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

Hyperspace Beacon: Datamining suggests big changes for SWTOR’s companions

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It might be a little hypocritical of me to read into the datamined information from Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming patch 5.6, but...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
We listen.

SWTOR has a round of ‘utility changes’ coming to classes in Update 5.6

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Those who thought that all of the big class changes that have been rocking Star Wars: The Old Republic over the past few months...

Star Wars: The Old Republic gives more character slots to everybody

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It's been a weird and woolly week for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with fans enjoying free expansions and mounts while gritting their teeth...
Sometimes we're all on the same side... sort of.

Star Wars: The Old Republic responds to fan concerns about the unexpected server move

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Earlier this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic moved all of its game servers to the same location on the east coast. This made...

Writer Drew Karpyshyn reminisces about SWTOR’s Revan

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Legendary BioWare writer Drew Karpyshyn is joining the celebration for this month's release of the classic Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox One. In...

Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s cash shop is finally on the right track

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Many of you will immediately turn to the free-to-play model of Star Wars: The Old Republic and reject my even thinking about the cash...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: 10 reasons MMO characters seem truly insane

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We all like making the occasional observation about the weirdness inherent in video games, but most of us also recognize that what we're really...
You let me down, man.

Star Wars: The Old Republic moves its servers to a location far, far away (from the west coast)

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Ahead of the game's large-scale server merge, the Star Wars: The Old Republic servers have had their physical locations merged into one. It turns...
This, uh. This was a thing.

SWTOR celebrates KOTOR’s Xbox One launch with cash-shop outfits and free expansions

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It's been a while since the classic RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic first launched, but Xbox One players are just getting to...

Hyperspace Beacon: 10 things you need to know about SWTOR’s Chiss

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Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch its sixth major update since Knights of the Eternal Throne at the end of November. It will...

The Stream Team: SWTOR’s return of the Star Fortresses

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Because Massively OP's Larry and MJ killed things too fast last time and bugged the final boss out, they had to redo the first...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 140: Dubious drops in LOTRO, FFXIV, and SWTOR

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends' Orochi Tower patch, Lord of the Rings' weird patch week, FFXIV's housing mess, SWTOR's balance patch, Warframe's open-world patch, and H1Z1's name-change patch, with a mailbag question about older gamers in MMORPGs.

Battle Bards Episode 107: Blade and Soul expansions

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After 50 episodes, the Battle Bards have made the brave decision to revisit the hallowed lands of Blade and Soul to look at two...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 5.5 adds cringeworthy changes in the name of balance

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Today, when I talk about the balance of a class, I hope you'll understand that I come from the perspective of a PvEer and...

Star Wars: The Old Republic GU 5.5 ‘United Forces Foundation’ is live

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Hey, Star Wars fans. I know you're kinda busy with that trailer for Episode VIII and all, but if you actually want to play...

From New York Comic Con, SWTOR and Timothy Zahn welcome you to Copero

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The developers for Star Wars: The Old Republic held their Cantina Tour event just outside New York Comic Con last night. To help promote the SWTOR content...

Star Wars: The Old Republic renames ‘Hot Prospect’ merged server

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Aside from all of the other name issues surrounding Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming server merges, there was the reality that one of...

The Stream Team: Taking a story break with SWTOR’s Star Fortresses

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It's not story time! Massively OP's Larry and MJ have been running through SWTOR's story for a long, long time. Today, however, they are...

Hyperspace Beacon: The pros and cons of SWTOR’s United Forces server merges

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First, if you're hoping this is going to be an article hating on server merges and declaring them the ruination of an MMO community,...

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