Next week, as long predicted, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) will go free to play (F2P). Gamers around the Web are split on this decision, though most welcome the idea of F2P in general, they are not happy with the way BioWare plans to implement it in SWTOR.  So is the introduction...

Drew Karpyshyn, lead writer for BioWare (makers of Star Wars: The Old Republic and other MMOs), has resigned after working for the company for 12 years.  He says, in a blog post, that he’s retiring from the gaming industry to focus on writing novels and possibly screen...

Information released to investors and stockholders at the Electronic Arts conference call gives insight into the game’s progress so far.  Here are some bulleted highlights: Over 2 million SWTOR units were sold in just over a month SWTOR has 1.7 million active subscribers....

Star Wars: the Old Republic has been open to the public since just before Christmas and is one of the most talked about and played games in current MMOs.  As with all new games, of course, it’s going to have growing pains.  Usually this means relatively rapid updates in the...

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be seeing a patch update, says BioWare.  The update is coming this week and has several changes.  Most are bug fixes and content tweaks, but some are notable. Biochem All Energized, Exotech, and Rakata adrenals and stims now require 400 Biochem for...

Star Wars: The Old Republic saw a drastic retail sales dive in the United Kingdom following the Christmas holiday, according to statistics from Chart-Track.co.uk. SWTOR entered sales charts at #10 in the UK when released, then began descending until its final after-holiday plummet to #38...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has only been online for a couple of weeks, but the game saw a major stepping stone this past weekend.  An unspecified number of SWTOR accounts were disciplined, including some being forever suspended from the game, for a loot exploit in the game. The...

Having released about a week ago, Star Wars: The Old Republic is flying pretty high right now.  Reports are that player numbers are through the roof, it’s all the buzz on blogs and forums, and SWTOR seems like it’s only going to keep growing. But how will that luster shine in...

Electronic Arts and BioWare have released statistics from Star Wars: The Old Republic to show its mind-boggling success in its first week of public play.  SWTOR released on December 20 and since then has: Seen over 60 million in-game hours played, which is equivalent to watching all 6...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen its first patch since release on December 20th.  The patch released December 27 and includes several bug fixes.  It’s designated as Update 1.0.1. BioWare released information about the patch when it released, detailing some of the bug fixes...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has a new mobile app for your smart phone.  Electronic Arts and Bioware have announced the Droid and iOS apps are now available from the Droid Marketplace and the Apple App Store as free downloads that can be installed and tied to the player’s current...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has officially launched today and players are about to experience something that’s been relatively unusual in sci-fi MMO RPGs: space combat.  The SWTOR system for combat in the wild black yonder is focused on pure Star Wars action – as it should...