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...

[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...

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...

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...

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...

Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision-Blizzard stock from “buy” to “neutral” after the announcement that World of Warcraft has lost yet more subscriptions.  Blizzard’s third quarter results were lackluster and given the year-long trend of the...

[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...