I know a lot of people have been having problems with the beta sign ups.
I know I did for the first week or so after the announcement.
This post is really for those that forgot all about it and haven’t yet registered.
I tried the sign up before and it now works just fine. Usually these things aren’t first come first server so your chances won’t be hampered if you were to sign up this late.
Good luck getting in!
Link for those that didn’t bookmark it: http://www.swtor.com/tester
Thats right, you can now officially sign up to the beta test thats to be announced.
After the long wait, you can now finally sign up to the beta of one of the most hottly anticipated MMO releases.
Visit this link for all the news on the sign ups.
The old republic team have released a new blog on the Smuggler class which gives us an insight to the ethos behind the class that always shoots first; three times.
If – like me – you play through an RPG and want to always pick the funniest lines in any dialogue choice, look no further! Bioware have categorically stated that you will always have the funniest dialog choices to show off your bravado and Han Solo-esque flair! Not only funny dialog, but you will apparrently have the moves to go with it!
Check out the full story here.
A few days ago I picked up on a post from Sean, one of the Community Managers at Bioware who mentioned they were going to showcase a playable demo to the crowds of Penny Arcade Expo and GamesCom.
TOR at GamesCom and Penny Arcade Expo
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be will be bringing the power of the Force to two more conventions this year, GamesCom (Cologne, Germany; August 19-24 ) and Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) (Seattle, Washington; September 4 – 6). During the conventions, the team we will be showcasing the first public gameplay demo
This could just be what we have seen already from the past gameplay post in playable or demo viewing form at the conventions, which would be slightly disappointing, however the same footage with a developer commentary behind it would explain and expand on a view features we saw tucked away into the preview.
As always, we will be awaiting the conventions and reporting all the news we hear and see back to you.
The other day, IGN had the privilege to speak to the two of the producers of Star Wars: The Old Republic; senior producer Dallas Dickinson and Jake Neri from LucasArts. Over the 4 page Q&A they managed to crowbar some interesting details on the upcoming game, that I have summarised below:
How appropriate, you fight like a cow!
All very interesting stuff, I look forward to hearing what will come out of the Comic-Con over this weekend. More to come, I’m sure!
We have finally been blessed with one of the most revealing videos to come from Bioware so far.
The video snippet shows what seems to be an instanced quest with a party of 2. It starts by showing NPC interaction with a system thats VERY similar to Mass Effect dialogue where the player can select from a number of options to respond to the NPC with a dial.
Although the video is about this experience with a look into how they go about getting the voices into the game, the real juicy information is in the footage between it.
Real Gameplay moments are featured including the GUI and skill useage from what looks like the Sith class. If you look close enough you’ll notice his name is Darthevil with another player in his party.
The usual features can be seen in the UI including the Experience Bar, Mini Map, Skill bar with 5-6 skill icons listed, party frames and a chat window.
This is all followed by what looks like to be a channeled skill which the sith performs near the end of the film.
Seems that the UI captured from the World Design video was the real deal after all.
The guys over at PC Gamer have managed to receive a revealing presentation of The Old Republic.
The article is well written and goes into a lot of detail regarding bits of information we haven’t seen before.
Highlights include a Sith preview, mentioning the action point system requiring you to build up points as you deal damage to perform finishing moves and the following quote.
Where are the PvP arenas? Or the large, 25+ player raids? Or auction houses? Or, hey, space-combat? Vogel raises an eyebrow. “Oh, we have all that too. We’re just going to wait a little bit to show you that.
The full article can be seen at Games Radar here and is well worth a read
Over at Gametrailers.com, xxHIMxx, has put together a lot of information thats been seen from E3 and past events and created a feature gameplay movie. Admittely it’s not juicy gameplay footage, however it’s still one of the best Old republic videos I’ve seen so far (of actual ingame footage).
The video gives a great feel for the unique art style they seen to have given the game as well as the character models and animations. I wasn’t sure when I first saw the direction they were taking with the characters art style, but I think I’m starting to grow fond of it as I see more video footage.
Again, props to xxHIMxx for this contribution.
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Bioware have officially announced the coolest of all the republic classes; the Smuggler. (Of course!)
These guys will essentially be the rogues of the Old Republic, and it seems like the general theme of this class is that they are light on their feet and second to none with a pistol.
Although the press release doesn’t mention it, it has also been rumoured that they can do the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, which is a pretty mean feat for anyone.
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E3 is here, and so is EA.
Just in case you turned off the EA E3 presentation when Charm Girls Club – Pajama Party was announced (like many people accross the world), representatives from Bioware and LucasArts came out dressed like Jedis! This was – of course – to give us a teaser of Star Wars Old Republic!
Hold on to your potatoes!
In case this wasn’t enough, they announced a few other details about the game, such as the game will be the first ‘Fully Voiced’ MMO.
Another interesting point was that each class will have it’s own unique story that will lead you on your way through the game, this will mean that ‘your game play experience will be completely different’ with each class.
