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BioWare Targeting Spring 2011 For Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch

Posted by Soulskill on from the may-the-force-eventually-be-with-you dept.

MTV's Multiplayer blog reports on comments from BioWare employee Sean Dahlberg, which indicate that they are aiming to release the game in spring 2011. He said, "While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We've got a lot of exciting updates and reveals planned throughout 2010, including the first-ever hands-on testing for the game. ... We can't wait to share more about the game with you as we progress through the year, so make sure you stay tuned to the official website for details." Recent posts to the game's developer blog provide details on the Imperial Agent and the Jedi Knight. They also released a video which gives insight into their design process for the Dark Side.

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  1. No Star Wars game will ever compare to TIE FIGHTER by JoshDD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Cruising through space on my compaq 386 SX4 with 16 MB ram and 40 MB HDD. No spacecraft sim game ever topped it.
    And X-wing FIGHTER was a cheap rip off shame on you George Lucas.

  2. How fking hard is the dark side? by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Lightning, choking, beating shit up. The light side wants to either get past without a fight, talk about your feelings, or avoid hurting people as much as possible. The dark side wants to fuck your wife, take your lunchmoney, and key your car.

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  3. Why an MMO? by captjc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As great as KotOR and Mass Effect was, why can't they just do KotOR 3? Why does everything always have to be an MMO these days?

    BTW, that was a rhetorical question. I am well aware why game producers love MMO's.

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    1. Re:Why an MMO? by e2d2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I have a better question. Why does Mass Effect 2 look like a movie yet SW Online looks terrible? Both from the same company. I understand limiting graphics due to performance issues but this is just insane. The game play is a joke compared to Mass Effect, let alone the new one. Check out the cover systems in both for an example of this huge discrepancy.

  4. Re:No Star Wars game will ever compare to TIE FIGH by Rhaban · · Score: 2, Insightful

    hmm.... X-Wing is older than Tie Fighter.
    Do you mean X-Wing VS Tie Fighter when you write "X-wing FIGHTER"?

    Anyway, these games were pretty cool but the Wing Commander series is superior in all points, if not why would Luke Skywalker be in it?

  5. IMPERIAL Agent & Old REPUBLIC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What is up with BOTH _IMPERIAL_ Agent & Old _REPUBLIC_
    Either you're in the old republic or you are in the Sith Empire. One of the two.
    You shouldn't have imperial agents running around in a republic.