Gamers are a unique bunch and have their own social circles, lingo, and apparel.  Yet every holiday, we often get overlooked as mom gives us yet another Mr. Rogers sweater and dad fills our stocking with tube socks.  Grandma then comes along with another horrible...

According to a new report released from game market analysts at NewZoo, surveys of massive multiplayer online gamers in America show that 14 million of them prefer the science fiction genre of games. This is good news for games like the soon-to-release Star Wars: The Old Republic. ...

BioWare has announced that players wishing to pre-load Star Wars: The Old Republic may begin doing so now.  All players, including those who participated in the public betas, will have to update their clients in order to play the game upon launch.  This update, however, is only a patch...

[Update 2011-12-21: Killer Guides now also provides an in-depth guide to Star Wars: The Old Republic that provides some nifty tricks and other details about the game.] The Legacy System for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been superficially revealed by the developers.  They provide...

Bioware has released the Non-Disclosure Agreement on beta testers, allowing them to talk about the game’s specifics publicly.  This has meant a weekend full of flurried blog and forum posting regarding how Star Wars: The Old Republic plays and means that many unofficial guides from...

Star Wars: The Old Republic has announced an official launch date.  Bioware says that the game will be on store shelves in North America on December 20th and in Europe on the 22nd.  You can guarantee that more than one gamer will be reserving copies and not waiting until Christmas to...

Stephen Reid posted on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forums to announce that the Beta test weekends that began last weekend are now on hold.  It appears that they had so many participants and so much feedback that they’re planning some big upgrades based on...