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It’s official – Star Wars: The Old Republic is the fastest growing MMO ever created, as EA announce that the title has sold more than 2 million copies since its December launch. The MMO currently has 1.7 million active subscribers playing around four hours a day. The remaining 300,000 owners have either not played or …

Patch 1.1.1 is now live for Star Wars: The Old Republic players, BioWare and comes with a new list of patch notes. BioWare was forced to act fast when its last major update, version 1.1, sparked issues surrounding high-level PvP in the Ilum open world PVP area. A broken mechanic apparently allowed players to enter …

Here’s a shocker – in response to Bioware planning to allow gay relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic, so called “Family Research Council” president Tony Perkins has taken Star Wars: The Old Republic to task for allowing gay relationships in the MMO. In a radio broadcast, Perkins said: “In a new Star Wars game, …

BioWare earlier released a patch to fix issues that arose after the release of Update 1.1. The issue surrounded high-level PvP in the Ilum open world PVP area. A broken mechanic apparently allowed players to enter the enemy’s base and exploit the spawning of turrets, causing all manner of unbalanced upset. BioWare has addressed the …

Star Wars: The Old Republic today received the ‘Rise of the Rakghouls’ 1.1 update, but it appears the patch has opened the door to yet another new exploit. According to reports, the issue surrounds high-level PvP on the Illum open world PVP area. Players have apparently found a way to exploit the spawning of turrets, …

BioWare has finally announced that the first game update for Star Wars: The Old Republic has gone live. Game Update 1.1, called Rise of the Rakghouls, was due to release earlier this week but was delayed due to last minute issues. The update introduces new, higher level group content, game feature additions and “continued balancing …

BioWare has pushed back today’s Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 1.1 update due to last minute issues. The update, entitled Rise of the Rakghouls, was due to release today with new content, level 50 bracketing for PvP WarZones and changes to Open World PvP on Ilum. But in a statement released to players, the developer …

Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting its first real content update tomorrow, but the second release in March is going to be “much bigger in scope”, according to game director James Ohlen, who stated that Game Update 2 will include three major pieces of content, as well as “full” Legacy game content. Ohlen said: …

BioWare has announced it is to release the first “game update” for Star Wars: The Old Republic, ‘Rise of the Rakghouls’, next week. Set for release on Tuesday, January 17th, update 1.1 will introduce new, higher level group content, game feature additions and “continued balancing and bug fixes,” says BioWare. The new stuff, which was …

BioWare’s Stephen Reid has issued a lengthy and technical statement clarifying issues that users have had with textures and character models. First up, Reid explains that the ‘medium’ texture setting was a ‘bug’, and should never have been an option in the first place. “The preferences menu as it is seen on the Public Test …

BioWare has released Game Update 1.1 for Star Wars: The Old Republic, but before you rejoice, it’s only on the public test server. The update applies a long list of changes, including “a new Flashpoint, Kaon Under Siege, and four new boss additions to Operation: Karagga’s Palace,” as well as “changes to Open World PvP …

Yes, that title says it all, and it’s definitely a Star Wars The Old Republic news day today. Unfortunately, the Daily Mail couldn’t make it a week into 2012 before it posted up its latest tirade against those mind-corrupting video games. This year’s debut target is BioWare’s The Old Republic. You know, that game set …

Australian gamers have not shied away from importing Star Wars: The Old Republic online. Now local retailer EB Games has done the same and are selling it two months ahead of schedule. EB Games sells SWTOR early Star Wars: The Old Republic has yet to be launched officially in Australia, with the expected launch date …

BioWare’s released the latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic, fixing various mission and UI bugs but overlooking yesterday’s insane dance exploit. In case you missed the rather large bug, it basically involves dancing during a gunfight to render player characters totally invincible to enemy damage. Though the current patch doesn’t sort the trick, …

BioWare has been forced in to action this morning by the emergence of a potentially game-breaking exploit discovered in Star Wars: The Old Republic. The trick, which essentially renders players invincible to all enemy damage, basically involves dancing during a gunfight. Yes, nobody thought to try this out during the beta sessions. BioWare’s removed all …