Posts Tagged ‘Bioware’
Laura Shot Third: SWTOR Under Fire
By now, we all are probably familiar with the rumors spreading mass amounts of doom and gloom about SWTOR across the MMORPG community. Practically every forum and review site has at least a handful of negative opinions regarding the game. The term “TOR-tanic” is often used, comparing SWTOR to both a legendary disaster and a [...]
1.3 A Stepping Stone to X-server Group Finder
With Patch 1.2 out and Patch 1.3 on the way, “soon” the much toted Group Finder will be upon us. Whether it will be a success or just a stepping stone for cross-server is yet to be determined. To be same-sever or not to be, that is the question. Bioware initially was not a fan [...]
SWTOR Official Podcast: Episode 1 – “Rocket Boots”
Today we see the launch of Bioware’s official SWTOR podcast. Hello everyone! My name is Eric Musco and I, along with Brooks Guthrie are happy to bring you episode one of the official Star Wars: The Old Republic podcast, “Rocket Boots”. In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Erickson and Damion Schubert to talk [...]
The GTN Will Soon be Cross Faction
Star Wars: the Old Republic has two trade networks, The Galactic Trade Network (GTN) and The Hutt Trade Network (HTN). The former is a faction specific trading network, while the latter is a cross faction one that connects buyers and sellers throughout the galaxy. While the GTN is easily accessible at the faction Fleet, the [...]
SWTOR from Pre-Launch to 1.2
After only 4 months SWTOR has seen a staggering array of changes, both good and bad. And while some events have sent fan boys raging, others have brought frustrated players back into the fold smiling. So it’s time to take a look at those changes and how they have affected the game. We’ll discuss everything, [...]
Pax East Q&A Part 2
At Pax East BioWare took the time to answer many player questions. Here are some of the more relevant and interesting answers that we heard. Dark Side Jedi & Light Side Sith A player brought up the idea of ability animations being chosen by the character’s Light or Dark Side. So a Light Side Sith [...]
Pax East Q&A Part 1
At Pax East BioWare took the time to answer many player questions. And here are some of the more relevant and interesting answers that we heard. Space Combat “We have big, big plans” for space combat, but they can’t speak about it yet. When asked about capitol ships “It’s definitely something you’re going to see in the [...]
SWTOR 2012 Guild Summit Panels Viewable Online
BioWare has added all of the panel videos from 2012′s SWTOR Guild Summit meeting on youtube. Here’s a preview of one: Be sure to check out the rest! Follow this link to find the entire Guild Summit channel. Read More…
Do We Still Need Mods After Patch 1.2?
We have been asking for a customizable user interface (UI) for a while now, and in 1.2 we will be getting it. The new UI allows everything on your screen to be resized, flipped and moved, but is it enough? The customizable UI allows for a fair deal of customization, but it is still limited. [...]
How Many Modes Does an Operation Need?
In a recent interview at the Guild Summit Georg Zoeller had this to say: Georg Zoeller: (Source) I don’t think three Operations is optimal; you probably want to go at least four or five but that’s not necessarily my call. That is Gabe’s call and everyone else who is involved, but we need to build a [...]
Weekly Q&A and Dev Post Explanations
Everyone’s talking about the Legacy 1.2 Patch. And who’s to blame you for that? It’s exciting stuff! But before everything else gets lost to the wayside, let’s start talking about a few things you really can’t miss out on from last week’s Dev Posts and the Weekly Q&A. Need to know about your last chance [...]
DPS, how much damage do you deliver?
At the Guild Summit BioWare announced that they will be releasing a combat log in the 1.2 Legacy Patch. This will show you everything that you do, or is done to you, with detailed information covering even exact threat numbers. This will be viewable in game and can be written to text file for parsers [...]
SWTOR Subs Stabilize at 1.7 Million
If you’re wondering how many people are actively still playing SWTOR, then recent numbers will interest you. While it’s a been a great month for BioWare with the launch of Mass Effect 3 and the continued success of SWTOR, the numbers show that SWTOR subscriptions have stabilized at 1.7 million. Massively reports: It’s also worth [...]
665 people worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic
Just how many people does it take to make a great MMORPG? BioWare has revealed the numbers on the team that helped make SWTOR a reality. Not counting the voice actors, 665 people worked on SWTOR. During a GDC panel, the company revealed the breakdown of the team members: 30 Production 75 Designers 80 Engineers [...]
SWTOR Friend Trial program detailed
Following up on Lisa’s live blogging from the guild summit, BioWare just announced Friends Trial. This system let you invite your friends to check out the game for free for a whole week! Check out the official press release below: BioWare and LucasArts are excited to announce the Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Friends Trial starts tomorrow, March [...]
MMOs and Cash Money Yo!!
Players see MMO’s as games made for their enjoyment. However the reality is that MMO’s are created because this is a multi-billion dollar industry. Make no mistake, the people that write the checks to create MMO’s are doing so because of the bottom line. And that’s a perspective that many gamers either choose to ignore [...]
BioWare Wants YOU! (To Test Game Content)
It sounds like BioWare is working on endgame content. Joveth Gonzalez , Associate Online Community Manager has some good news for SWTOR fans in the Austin area: The Star Wars: The Old Republic team is looking for skilled SWTOR players in the Austin area to test out brand new content in the BioWare Austin office. [...]
Calling All Guilds – Do You Want To Test Game Update 1.2?
If you’re the member of an experienced Star Wars: The Old Republic raiding guild, BioWare wants to hear from you! They’ve just posted notice that they’re nearly ready to begin testing Game Update 1.2 on the Pubic Test Server, and are looking for guilds to test the high level content: As you know, Game Update [...]
The Skeletal Community Q&A: Feb 24th 2012
Every week BioWare puts out a Q&A session to answer player questions. But occasionally BioWare will say something that might require you to read between the lines. That’s what I’m here for. This week’s Q&A can be found HERE for all of the questions and answers in their entirety. But if you want to learn about [...]
The Heroes of MMO’s
The Heroes of MMO’s are not NPC’s. They are the players. I’m talking about the the top 10 world ranked DPS on a boss fight, the players who live stream end game PvE and PvP content, have the best in slot gear standing in town, and the top ranked guilds in the entire world. [...]
BioWare’s Mass Effect 3 Coming March 6th
The big day is almost here for Mass Effect fans. The third and final game in the Mass Effect series has a lot to live up to and if the single and multiplayer demo (recently released) is any indication of how the rest of the game will play, fans of the series have nothing to [...]
Some Kudos for BioWare Customer Service
We have seen a lot of posts about Bioware being evil and SWToR support being horrible. We’ve even published quite a few of those complaints here on the site. But now we’ve found another good example of BioWare staff doing something good. Some players have received automated responses from the CSR team saying their account [...]
New BioWare video: A Look At Star Wars: The Old Republic
BioWare have just released a brand new video entitled ” A Look At The Old Republic” This video is properly meant to be used for marketing purposes more then for giving game updates for the players. It’s still a fun view, even though it doesn’t contain any new information for veteran players. Check it out below: Star Wars™: The Old [...]
Former SWTOR Devs Introduce “The Banner Saga”
Star Wars: The Old Republic is easily considered one of the biggest games of the year. It has yet to make its debut in Australia and already we’re hearing about it all over the world. Those of you who have been following for some time now know that it is a game that has been [...]
SWTOR Community Q&A February 17th
It’s that time of the week again- time for the SWTOR Community Q&A. I think this is going to grow into a fun and interesting weekly event. BioWare staff planned to answer 10 questions in this week’s Q&A but actually managed to get in the answers to 12. They have also opened up an official [...]
Drew Karpyshyn Says Goodbye to BioWare
Drew Karpyshyn promised big news on his weekly blog update today but we had no idea how big this news would be. He has now announced that he will be leaving BioWare after 12 years of working together. He notes that the decision was 100% his and that he is leaving BioWare on good terms. [...]
Bugging Out!!
SWTOR has bugs. Shocking, I know… Today it’s time to set my fan boy hat to the side and delve into the dark side. The fact of the matter is that SWTOR has been bungling up some pretty basic things about MMO’s. And while there are other peripheral issues that need to be addressed as [...]
AIAS Awards: SWTOR Wins Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has recently announced the winners of its 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards and not surprisingly, Skyrim took home big prizes. But SWTOR was also recognized as it took home “Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay” and we tend to agree with this assessment. According to Gamasutra: The AIAS is [...]
EA Claims SWTOR Did Better than WoW in First Month
In the quarterly earnings call for Electronic Arts, they announced they had 1.7 million active subscribers to SWTOR. These are some pretty huge numbers but just what do they mean? These figures count the number of players who have subscribed to the game past the first month free trial you get with purchase. This means [...]
Incoming Ads for SWTOR
I know a thing or two about marketing- it’s part of my job in many ways. I often write advertising copy, help with social media marketing and article marketing and run online advertising campaigns for clients. This experience in marketing allows me to understand one common problem with many MMORPGs today- they lack the proper [...]
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