SWTOR Adopting Free-to-Play Hybrid Model this Fall
It’s official– BioWare and EA are taking Star Wars: The Old Republic to a new side of the galaxy, and adopting a free-to-play model with an optional subscription. This model is sometimes known as...
View ArticleThe Latest EA Earnings Call – F2P Details
After yesterday’s big SWTOR news– the free-to-play reveal– EA held a quarterly earnings conference call that revealed a little more information about the financial reasons behind the game’s model...
View ArticleSWTOR Goes F2P – Investor and Fan Reactions
The MMO community has had a lot to say about Tuesday’s announcement since it went live. Many opinions are negative, many are encouragingly positive, and many lie somewhere in between. Most of us, I...
View ArticleMMORPG.com’s Free-to-Play Interview
Last week, MMORPG.com interviewed BioWare’s Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of SWTOR and Matthew Bromberg, Studio General Manager on some of the company’s plans and philosophies behind the move to...
View ArticleMonthly SWTOR LiveStream Q&A Announced
Livestreams are becoming very popular among PC gamers, and for good reason– what better way to view live, in-game action along with commentary, and know that thousands of other gamers are doing...
View ArticleHighlights from SWTOR Official LiveStream: Game Update 1.4 and F2P
BioWare and LucasArts hosted SWTOR’s first official LiveStream event last Friday, September 21st. The stream hasn’t been put up on BioWare’s official Youtube channel at the time of writing this...
View ArticleDeveloper Spotlight: Jesse Sky
BioWare started a brand new SWTOR developer blog series yesterday called Developer Spotlight. The team plans to regularly hold interviews with various members of the SWTOR development team and place...
View ArticleGDC Online 2012: Damion Schubert on MMO Features vs. Story
During Massively’s coverage of this year’s Game Developer’s Conference in Austin, Texas, the staff published some interesting thoughts on a panel held by Damion Schubert, one of the original...
View ArticleJanuary’s Missing Complimentary Cartel Coins
For the month of January, some subscribing SWTOR players have not received their allotted amount of monthly complimentary Cartel Coins. BioWare finally addressed those players last Friday with the...
View ArticleDev Tracker – Pre Maintenance Pop
A few nuggets of info coming form the Devs today about patch 2.O, like… What’s going to happen to the commendations in patch 2.0? Originally posted by Ahmad Zabarah(Source) Hi all, just thought I...
View ArticleFormer BioWare Writer Jennifer Hepler's New Gaming Project
You may remember the whole debacle surrounding one of BioWare’s former lead writers, Jennifer Hepler, who worked on Dragon Age 2 then said in an interview that her least favorite aspect of working in...
View ArticleMass Effect 4 Will Steer Clear of Shepard's Story Altogether
During NYCC this past weekend, Complex Gaming had a chance to catch up with Mac Walters, one of the most influential writers behind the entire Mass Effect series. The team asked him some interesting...
View ArticleThoughts on E3 2014
Despite the fact that I’m “press,” I’m a lot like most of you readers. I have a regular day job that doesn’t involve video games, chores I need to get done, friends and family that don’t really get my...
View ArticleMass Effect 3 Director Leaves BioWare
BioWare has announced, with very little fanfare, that director and executive producer Casey Hudson has left BioWare. While the announcement was made via a blog entry on Thursday morning, the news is...
View ArticleBioWare Announces Shadow Realms, an Online Action RPG
After a couple weeks of fun email teasers, BioWare finally announced yesterday what the heck we’ve all been chosen for– a brand new online action RPG in development called Shadow Realms. Shadow Realms...
View ArticleShadow of Revan SWTOR Expansion Launching December 9th
BioWare announced the next digital expansion coming for Star Wars: The Old Republic today. It’s called Shadow of Revan, and yep, as you might have guessed– Revan’s back with a new set of fanatical...
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