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Oh boy. The Family Research Council, acting in its role as wise counsel to all that goes into video games, hath finally noticedeth that BioWare intends to publish a game update to Star Wars: The Old Republic that accommodates same-sex relationships between player characters and NPCs. This didn't go over well with them, because he's a total canon fiend who says there can never be anything gay about Star Wars, ever. More »
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Now that BioWare has instituted fixes limiting the number of Republic and Imperial players taking part in each instance of player-versus-player planet Ilum an uneasy truce has been formed. Now both sides can take turns killing each other for credit! More »
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With yesterday's patch 1.1 player-versus-player debacle stemming a flood of threatened account cancellations, BioWare has released a video showing off what the coming months have in store for Star Wars: The Old Republic, in case you choose to stick around. More »
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If you're a Star Wars fan and a PC Gamer, there's a good chance that The Old Republic has consumed your life for the past month or so. More »
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Detailed last week and set to release next week, Star Wars: The Old Republic's first major update, Rise of the Rakghouls, looks pretty spectacular. It's a pity it won't look this good to players. More »
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When it comes to epic battles between fictional forces, I generally find myself siding with the good guys. If I were a Transformer, I'd be an Autobot. I'd join G.I. Joe before Cobra. I consider myself more of a Plant than a Zombie. More »
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If you rolled a character on Star Wars: The Old Republic's public test server, go check out the game under its first major patch. BioWare pushed it out today, and it includes new bosses and mini-raid. More »
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It's too bad there's no option to just settle down and retire in BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic. After hours of questing amidst the tranquil sands of Tatooine, I'm ready for a lengthy break. More »
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What happens when a crazy Smuggler is joined by, a Jedi Consular, a Trooper, and a Sith Warrior in week two of Kotaku's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log? Opinions change, ideas form, and they all learn a little something about friendship (and possibly crafting). More »
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A Jedi might not care about the sins of the flesh, but Google certainly does, replacing the still for a developer diary with a steamy porn thumbnail in the search results for Star Wars: The Old Republic. More »
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While the rest of Kotaku dedicated themselves to squeezing every ounce of gaming out of the world we live in last week, I spent the latter half on vacation, and by "on vacation" I mean playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. More »
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It may be massively multiplayer, but Star Wars: The Old Republic is still a BioWare game, and that means dialogue trees. Let me share with you the rules I've set in place to make sure my Smuggler character is every bit the scoundrel I want him to be. More »
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In anticipation for tomorrow's official launch of BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic online retailers began shipping copies of the game to customers early so they'd have their registration codes ready. Unfortunately that trick only works if the box has a registration code in it. Many did not. More »
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With only four days left before the launch of the early start program for Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioWare gives hopeful Sith Inquisitors some rather fetching outfits and tactics to look forward to. More »
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Looking for a little intergalactic conflict music? Every day leading up to the game's December 20 launch BioWare is passing out free tracks from Star Wars: The Old Republic, perfect for endlessly looping while you stare at your calendar. More »
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This weekend I finally spent several uninterrupted hours in the heavy boots of one of Star Wars: The Old Republic's more ruthless classes: The Bounty Hunter. Did the experience change my opinion that BioWare's upcoming MMO is more akin to a single-player game that just happens to have other people in it? Not exactly. More »
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We've seen what Master Fahey did with his character, and now Total Biscuit has posted a video taking an in-depth look at the various races and character classes in BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMO The Old Republic. He breaks down the classes and the race restrictions (for example, a Cyborg can only be a bounty hunter or a trooper). More »
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Yesterday I asked you folks to vote on what sort of character you'd like me to create for my brief weekend visit with the Star Wars: The Old Republic beta. Now let's see what your voting has wrought. More »
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Despite saying in August that copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic would be rationed at launch, no one should worry that they won't be able to find a copy of the game, a top Electronic Arts executive told investors. More »
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Bioware has revealed the goods that make up Star Wars: The Old Republic's collector's edition, which includes a Jedi Master's journal, the official soundtrack, some in-game items and more. More »
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No matter which profession you choose or how much of a dick you are, BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic loads players up with colorful companion characters, ready to fill any hole that might come up. Not like that — well, not like that officially. More »
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After accidentally getting thousands of gamers' (myself included) hopes up with an erroneous beta email, BioWare makes up for it (slightly) with a nifty 3D galaxy map, allowing potential players to see all the places beta testers are hanging out, having fun. More »
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In an effort to manage capacity on the day the MMO launches, Electronic Arts has capped the number of physical and digital copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The actual figure is unknown, but once it's reached, no more will be sold until EA can add server capacity to accommodate more players. More »
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Direct your attention to the video at the top of this post for the most outrageous sporting spectacle in Star Wars: The Old Republic: Huttball! More »
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BioWare's latest info update for The Old Republic reveals two "advanced Jedi" classes will be playable, the Guardian and the Sentinel. Guardians are more defense- and leadership-based. Sentinels bring two lightsabers and a whirlwind of damage. More »
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Oh great. I've been calling it Corrus-kant all these years. Next someone's gonna tell me I've been mispronouncing Eidos, too. Well, however it's said, this six-minute vid shows us how BioWare built the city-planet of the Star Wars Universe. More »
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The good thing about The Old Republic booth is that it sure looks all Old Republically. Just imagine publisher LucasArts made it look New Republicish? More »
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Here's a new trailer for Bioware's Old Republic, telling the tale of the Mandalorians. You know, those guys Boba Fett dresses up like. More »
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The Old Republic's Web site has put up a bio for the upcoming game's bounty hunter class, giving us all a look at a proto-Fett who activates his jetpack with a wrist-worn laptop or something. More »
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LucasArts, BioWare and Dark Horse comics are collaborating on a prequel-ish webcomic, debuting this month, to stir up more frenzy for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The comic is titled "The Threat of Peace." More »
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Regular-kind MMO combat ain't gonna cut it in Star Wars: The Old Republic, says BioWare. The developer is gunning for something a little more impressive. To hear BioWare honcho Greg Zeschuk describe it, we're all gonna be thinking "From the top now! Five, six, seven, eight!" every time you fire up the oversized lightsaber in PvP. More »
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People who call me an elitist are quite mistaken: I'm actually a misanthrope. It's not that don't associate with certain people, I don't associate with most people. Present company excluded of course. Or included. However you want to read it. John Walker at Rock, Paper, Shotgun feels somewhat the same way, and that's why he's fired up about The Old Republic. And he has a novel argument for why it'll save MMO gaming, for antisocial types like myself. More »
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Go big or go home. That's what I always say, and EA must have been thinking the same thing when they announced their new Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. But you need subscribers to have a successful MMO, and everyone right now is playing World of Warcraft. So how do they plan on becoming a serious contender? LucasArts executive Tom Nichols told VG247 he thinks storytelling may be the key to winning this online battle. More »
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