star wars the old republic

Official Site: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Studio: BioWare/Electronic Arts
Launch Date: December 20, 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

Expectations.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is holding a Thursday livestream with author Timothy Zahn

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Timothy Zahn is kind of a big deal for Star Wars fiction. Yes, he helped develop the most recent bit of Star Wars: The...

Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR’s Chiss flashpoint

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Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched update 5.6, which gave us many new quality-of-life changes to the game as well as our first...

The Stream Team: The final KOTFE chapter in SWTOR

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It has been quite the journey through SWTOR's Knights of the Fallen Empire for Massively OP's MJ and Larry, and they couldn't have done...
Very dynamic.

SWTOR’s double event won’t make today’s 5.6 patch (but the trailer is now live!)

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The bad news is that the Star Wars: The Old Republic double event has been pushed back slightly. It was supposed to start today,...
Yeah, there's no version of this that ends well.

Saga of Lucimia dev argues that minimaps destroy MMORPG immersion

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Saga of Lucimia has made a name for itself during its long development as a hardcore old-school indie MMO with a focus on grouping...

One Shots: The rat race

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At times, I feel like I must be the responsible adult in the MMORPG genre and sit down some of these artists and tell...

All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2017

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Step aside, turkey and fambly rage: It's time to buy stuff. Because we don't already unload our wallets the rest of the year on...

The Stream Team: SWTOR KOTFE Chapter XV, take 2

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Down with the Eternal Empire, and up with... internet connection! Massively OP's Larry couldn't slay the connection beast last week, so he and MJ...

Hyperspace Beacon: What potential lockbox gambling laws could mean for SWTOR

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Late yesterday I read these words Google-translated from Belgian news site VTM: "The Minister of Justice wants to prohibit purchases in video games if...
Have a free sword! Wait.

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new character boost advances through levels — not story

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Not all character level boosts were created equal. Star Wars: The Old Republic is experimenting with a new type of boost that will offer...

Saga of Lucimia says it’s turned down two publishers to avoid going free-to-play

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It's a good time to pile on predatory cash-shop models, especially if you've got a better one, and in-development hardcore MMORPG sandbox Saga of Lucimia...

Global Chat: Why you need to be playing Warframe

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You know what's one MMO that seems to be capturing the interest of a lot of gamers these days? Warframe. It seems to be...

The Daily Grind: What’s keeping you from going back to a favorite MMO?

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It's weird to think that I've been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic on and off since its release. Seems like such a long...
Expectations.

Star Wars: The Old Republic delays the release of the Yavin warzone from patch 5.6

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Players of Star Wars: The Old Republic will be able to start taking part in the latest bit of the traitor storyline with the...

Hyperspace Beacon: Assessing SWTOR one week after the big server merges

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Many people believe that server merges are innately bad because in games like ArcheAge (or even all the way back to Star Wars Galaxies),...

The Stream Team: New chapter on a new server in SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire

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With the Star Fortress destroyed, Massively OP's Larry and MJ can return to the main storyline in SWTOR's KOTFE expansion. They are even...
We never like these things.

Former SWTOR dev talks about designing ethical lockboxes

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An extensive Twitter thread from former Star Wars: The Old Republic lead systems designer Damion Schubert grappled with the timely and touchy topic of lockboxes and microtransactions...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG

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Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: A list of all the MMORPGs I supposedly hate

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Did you know about all the MMOs I hate? I sure as heck didn't! I mean, I knew there were a few games I...

Star Wars: The Old Republic proceeds with its United Forces server merge

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Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of many Star Wars: The Old Republic servers and will soon see...

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