Posts Tagged ‘news’
Guildcenter – Interview with Mark Jacobs on Camelot Unchained
This week we sit down with Mark Jacobs and discuss his Kickstarter project: Camelot Unchained. Our conversation ranges from what to expect in the game to going over his founding principles and getting to the bottom of what he wants his game to become. Camelot Unchained looks to bring old school RVR/PVP ideals to a [...]
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[Gw2] Guildcenter – WuvWuv Roundtable Post Patch – Jonalynne, Slade, Ridculy
Catch up this week as we have a roundtable discussion with Ridculy of Knights of the Temple, Slade of Lords of the Dead and Jonalynne of Herfolge Boldklub (say that 10x fast). Is WvW ranks creating too many zergs? Is there less incentive to play the game now as it was intended? We talk about [...]
Guildcenter – PRX Leaves GW2 Officially
This week we talk with Fable from PRX on why PRX is leaving GW2. We get into the nitty gritty about what Arenanet is lacking in the WvW realm of thinks. We also hint a bit about Archeage and Wildstar! Contact Clementine if you are a guildleader who wants to discuss Guild Wars 2. Also, [...]
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Guildcenter – Post Drama Recap with Aneu [VOTF] & EVOE [LOTD]
This week we have some fun discussing some post drama shenanigans with Aneu, GM of VotF and AGM Evoe of LOTD. Along with our discussion about the ascendance of Blackgate and the downfall of Sea of Sorrows we discuss the future of the game and touch a little on ArcheAge. If you have any videos [...]
Relics of the Gree – Ends Tonight!
Round one of the Gree event is almost over. Tonight when maintenance occurs the event will be over until the Devs bring it back. We have been told this is a reoccurring event, so fear not young Jedi. Read More…
BioWare Reveals Galactic Reputation Feature
Yesterday, BioWare provided some much-needed information as to what we’ll be seeing in Game Update 1.7 with the galactic reputation feature the team revealed a couple of weeks ago. There will be four reputation organizations to start with in Game Update 1.7: The Voss, The Gree Enclave, Republic Hyperspace Armada/Imperial First Mobile Fleet (Heroic Space [...]
Game Update 1.7 Preview: Return of the Gree
A new preview has been posted on the official homepage that gives a look at the upcoming game Update 1.7: Return of the Gree. NEW RECURRING EVENT: RELICS OF THE GREE Explore Ilum’s contested area in the Western Ice Shelf to uncover the mysterious purpose of the Gray Secant, an enormous ancient Gree starship. Get [...]
Return of the Gree: Coming in Game Update 1.7
BioWare released an information page with details about what we’ll be seeing in Game Update 1.7, which is being called Return of the Gree. Yep, the Gree are back, and with them, the ice-covered planet of Ilum is making a return in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Ilum will be returning as a contested area [...]
Jeff Hickman Addresses Same-Gender Content
Yesterday, Jeff Hickman tackled a few hard-hitting subjects in SWTOR’s second official State of the Game blog. He addressed the lack of different types of endgame activities and mentioned that BioWare will focus on endgame more in 2013, introducing new Flashpoints, Operations, difficulty modes, PvP areas, and improved endgame itemization. We’ll also, of course, be [...]
Rise of the Hutt Cartel Expansion: Spring 2013
Big news was announced yesterday from BioWare! In Spring 2013, Star Wars: The Old Republic will see its first digital expansion, which is being called Rise of the Hutt Cartel. This expansion will include the new planet Makeb and 5 additional levels of fully-voiced story to play through. Rise of the Hutt Cartel is now [...]
Jeff Hickman On the Importance of Player Feedback
Recently, Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, talked a bit about how important player feedback has been to the BioWare team during the transition to free to play. He cited some examples of just how the team has changed things due to feedback, and talks about future changes that will make [...]
SWTOR’s 2nd LiveStream Event Announced
Yesterday BioWare announced the second official SWTOR LiveStream event, which will take place on November 29th at 3:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST. This live stream will cover the upcoming The Ancient Hypergate Game Update as well as the recent free-to-play addition. The team is asking for questions prior to the event. Questions can be [...]
BioWare Launches F2P Trailer
Yesterday BioWare showcased a brand new F2P trailer that gives prospective players quite an impressive view of some of the game’s cutscenes, class story events, space missions, and a hint of what looks like may even be some early scenes from the future Makeb addition. The trailer is being called “A Galaxy of Possibilities.” Keep [...]
PTS Patch Notes: Game Update 1.6: Ancient Hypergate
The patch notes published for the Public Test Server are not final and are subject to change. Currently, only English notes are available, but French and German versions will be published when they are available. Highlights Ancient Hypergate, a new Warzone, is available for play! Travel to an ancient ruin built around a Gree Hypergate [...]
FREE TO PLAY Launches Today
STAR WARS™: THE OLD REPUBLIC™ LAUNCHES FREE-TO-PLAY OPTION TODAY Award-Winning MMO from BioWare and LucasArts also adds New Content AUSTIN, Texas – Nov 15, 2012 – BioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), and LucasArts announced today that the new, Free-to-Play option for the critically-acclaimed, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic [...]
A Trip Down SW:TOR Memory Lane – Hang A Left At Free-To-Play Parkway
Ah, the memories. Chances are you’re reading this post now because you were a fan or follower of Ask A Jedi back in the day. I started this site back in 2010 because, quite simply, I couldn’t get enough of Star Wars: The Old Republic! There were already plenty of great sites like Darth Hater, Mos Eisley Radio, TOROcast, Corellian Run [...]
SWTOR Free-to-Play Launching November 15th
BioWare announced a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic’s switch to its free-to-play model yesterday– November 15th is when we’ll be able to experience all the goodies players have been testing out on the PTS. The team is also extending the Rewards Program for past subscribers: Additionally, we are extending the Rewards Program! [...]
State of the Game – November 2012
Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, issued an official State of the Game post to the SWTOR community yesterday. In it, he addressed many issues that are on players’ minds, including the reasoning for the move to free to play, the fact that content updates were often behind schedule, the amount [...]
Graphical Changes in Game Update 1.5
In Game Update 1.5, we’re going to be seeing some improvements to Star Wars: The Old Republic. One of which is the introduction of new graphical shaders that specifically bring out the translucency in foliage seen on the various planets and environmental details. A couple of days ago, Ben Cloward, Senior Technical Artist of SWTOR, [...]
New Preferred Player Status and F2P Changes
Yesterday we received a couple dev tracker posts stating important changes to some of the free-to-play player limitations coming in this fall’s subscription model shift. The first of these is the addition of a third type of subscription group that players can belong to and receive different bonuses in– the preferred status player group. Preferred [...]
Cartel Market Now Previewing on PTS
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s big free-to-play model switch is just around the corner, and starting yesterday, players can now preview all the goodies the Cartel Market has to offer on the Public Test Server, as well as provide valuable feedback for the BioWare team. All PTS testers will be granted a temporary sum of [...]
Free-to-Play Preview #1 Video and Information
BioWare released a brand new video preview summarizing some of the recent free-to-play information that was revealed earlier this week. In it, some of the major differences between subscription players and free-to-play players are discussed, along with some nifty previews of the Party Jawa and some of the other goodies coming in the near future. [...]
New F2P Information: Cartel Coins Ledger and Model Restrictions
Yesterday, BioWare issued two sources of updated information about the big free-to-play model switch coming this November. First of all, we got a nifty Cartel Coins ledger that can be used to figure out how many complimentary Coins current subscribers will be getting. Secondly, and probably a lot more interesting, we finally received some concrete [...]
Game Update 1.5 PTS Patch Notes
The patch notes published for the Public Test Server are not final and are subject to change. The Public Test Server Patch Notes will be provided in English. The final release notes will be provided in English, French, and German when the content is moved to live servers. Highlights Travel to Section X on Belsavis [...]
Game Update 1.5 Released on PTS
After yesterday’s announcement of SWTOR taking home four Game Developers Choice awards, BioWare showed off another surprise and released Game Update 1.5 on the Public Test Server for our previewing pleasure. Here’s a bit about what’s included in Game Update 1.5: Game Update 1.5 is now live on our Public Test Server! For those of [...]
Joveth Gonzalez Issues Status Report on 1.4 Issues
As with any major Game Update, 1.4 has seen its fair share of bugs and issues. Yesterday, Joveth Gonzalez, Community Manager, started a thread to keep track of the top issues and concerns that BioWare is looking to quickly address and fix. Here is the post: Originally posted by JovethGonzalez (Source) We wanted to take [...]
Game Update 1.4 Hitting Live Servers Tomorrow!
During tonight’s regularly scheduled server maintenance, BioWare will be deploying Game Update 1.4 on live servers. Remember when the team announced we’d definitely be seeing 1.4 before the end of September? So far, so good– the team’s on track. Here is the official announcement, which can be found in full here: Hello everyone, we wanted [...]
Game Update 1.4′s Quality of Life Improvements
Last week, BioWare published a Community News article detailing some of the quality-of-life changes coming to SWTOR in Game Update 1.4. Quality-of-life details are important in any MMORPG, and SWTOR is no exception– they’re the little things that make us want to make a digital home within a game world, socialize, and just have a [...]
Monthly SWTOR LiveStream Q&A Announced
Livestreams are becoming very popular among PC gamers, and for good reason– what better way to view live, in-game action along with commentary, and know that thousands of other gamers are doing exactly the same thing? Many MMO developers have started hosting their own LiveStream sessions, and next week, BioWare is hopping on the LiveStream [...]
Server Consolidation Happening Today, Including Additional Character Slots
Earlier this week, BioWare allowed players to test out the new high population server tech they planned to implement on our current servers. Today, that server tech is being added, and as a result, we’re seeing the final phase of our rather lengthy SWTOR server transfer and merge process. This final phase includes the consolidation [...]
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