Despite still, somehow, being a big Star Wars fan, and also one who appreciates the work that goes into the lore behind a BioWare game, you'd think I'd have been first in line playing Old Republic. But nope.
When Old Republic launched, World of Warcraft was its main competition. Now that Guild Wars 2 has come in and kicked a whole lotta doors down, the two "big" RPGs face the same up-and-coming threat.
When compared to a $6000, life-sized statue of the man, a $375 statue of Old Republic's Darth Malgus suddenly doesn't seem as expensive, does it?
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An upcoming expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic will add a host of new features to the MMO, like a new "Nightmare" difficulty level, new companion characters, new PvP warzones, new playable species, more high-level content and a new planet.
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Paul Adam is a concept artist at BioWare. No, not the Mass Effect BioWare. Or the Dragon Age BioWare. The Star Wars one. So yeah, you're about to see some lightsabers.
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From the disappointment over The Elder Scrolls Online to the steep decline in subscriber numbers for Star Wars: Old Republic, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: the time of the traditional MMO is drawing to an end.
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First announced last year, Sideshow Collectibles has finally unveiled product images and details about its upcoming Darth Malgus statue from Star Wars: Old Republic.
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"I'm 12 and what is this". If you don't know what that means, here. Everybody back on the same page? OK, so we can all have a laugh at this poor guy's expense when he was banned from Star Wars: Old Republic for using the line.
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Reader Ian hit a bug playing Star Wars: Old Republic over the weekend. Normally, we wouldn't give a rat's arse. Bugs happen. But this one was too great to ignore.
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Seeing as Star Wars: Old Republic takes place within the confines of a massive galactic conflict, every Player vs Player encounter can be viewed as a small battle in one enormous war.
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Want to see the best exploit of 2012 (so far?) Look no further than new MMO Star Wars: Old Republic, which literally lets you dance your way out of trouble.
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To celebrate the launch of video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, publishers EA flew teams of Jedi and Sith into New York City's Times Square to face off.
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BioWare and Lucasart's Star Wars: Old Republic MMO is going to be the world's first large-scale massively multiplayer game to be all talk. As in, no text messages whatsoever.
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