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Free-to-play has ‘doubled’ income for The Old Republic
EA's president of labels Frank Gibeau announced during yesterday's earnings call that after Star Wars: The Old Republic transitioned to a free-to-play model, "the monthly revenue has doubled." Gibeau also confirmed that the game saw more than 1.7 milli... Read More»
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Posted: May 8, 2013 at 1:15pm
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F2P Business Model Has More Than Doubled Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Monthly Revenue
Remember when BioWare announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic was going free-to-play and many claimed that it was the beginning of the end? Well it turns out that those people were very wrong indeed. In the latest EA earnings call the publisher revealed that monthly revenue for the game has more than doubled since ... Read More»
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Obsidian Hoping To Work With EA/BioWare On Star Wars
We now live in a world where The Sims: Star Wars or Need for Speed: Tosche Station could become things. I’m not saying it’s likely (though the former would not shock me in the slightest), but Star Wars is under new management, so who knows? For now, all we can say for sure is that BioWare, ... Read More»
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BioWare Dates Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 2.1 and 2.2, Gree Event Returning Soon
In a move away from the norm, BioWare has announced the official release date of patch 2.1 and the previously unannounced patch 2.2 for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The announcement has been made to calm a large portion of subscribers down who claim that patch 2.1 contains no content whatsoever and is simply a ... Read More»
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EA, The Death or The Rebirth of The Star Wars Videogame Franchise!?
A little over a month after Disney decided to shut down LucasArts studio, Ea announced earlier today, that they had become the exclusive publisher for the Star Wars game franchise. This news came after the two annual holidays that Star... Read More »... Read More»
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BioWare Announces ‘Collections’ for Star Wars: The Old Republic 2.1
BioWare has today announced a new feature that will be coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic in patch 2.1 called “Collections.” This new feature is basically a way of tracking everything you have collected in the game from Cartel Packs and promotions. However, that’s not all it does! Collections allows you to duplicate any ... Read More»
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Steam has over a dozen Star Wars games on sale right now
Steam's weekend deal is all about Star Wars this weekend thanks to today being Star Wars day. That's 14 Star Wars titles up to 66% off each:
Star Wars Battlefront II -- $3.99
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Defiance Reaches 1 Million Registered Players
Trion Worlds has announced that Defiance has managed to secure one million registered players since it launched, not bad for a new title. According to the publisher, players have killed over 500 million Hellbugs, driven 50 million miles, and battled one million Arkfalls. That’s some impressive numbers that are being thrown around there, however, Defiance does ... Read More»
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Name Changes Coming With Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 2.1
BioWare has revealed that players will finally be able to change their character’s names in Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s 2.1 patch, titled Customization. In a recent interview with SWTOR-RP, BioWare producer Cory Butler revealed that name change unlocks will be added to the Cartel Market in patch 2.1. These will allow players to change any of ... Read More»
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Bioware Austin: “Not Inconceivable in Next Decade for Most Games to Have F2P Microtransaction Model”
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Star Wars: The Old Republic to add the Cathar race
Star Wars The Old Republic update 2.1, dubbed the "Customization" update, now has a new trailer that shows off a significant addition to the fray -- the Cathar race (remember Juhani from Knights of the Old Republic?). This is the first major patch aft... Read More»
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BioWare Teases Upcoming Cathar Release Date Announcement for Star Wars: The Old Republic
BioWare has posted part of an image on the official Facebook page for Star Wars: The Old Republic which appears to point to an upcoming Cathar announcement. Only a quarter of the image is shown, but it’s already pretty obvious that it relates to the game’s first additional playable species. BioWare confirmed earlier this year ... Read More»
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EA E3 2013 Press Conference Date Set
EA has announced a date and time for its E3 2013 press conference which is expected to play host to several highly-anticipated current and next-gen titles. The event will take place at 1pm Pacific on June 10–the same day as Ubisoft’s press conference. The publisher is expected to show more of Battlefield 4, hopefully featuring ... Read More»
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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel Expansion Released
Electronic Arts and LucasArts announced that the first digital expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Rise of the Hutt Cartel, is now available for players worldwide. Available for £11.99, or at half price for current Subscribers (£5.99), players can … Continue reading →... Read More»