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Report: SWTOR development pegged at $200 million and counting

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 20, 2012 6:00pm PST

Word has surfaced that Star Wars: The Old Republic cost about $200 million to develop for launch, and that 'tens of millions' will be spent each year developing updates.

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"The point is they spent so damn much money on this game they won't be profiting for at least a ..."

- Clench see all 37 comments

Star Wars: The Old Republic receives accessibility award

By Steve Watts, Jan 20, 2012 3:30pm PST

The AbleGamers Foundation has given Star Wars: The Old Republic its annual Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year, praising its options for disabled gamers.

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"Im surprised World of warcraft didn't get this award the year wotlk was released xD. In one ..."

- Longgshot see all 5 comments

Report: The Old Republic 'unsubscribe' option missing for some

By Steve Watts, Jan 19, 2012 4:45pm PST

Some users are reportedly having trouble accessing the "Cancel Subscription" option for Star Wars: The Old Republic. BioWare is looking into the problem, and suggests canceling by phone if you're having trouble online.

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"I will be. Been playing a JK solo, and a Consular with 2 friends. It plays like a co-op game, ..."

- saunders45 see all 45 comments

BioWare patches SWTOR 1.1 exploit, warns users

By Steve Watts, Jan 19, 2012 11:30am PST

BioWare has issued a patch to fix the Valor exploit from The Old Republic's 1.1 update, and warned users that it will be "taking action" against those who exploited it.

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"Good job completely missing my point. The game is too easy and the flashpoints are bugged. ..."

- Clench see all 102 comments

SWTOR 1.1 update adds severe Valor exploit; BioWare investigating

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 18, 2012 2:00pm PST

The Star Wars: The Old Republic community is up in arms about recent camping and Valor-farming exploits caused by the recent 1.1 'Rise of the Rakghouls' update.

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"I say just wait it out, plenty of awesome game for 15 a month!!!"

- royalally see all 45 comments

Mass Effect 3 Kinect video shows off voice commands

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 18, 2012 1:30pm PST

Is Mass Effect 3 really "better with Kinect?" EA has released an overly-enthusiastic promotional video showcasing the voice controls of Mass Effect 3.

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"You could do voice control with the mic that ships with the system, so they really aren't doing ..."

- Lucy Labia see all 58 comments

Mass Effect 3 PC demo specs outlined

By Steve Watts, Jan 18, 2012 10:45am PST

BioWare has released the Mass Effect 3 PC demo system specs, which should be similar to those of the final version when it releases.

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"Great! Let me just go pre-order it on stea... oh, too soon?"

- jrbstereo see all 8 comments

Star Wars: The Old Republic Rise of the Rakghouls update arrives

By Garnett Lee, Jan 18, 2012 10:15am PST

SWTOR's first update, Rise of the Rakghouls, arrives and the game's director promises more soon as well as changes to the game world that affect everyone.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic update 1.1 delayed

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 17, 2012 8:00am PST

The first big content update for Star Wars: The Old Republic, titled Rise of the Rakghouls, has been delayed while BioWare stamps out some space-problems discovered by players on the public test server.

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"The whole Rakghoul thing is from the original KOTOR game, which was before all the other zombie ..."

- IncursionZ see all 20 comments

BioWare talks future Old Republic update plans

By Steve Watts, Jan 16, 2012 9:00am PST

Star Wars: The Old Republic game director James Ohlen talks about the team's various update plans stretching through 2013.

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"Your lines are mostly stock responses (I'm sure you've heard 'Your name, now!' a dozen times), ..."

- Entity see all 15 comments

Mass Effect 3 PC requires Origin, unavailable on Steam

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 16, 2012 7:30am PST

Just in case you were wondering, Electronic Arts and Steam haven't made up yet. Mass Effect 3 is an EA game, and therefore will require Origin on PC, and will not be available for sale on Steam.

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"ME3 will probably still be an epic game, as such I'll buy it, play it (installing Origin ..."

- rottdcorpse see all 165 comments

BioWare explains SWTOR's missing high-res textures

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 13, 2012 7:00pm PST

Star Wars: The Old Republic players have been wondering why high-resolution textures disappeared from all but the cinematic dialogue sequences after it officially launched. BioWare responds.

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"He wasn't talking about running SWTOR with max quality but running a MMO with Crysis quality."

- TheEmissary see all 61 comments

First SWTOR update hits Tuesday, includes more high level content

By Garnett Lee, Jan 12, 2012 9:45am PST

Bioware announced the first substantial content update for Star Wars: the Old Republic, and it's coming in hot. "Rise of the Rakghouls," as it's...

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"Nice is an update with full voice acting and cut scenes looking as or more impressive than some ..."

- yoshimi20 see all 8 comments

Mass Effect 3 demo DLC cross-over with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 11, 2012 6:45am PST

Playing the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo will score you bonus items in the full version of Mass Effect 3, and vice versa. EA also confirmed that the Reckoning demo will hit PC and PS3 on January 17 too, alongside the Xbox 360 version revealed yester

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"(On PC at least), you just need to load the demo and login, and it adds the armor to your ..."

- darthfusion see all 11 comments

BioWare working on Old Republic framerate issues

By Steve Watts, Jan 10, 2012 4:15pm PST

A BioWare rep has stated on its forums that the teams are working on a patch to fix the low framerate bug, and suggests some simple steps that can be taken to mitigate the problem in the meantime.

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"My girlfriend's Laptop has horrid fps issues with it. It's probably an issue with onboard GPUs."

- darthfusion see all 11 comments