Welcome to the SW:TOR forum!

I'll have some news and info up this afternoon, until then here's some links to keep you busy. Thanks Rayn!


www.swtor.com Official Site

http://www.swtor.com/news/article/press-release-001 Official Press Release

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/starwarstheoldrepublic/video.html?sid=6199708&tag=gs.email Developer Video

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47137 Writing and Story and its role in SW:TOR

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47132 More general info

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/10/star_wars_the_old_republi c__what_we_know_so_far-2.html Mostly more of the same but a bit of new info here.

Might be some other information here: The Old Republic Unveiled: Overview, space combat, and Star Wars Galaxies - Massively (http://www.massively.com/2008/10/23/the-old-republic-unveiled-overview-space-combat-and-star-wars/)

BioWare Adapts Complex Event Processing To Online Gaming World -- BioWare -- InformationWeek (http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?article ID=199902853)

Some info on the server side software here. This article, from June 2007, mentions a release date in 2009, which likely refers to the unconfirmed Christmas 2009 release currently expected since the game has been in development for nearly 3 years already.

A late 2011 release is more likely, but we can dream :)

HeroEngine >> The Ultimate MMO Platform (http://www.heroengine.com/home.asp)

SWTOR Game Engine info.

Exclusive SWTOR Art Interview - Tweaking the Lightsabers | Ten Ton Hammer (http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/47423)

A more in-depth conversation about the art direction of SWTOR.

An edit of the "reveal" presentation of SWTOR. Some good info here with insight into their direction for level design, art style and gameplay.

videogaming247 Blog Archive Star Wars: The Old Republic - The entire reveal presentation in video (http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/27/star-wars-the-old-republic-the-entire-reveal-presentation-in-video/)

20 minutes, very worth the time to watch imo.

No offense but... isn't it a bit early for this? We're not even in Alpha yet.

Don't get me wrong, I'm interested too.

Nevermind, I see what you did.

Clever girl... :bandit:

Gamasutra - A New Galaxy: Daniel Erickson On Writing The Old Republic (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3835/a_new_galaxy_daniel_erick son_on_.php)

Another article on story and its importance in SWTOR. Lengthy but worth a look.

VirginWorlds.com - Exploring Massively Multiplayer Games (http://www.virginworlds.com/podcast.php?show=1&ep=133)

Haven't had a chance to listen to this one yet but there should be some more info in this new podcast, somebody mentioned there's some crafting details. I'll add comments to the Making sense of Star Wars: The Old Republic by Brontez - TribalWar Forums (http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=562714) thread when I have a chance.


Edit: There's a lot of pointless rambling that you'll not really care about in the beginning, the SWTOR stuff starts at around 7 minutes.

Edit 2: Ok, I apologize , after listening to this it's literally a guy talking about the articles I've already listed above, absolutely nothing new here :hrm: . So unless you just LOVE listening to peoples podcasts and reading blogs etc. this is pretty much a waste of time.

There's some new concept shots up at www.swtor.com , some pretty cool weapon concepts as well as droids. Have a look!

New interview up on allakhazam.com

Allakhazam.com: News (http://www.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=15999)

Gotta get in on this while its hot. Hopefully this game ends up being pretty good. I played SWG from release for about a year.5, best game I've played to date.

Star Wars: The Old Republic | Community: Forums, Blogs - Hutta Concepts and New Avatars (http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=15955)

New concept shots of planet "Hutta".