Star Wars: The Old Republic update now on servers
BioWare has released update 1.6: Ancient Hypergate for Star Wars: The Old Republic onto the servers today. Courtesy of PCGamer, the update includes the new PVP Warzone Ancient Hypergate, an ancient ruin built around a Gree Hypergate where players will battle to control the precious technology for their faction. Weekly Space Combat Missions as well ... Read More»
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Game Update 1.6 Released
Electronic Arts has released a new update for its free-to-play MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic. According to the company, this Game Update brings some exciting new content to The Old Republic including the Warzone: The Ancient Hypergate – that … Continue reading →... Read More»
Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 1.6 Now Live, Patch Notes
Update 1.6, Ancient Hypergate, is now available to download for all Star Wars: The Old Republic players. This latest update adds a new warzone, new gear tier, and several heroic space missions. The full patch notes can be found below: Highlights Ancient Hypergate, a new Warzone, is available for play! Travel to an ancient ruin ... Read More»
Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 1.6 Going Live This Week
BioWare has announced that update 1.6, Ancient Hypergate, for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be hitting live servers this week. The update adds a brand new Warzone to the game known as Ancient Hypergate along with a new tier of PvP gear. As well as the PvP updates the patch also adds several new ... Read More»
Pachter: Activision should charge for Call of Duty online
Michael "Thigh Majesty" Pachter is a man of business, which doesn't always make him a friend to consumers. His latest suggestion, that Activision should charge a fee for Call of Duty, isn't a new notion, but it never wins him fans. At le... Read More»
SWTOR downtime scheduled for upcoming patch
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be offline for two hours on Thursday, December 6, between 2:00AM CST and 4:00AM CST. That’s prime gaming time for Australians, unfortunately. The maintenance will be followed by a new patch, and BioWare has promis... Read More»
SWTOR increases bonuses for Preferred Status players
BioWare has made a few changes to Star Wars: The Old Republic’s free-to-play option to the benefit of Preferred Status players. As detailed in a new developer blog, Preferred Status Players will now have access to four default Quickbars rather than two, and those who had purchased additional Quickbars will have the purchase price refunded. ... Read More»
MMO genre has stagnated, everyone is trying to imitate World of Warcraft- Guild Wars 2 dev
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Anniversary Fireworks for Everyone in Star Wars: The Old Republic
BioWare has announced that all Star Wars: The Old Republic players will be receiving some free fireworks to celebrate the game’s one year anniversary. December 20 marks the one year anniversary of the MMO and to help players celebrate the developer will be giving all players 25 complimentary stacks of anniversary fireworks on December 11. ... Read More»
Guild Wars 2: How to Demonstrate Your Game World’s Beauty
Part of the joy of open-world games comes from the rare moments of seemingly accidental beauty they provide. These are the games where it's possible to, say, come to the summit of a hill in Skyrim and see a foggy mountain in the distance from ... Read More»
My Mother, Commander Shepard
The female version of Mass Effect's protagonist Commander Shepard, colloquially referred to as “FemShep”, has become something of a rallying figure for gamers starved for strong female characters in an age of dudebro mainstrea... Read More»
A final farewell to City of Heroes
Four years and seven months. That's how long I was a paying subscriber for City of Heroes. Looking back, I enjoyed most, if not all, of my time with the game. I've forged and strengthened relationships within the community that I never t... Read More»
SWTOR’s upcoming narrative involves the Shroud
Star Wars: The Old Republic has just gone free to play, but that doesn’t mean the content’s going to stop, with a few hints dropped as to where the story’s going next. Asked about upcoming storylines, SWTOR lead writer Hall Hood gave Massively a brief sketch. “For decades since the Sith Empire returned to war ... Read More»
Star Wars: The Old Republic Companion Gear Bug Fixed
BioWare has released a quick hotfix patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic to fix a companion gear bug that surfaced following the 1.5.1 update. Once the 1.5.1 update went live yesterday players were complaining about an issue with companion gear, where the game wasn’t registering them as wearing any, leaving them with base stats. ... Read More»
SWTOR Update 1.6 now available on test servers
Star Wars: The Old Republic fans keen on new content can check out upcoming Update 1.6, Ancient Hypergate, on the MMORPG’s test servers. The beta includes a new warzone in which players battle to control a portal which promises to deliver reinforcements but can damage the controlling team, as well as a six new heroic ... Read More»
