclusion of Taris as a playable planet in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

This week's Friday Update is another Fan Friday. I know, I know, I can hear your groans already. This Fan Friday is a bit more interesting though, at least for those of you who are looking to kick off some awesome Star Wars: The Old Republic fansites, as the official fansite kit for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now available!

MMORPG.com's resident Star Wars aficionado Michael Bitton writes this article expressing some of the concerns that he, as a major Star Wars geek, has about the upcoming Bioware MMO.

This week's Friday Feature for Star Wars: The Old Republic reveals a new but well familiar planet: Taris! Taris has joined the roster of planets to be featured in BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMOG, upping the total to 10 planets so far.

MMORPG.com's resident Star Wars aficionado Michael Bitton writes this article expressing some of the concerns that he, as a major Star Wars geek, has about the upcoming Bioware MMO.

Star Wars: The Old Republic explains the Sith Inquisitor class.

This week's Friday Update is Threat of Peace #25, and...well, that's about it! A bit of a light week, unfortunately, but hey we did get Mass Effect 2 this week, so quit kvetching!

Lance Henriksen, famed for his role as Bishop in the Alien film franchise, reprises his role once more as Master Gnost-Dural, this time detailing the events leading up to the Sith Empire's surprise attack at the beginning of the Great War, 28 years prior to the sacking of Coruscant.

This week's update is a Fan Friday. I know, I know, I can hear the groans already! The update does show off the community's neat creations, such as several bits of fan art and fan fiction, but wait, there's more! This latest Fan Friday also introduces a new feature called the Developer's Corner, which was created to give the community a sneak-peek at some of the assets the development team is working on. Also part of this week's update is Threat of Peace #24.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Manager Sean "Ashen Temper" Dahlberg has now confirmed the 2011 release date we reported on yesterday in an announcement made to the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums. With the genie essentially out of the bottle due to yet another slip by EA's CEO John Riccitiello this comes as no surprise to us.

Shacknews reports that EA CEO John Riccitiello said the company expects to launch a "major MMO" in 2011 on today's conference call.