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BioWare Targeting Spring 2011 For Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch
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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I had a chance to sit down and talk with one of the developers too at the Ginger Man pub in Austin. A grad student friend of mine was down for a supercomputing conference...I dare say it was the only place in Austin she could find gluten free beer.
Some guy sat down at the table with her and I. We found out a few things about him: he was working as a level designer for the Old Republic. He was extremely proud (dare I say arrogant?) about it but had never worked on any other games before. More importantly though, I thought he was hitting on me, so I asked him if he was straight. He said he was, and complimented me for knowing a lot about video games for a girl. We laughed, but for different reasons than he did.
This is the guy who's designing levels in the Old Republic: a straight guy who prefers men who haven't shaved in a week to tall skinny blondes into supercomputing research. And I thought slashdot was bad!
Good luck bioware!