February 2013 is sure going to be a busy month for gamers!
EA came out swinging at their press conference on Monday, and though the company showed a slew of upcoming games, it was clear that they were on message with the overarching theme of this year’s E3: we need to be connected at all times.
Also, Star Wars: The Old Republic has 1.7 million subscribers.
Electronic Arts made public its financial results for the third fiscal quarter of 2011 and it's reporting that both Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 sold 10 million copies each across their respective platforms. It also reports that Star Wars: The Old Republic has 1.7 million active subscribers and has sold more than two million units in just a little over a month.
New Flashpoints, bug fixes, and more. Plus, get a rare title for a limited time.
Star Wars: The Old Republic has had a pretty successful launch, but BioWare is not resting on their laurels. The team has been hard at work on new content, server upgrades, and bug fixes. The first major patch, 1.1, has just gone live, and there’s some interesting content to go along with it.
Gamers have logged over 60 million hours already.
With the year almost over and most of the games industry taking some much needed time off, Star Wars: The Old Republic seems to dominate the conversation. We here at PixlBit feel that a great deal of time is needed with the game before giving our readers a comprehensive and fair review of the game. With that said, we have some interesting information for you regarding BioWare’s Next Big Thing, including the first rumblings of expansions.
Highly populated servers can see waits of up to an hour, but servers are slowly freeing up space.
After 6 years in development and a budget that’s rumored to rival some major motion picture costs, BioWare has finally launched their ambitious new MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Our own Rob Ottone was lucky enough to attend the special launch event in New York, which you can read about here. However, any MMO launch is bound to have some hiccups and difficulties at first. TOR is no different, and the game has been reported to have serious waiting queues for some of the high population servers. Help is on the way, though, according to the SW:TOR official forums.
Rob gives us the lowdown on the events in Union Square for the launch of the latest from Bioware.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is BioWare/EA’s attempt to overthrow the current MMO giant, World of Warcraft. As a person with minimal exposure to MMOs I can honestly say that I would rather wield a lightsaber than a regular ole’ sword any day. That said, I decided to venture out to BioWare and Gamer Grub’s Best Buy Star Wars: The Old Republic release event in Union Square in Manhattan on a chilly Monday night. I went home loaded up with Star Wars goodies, PB & J Gamer Grub, and a scratchy throat.
You want a Star Wars MMO with lots of story and customizable Jedi? Then so be it.
MMOs in general have been fun for me, but none draw me in because of the overall lack of story and motivation. Yes, leveling up and questing is fun but for me, I like to have narrative in my experience. Because of this, Star Wars: The Old Republic has been on my personal radar for a while now. Not only does it promise a traditional MMO experience and lots of Star Wars related goodness, but it also contains the story, character development, and conversation trees that Bioware is known for. My hands-on with the game quickly made me realize that this is a game that I could easily get lost in.
