Clean out those Ethernet tubes and put on your bandwidth hats. Erick Adams has let us know that tomorrow’s video will be almost 20 minutes long! And from the looks of it, we’ll be seeing more of the Sith Warrior next week (Holonet/article perhaps?).

Hey Everybody! With GamesCom 2009 in full swing, we wanted to give you some updates on the story so far.

Here’s a running list of announcements and TOR related news from this year’s GamesCom.

• Game Play Demo. We showed a more complete version of the demo content showcased at this year’s E3 – with confirmation of a new character class. As Sean has said several times – if you weren’t able to get to Germany for GamesCom this year, don’t sweat! We plan on making the full footage available for viewing.
• Sith Warrior Confirmed. Finally the Lightsaber-wielding Sith from the E3 video has a name! Check back tomorrow to see the Sith Warrior in action!
• Ever wonder how to say “Star Wars™” in French and German? At the press conference we announced that www.swtor.com and the Community forums are now fully localized in French and German!

Just to bring you up to speed on anything you may have missed, here’s a running list of some of the press coverage (aka “The Story So Far”):

• IGN: http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/1015748p1.html – Highlighting game demo and footage
• MMORPG: http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?r…hcp=1&game=367
• GamesSpot: http://gamescom.gamespot.com/story/6…e-sith-warrior – interview with BioWare’s James Ohlen.
• VE3D (IGN): http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/49…mescom-Cologne – EA press conference announcements.
• G4TV: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/69…9-Preview.html
• Darth Hater: http://darthhater.com/2009/08/18/darth-hater-gamescom/
• Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5340512/gamescom-b…ublic/gallery/ – last but not least, some pics from the TOR base of operations.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see the full Producer Walkthrough Video – almost 20 minutes of actual gameplay footage – and next week when we turn our full attention to Sith Warrior!

[Link] to the full post/thread.

So… you don’t actually get a prize for winning, but one can pretend! Fan Fridays can be all too serious sometimes. Post your funny/cheesy captions for this photo in the comments section.

“A little to the left Iago, you’re ruining my circle of power.”

Need another thing reminding you how much you want to play the Old Republic? (probably not ^.^) Here’s something anyway. Now, you’ll be reminded when you wake up or when the pizza is done cooking. You’ll need to install the Adobe AIR runtime to use the application.

1. Download and Install Adobe AIR.
2. Download and Install the alarm clock.

Features:

• Use fan-made Star Wars mp3’s as your alarm.
• Browse for your own mp3 on your computer.
• Full-screen mode to darken your screen.
• Remembers what you set the alarm for last time you used the program.
• Sweet FX (ok, not really)

Many thanks to BioWare, LucasArts, Audix, Aethos and the folks here at DarthHater.
Report any errors to aonsao (at) gmail (dot) com.

First off, thanks a million for making me a contributor to Darth Hater. I look forward to being part of this community.

Many of you may remember Star Wars: The Collectible Card Game. It was created by Decipher and is now maintained by the SWCCG Players Committee. Just for fun, I’ve made some Adobe Photoshop templates that are based on that game. Feel free to download these and make your own cards, or even your own little game! Make sure to give full credit to BioWare, LucasArts, Blur and Decipher. These cards are for recreational use only.

1. Download the card templates here.
2. Open one of the templates using Adobe Photoshop.
3. Show/hide/manipulate/add layers to create your cards.

Here are some more examples that I’ve created:

• Mysterious Sith Lord
• Concealed Rocket Launcher
• We Have Returned
• Jet Pack
• Coruscant: Jedi Temple
• Your Republic Shall Fall

If you would like to learn how to play SWCCG, go here. I apologize in advance if there are any errors/oversights!