SWTOR Releases Mobile S...

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...
Dec 22, 2011

SWTOR: Space Combat How...

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...
Dec 20, 2011

War of the Immortals La...

Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the follow-on to Battle of the Immortals, War of the Immortals, has officially launched.  Players who have been in the open beta for the game will have a seamless transition into the live version. The storyline for WoI follows on with the...
Dec 19, 2011

Star Wars: The Old Repu...

[Looking for a guide on items? We're now offering a SWTOR Guide that has an extensive section on equipment.] The item mod system in Star Wars: The Old Republic is complex.  Even players who spent a lot of time in the game’s beta phase don’t really fully understand it.  When...
Dec 15, 2011

3 Great Gifts For the M...

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...
Dec 13, 2011

NewZoo Survey Says 14 M...

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. ...
Dec 9, 2011

Star Wars: The Old Repu...

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...
Dec 9, 2011

Star Wars: The Old Repu...

Electronic Arts has revealed some interesting numbers for this last round of beta testing.  The numbers show two things: the game is definitely going to be popular and Star Wars: The Old Republic may actually be a profitable venture for its owners. The beta test weekend event had over 2...
Dec 8, 2011

Will EA Make Money With...

Industry news is ablaze with quarreling perspectives on Star Wars: The Old Republic and how it will affect Electronic Arts’ bottom line.  EA has traditionally been going head-to-head with other big gamemakers in the console and PC arenas and has only recently tried to get a big...
Dec 2, 2011

Basics of SWTOR Legacy ...

[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...
Nov 22, 2011

SWTOR NDA Lifted

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...
Nov 21, 2011

SWTOR Sending Invites t...

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be hosting its third closed beta weekend soon and developers have announced that invitations are being sent to lucky players via email. Invites are being sent to North American applicants, but the beta weekend time table hasn’t been...
Nov 9, 2011