Star Wars: The Old Republic

BioWare confirms layoffs as Star Wars: The Old Republic shifts to new studio

"This is the hardest part of this transition".

BioWare assures Star Wars: The Old Republic isn't shutting down, despite new developer

Is "planning for 2024 and 2025".

Star Wars: The Old Republic reportedly moving from BioWare to third-party developer

So it can focus on Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

BioWare recommits to Star Wars: The Old Republic as creative director departs

The Force is still strong in this one.

Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion hit by last-minute delay

Legacy of the Sith was due next week, now February 2022.

Star Wars: The Old Republic's Legacy of the Sith expansion launches next month

Heralds "next ten years" of the game.

Star Wars The Old Republic celebrates 10-year anniversary with 4K version of one of the best video game trailers of all time

It's true.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting another expansion

Super trooper, tractor beams are gonna blind me.

Star Wars: The Old Republic players hold memorial service for Darth Vader actor David Prowse

A minute's silence... followed by a lightning dance party.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is now on Steam

A new hope.

Decorated designer James Ohlen retires from BioWare after 22 years

Oh no, not another one.

Star Wars: The Old Republic community honours Carrie Fisher in droves

Remembering 2016 for Alderaan reasons.

The Old Republic's latest trailer is better than many Star Wars movies

Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion touches down in December.

Next Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion is Knights of the Eternal Throne

Due when the game turns five years old this autumn.

The Star Wars Day game sales and promotions

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

Star Wars open-world RPG Kickstarter bites the dust

"All you need is the force and you will do ok in life."

Star Wars: The Old Republic's next story expansion dated for February

Subscriber Rewards detailed.

Decorated writer Drew Karpyshyn returns to BioWare

Lead writer of Mass Effect 1 & 2 and KOTOR.

See inside BioWare Edmonton with Google Maps

I spy with my little eye...

Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Shadow of Revan announced

Due in December. Subscriber pre-orders get 12x experience boost prior to launch.

Elder Scrolls Online has ~775,000 subscribers - report

And SWTOR made $165m last year, apparently.

Summer SWTOR expansion adds player housing

Galactic Strongholds, and Guild Flagships.

Expect two SWTOR expansions in 2014

This MMO, Vader way?

EA's Star Wars game deal lasts a decade

Sorry, Obsidian.

New SWTOR expansion brings 12vs12 dogfighting

Bulls***! You can be mine.

BioWare has a new boss

SWTOR chief steps up.

Former BioWare boss: PS4 and next Xbox unlikely to cure "sick market for old-school gaming"

"I honestly don't think they're going to be that big a deal."

Chris Avellone: Knights of the Old Republic 2 restoration team "should be given a lot of kudos"

"There was a lot more we wanted to include in the title."

SWTOR expansion Rise of the Hutt Cartel out 14th April

Not May 4th? Missed opportunity.

KOTOR2 dev wants to pitch Disney a new Star Wars game

Has a setting that sits between Episode 3 and 4.

Greg Zeschuk reflects on leaving BioWare for beer

"You just get tired of it after a while."

Rise of the level cap in first SWTOR expansion Rise of the Hutt Cartel

Jabba!

BioWare quickly rethinking, improving F2P SWTOR restrictions

"We want you to know that this is an ongoing dialogue."

F2P SWTOR retroactively rewards old players, slows newcomers' XP gain

UPDATE: Dated.

BioWare reveals SWTOR free-to-play restrictions

A bit like when Luke pulls back his hood in ROTJ.

SWTOR creative director Daniel Erickson leaves BioWare Austin

Will he wind up at Bethesda's new Austin-based studio Battlecry?

Bethesda's new Battlecry studio building new free-to-play online game

Fallout?

SWTOR servers merged: many fewer, but much bigger

The road to free to play.

A conversation with EA's Peter Moore on the thorny issues of DLC, Online Passes and all the rest of it

"You can pretty much pick out the age of most of your readers by their commentary."

Peter Moore gives BioWare vote of confidence after tumultuous 18 months

"They're doing great. Mass Effect has been enormous for us."

The writer who left BioWare: Eurogamer interviews Drew Karpyshyn

On poor fiction, text versus graphics, KOTOR, the Mass Effect 3 ending and Children of Fire.

EA's Peter Moore insists: "There is no feud with Valve"

"Gabe's a great friend of EA's. We're a great friend of his, we like to think."

BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk quits Old Republic dev BioWare Austin - report

UPDATE: Job "always planned to have a finite endpoint," Zeschuk explains.

The Old Republic goes free-to-play this autumn

Premium subscription option also available. UPDATE: New model will launch in November.

The Old Republic producer leaves BioWare

There is a great disturbance in the force.

EA previews "landmark update" Origin 9.0, which is days away

New friends lists! Better menus! Sliders! "Smoother" performance!

BioWare's CGI introduction to SWTOR companion HK-51

No expense spared for a KOTOR-inspired favourite.

Star Wars: The Old Republic now free until level 15

A new hope?

SWTOR goes offline tomorrow ahead of update 1.3: Allies release

Maintenance set to last four hours.

Star Wars: The Old Republic dev "looking at free-to-play"

"We have to be flexible and adapt to what is going on."

EA: Origin won't copy Steam 75% off sales

"It cheapens intellectual property."

SWTOR level cap going up, free trial announced

BioWare teases the year ahead.

The Old Republic lead speaks out on recent BioWare lay-offs

"The MMO is the toughest part of the game industry."

Star Wars: The Old Republic lay-offs confirmed

BioWare "ensuring affected people are treated with dignity, fairness and respect."

EA blames Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers fall on casuals leaving game

"Make no mistake, BioWare intends to grow subscribers."

EA: Origin now number 2 direct to consumer game service

Second only to Steam.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has lost 400,000 subs since February

But strong digital sales help EA back into annual profit.

EA wants to know what you think of Origin

Admits it hasn't succeeded in communicating what's already available.

BioWare revises, extends SWTOR free-game-time offer

Level 50-only restriction dropped after fan feedback.

30 days free SWTOR for level 50 characters

Wicket.

SWTOR Game Update 1.2 tomorrow: patch notes, maintenance timing

Ranked Warzones! Customisable UI! New world boss!

Pro-EA LGBT petition hijacked by bots

Hackers add as many as 5000 signatures.

Stephen Fry, Charlie Brooker lend support to EA over LGBT game content row

"Good for @EA for telling the homophobes to f*** off."

EA hits back at anti-gay groups over same-sex relationships in Mass Effect, SWTOR

"This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment."

Blizzard acknowledges Star Wars: The Old Republic's impact on WOW

Subs dip "has to at least be attributable to SWTOR".

Star Wars: The Old Republic is free to play this weekend

BioWare lures new players with complimentary trial.

GAME website removing PC games is a mistake

Blame "a gremlin in the system".

Mass Effect 3 sells nearly 900k in US in 24 hours

EA suggests SWTOR expansion announcement soon.

665 people worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic

Storytelling so good players can't go back to WOW, says BioWare.

SWTOR Game Update 1.2 'Legacy' announced

Legacy improvements, Guild Banks, Warzone raking, more.

SWTOR vendors to sell ultra-rare white Lightsaber crystals

Hutt damn!

Star Wars: The Old Republic update 1.2 previewed

Endgame crafting, companion dances incoming.

BioWare: SWTOR players average 4-6 hours per session

"Their sessions are absurd," says Zeschuk.

KOTOR, Mass Effect lead writer Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare

Not because of Mass Effect: Deception.

Peter Moore on EA's Origin: "I would ask give us 18 months to two years"

"It got off to a rocky start for all the wrong reasons."

SWTOR patch 1.1.2: notes, on test realm

Force-using classes altered most.

40% of all Star Wars: The Old Republic sales made through Origin

More publishers sign up to EA's digital platform.

EA claims 1.7m active Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers

Plus, Battlefield 3 and FIFA 12 both pass the 10m mark.

BioWare to hold Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit

Studio wants to explain design decisions, get player feedback.

SWTOR 1.1.1 patch notes in, servers return

White Lightsaber crystals for all?

BioWare discussing European SWTOR maintenance windows

Apologises for Saturday's inconvenience.

BioWare details incoming SWTOR features

Guild Bank, Legacy system, new PvP warzone.

BioWare fixes Old Republic Valor exploit

Will take action against players "who took extreme advantage".

More SWTOR controversy as unsubscribe tab disappears

UPDATE: BioWare responds, confirms fix incoming.

Valor exploit in SWTOR update 1.1 causes player uproar

UPDATE: BioWare readying new patch.

Star Wars: The Old Republic update 1.1 delayed

UPDATE: Servers are back online.

AIAS 2011 nominees for 'video game Oscars' revealed

Uncharted 3 most nominated.

BioWare dates SWTOR patch 1.1, details future Game Updates

Pace of post-release content "more aggressive" than WOW.

SWTOR "/getdown" dance exploit patch tomorrow

BioWare promises updates "almost every week".

SWTOR patch 1.1 notes: new content

New bosses, level 50 Flashpoint, Ilum changes.

BioWare SWTOR post-mortem: it's more innovative than an FPS

"Even World of Warcraft doesn't get 10/10s hardly at all."

BioWare: "most" people aren't having SWTOR performance issues

It's a "smaller" group with low-end PCs.

BioWare responds to SWTOR performance issues

Dev "resolving the indoor framerate drop".

SWTOR January 2012 PVP changes and beyond

Ilum container exploit fix among them.

Dancing exploit uncovered in The Old Republic

Bit boogie at launch.

BioWare explains recent spate of SWTOR bans

Vows to adjust Ilum to "discourage" exploits.

SWTOR has 350,000 peak concurrent users - report

Proves there can be multiple MMO champions.

SWTOR: BioWare warns against creating characters on high population servers

"Unless you are prepared to queue to play."

BioWare takes Star Wars The Old Republic queues "seriously"

Analyst reckons MMO already has 1 million players.

Star Wars: The Old Republic two-day grace period announced

"We've been listening," BioWare says.

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic re-review

Little new hope.

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic Review

Are you Hoth or not?

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Better off Jedi.

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Another class.

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Republic school.

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Sith sense.

Review | Star Wars: The Old Republic

That's no MMOon.

Feature | Is it OK to say I enjoy Star Wars: The Old Republic yet?

Force feeling.

Feature | The new Star Wars: The Old Republic story expansion is betrayed by the MMO underneath

I'll get my KOTOR.

Feature | Can Star Wars: The Old Republic ever live up to the promise of its incredible trailers?

And the spectre of KOTOR 3?

Feature | The link between Kylo Ren's Lightsaber and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Malachor blimey!

Feature | Star Wars: A new hope for The Old Republic

Do or do not, there is reason to try.

Feature | The Old Republic's new expansion isn't quite Knights of the Old Republic 3

But it's a cracking addition to BioWare's Star Wars MMO.

Opinion | Building Better Worlds - an MMO Tale

From the archive: If you come at the king, you best not miss.

Feature | If trailers told the truth

From the archive: the class of 2011 seen through a more honest filter.

Feature | The story of a raiding guild with a PR but no game

Dedicated, professional and putting in upwards of 25 hours a week, Enigma's a tribe without a home.

Feature | Have traditional MMOs had their time?

And what do we make of the shared-world games and MOBAs that have risen up to replace them?

Opinion | Why Devs Owe You Nothing

When does a game belong to its fans rather than its creators?

Feature | Star Wars The Old Republic: My Story, Your Story, Everyone's Story

Revenge of the script.

Feature | Steam vs. Origin: Is Competition Good for Gamers?

EA, GOG, Gamersgate, Gabe Newell weigh in.

Preview | Star Wars: The Old Republic - The End of an Era?

Why EA's blockbuster MMO may not be a new hope.

Feature | Cheap This Week - 27/07/11

DNF! Old Republic! Arkham Asylum!

Preview | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Leia upon Leia.

Interview | BioWare's Dr. Greg Zeschuk

On Dragon Age 2, Star Wars and DS MMOs.

Interview | BioWare's Greg Zeschuk

Doctor in the house.

Preview | Star Wars: The Old Republic

A new hope.

Preview | Star Wars: The Old Republic

Impossible to see, the future is.