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7/1/10 4:05 PM -
Star Wars: The Old Republic at Celebration V and GamesCom 
by sado
, posted July 1st, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Sean Dahlberg confirmed Star Wars™: The Old Republic™'s presence at Star Wars Celebration V in a Twitter response:

Sean Dahlberg said:
Actually, we will be there! We're not quite ready to share what exactly TOR will be doing at Star Wars Celebration V but we will soon.

Star Wars Celebration V takes place Aug. 12-15, 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. You can find ticket and event information at the official Star Wars Celebration Website.

Update: In another Tweet, Sean Dahlberg talks about their presence at Gamescom:

Sean Dahlberg said:
We will definitely be at GamesCom again this year... and maybe some other events, too!
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9/14/09 5:27 PM -
GameReactor interview confirms battlegrounds 
by sado
, posted September 14th, 2009 at 5:27 PM
In an interview from GamesCom that was just recently posted on GameReactor, Rich Vogel confirms the existence of Battlegrounds. No specifics on what form of battlegrounds or anything else so do not expect to find it here in this interview or this early in the development cycle.
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9/3/09 11:04 AM -
Friday's Update Preview - September 4th, 2009 
by sado
, posted September 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Sean posted his glorious Friday preview thread mentioning that this week's update will be a new holorecord:

It's Thursday so we definitely need a thread about what tomorrow's update will be. This Friday Master Gnost-Dural will be posting a new holorecord on what he discovered pertaining to the resurgence of the Mandalorians and the rise of the new Mandalore.

And, if you're going to be at the Penny Arcade Expo, makes sure to read this thread.

He also mentioned in another thread that the PAX demo is the essentially the same one that was shown at GamesCom:

Same demo as the one on Saturday and essentially the same demo done at GamesCom (and shown in the Developer Walkthrough). [in reply to]
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9/2/09 12:15 AM -
G4 XPlay Preview of The Old Republic 
by sado
, posted September 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 AM
In case you missed today's XPlay here is the preview that you missed on The Old Republic:


Unfortunately nothing new was really shown or mentioned in the preview that we have not seen already. However, for those that have not been keeping up day to day with what is going on in the Star Wars: The Old Republic scene it is a good summation of what was seen at GamesCom.
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8/27/09 1:58 PM -
G4 Fall Specials: GamesCom featuring SW:TOR 
by sado
, posted August 27th, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Here's a heads up for people with a DVR:

Don't miss any of X-Play's fall specials. It all gets started as X-Play presents Gamescom 2009, starting Monday, August 31st at 6:30PM. Catch a preview of Mass Effect 2, Castlevania, Star Wars: The Old Republic and a hands-on demo of Dirt 2.

They do not mention what it will feature but it is probably worth recording anyways if you're looking for more info on The Old Republic. I will be making sure to catch it myself and if anything comes out of it ill make sure to post about it ;).
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8/24/09 9:26 PM -
New GamesCom Hands-On 
by Sleeper
, posted August 24th, 2009 at 9:26 PM
A new hands-on review is out, and the folks over at Games Radar are bringing it to our attention,

Be sure to note,

All that said, BioWare has done a great job in bringing the Star Wars universe to an MMO. And when you consider the entire game is different for each of the four player classes (Sith Warrior, Bounty Hunter, Smuggler and Trooper) with zero repetition ofquests between them, you're looking at a doubly massive MMO

See the full article here.
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8/24/09 7:20 PM -
Player Housing a Major Possibility? 
by Sleeper
, posted August 24th, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Well, the folks over at SWTOR-Station might have stumbled upon the great Housing topic

And this article will also contain the following information we heard at the demo cinema the last day. As the typical MMO features of the game were enumerated not only PvP, auction houses and crafting were mentioned, but also housing was part of this list. You can imagine that we stared at each other in disbelief Nothing has been confirmed yet, but it's a good hint at the fact that conventions make you tired and even BioWare employees let something slip out then.

See the small article here.
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8/21/09 5:41 PM -
Demo Walkthrough Video Online 
by sado
, posted August 21st, 2009 at 5:41 PM
The demo walkthrough was just posted:

Whether you were busy being digested in the Sarlacc Pit, Bounty Hunters stole your speeder or like at least one of us you were encased in carbonite and unable to make it to Germany for GamesCom, weve got something for you.

Head over to IGN.com to watch a video of the complete Developer Gameplay Walkthrough showcased at this weeks GamesCom. Get a close-up look at the Bounty Hunter and Smuggler on the worlds of Hutta and Ord Mantell. Jump to the Sith home-world of Korriban and meet the Sith Warrior class. Be transported aboard an Imperial transport ship to see the Bounty Hunter and Sith Warrior decide the fate of the captain and crew aboard the Black Talon.

The video contains almost 20 minutes of actual gameplay footage so check it out at IGN.com

We should have the dissection up in a couple hours, currently doing it right now.
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8/21/09 1:39 PM -
Update on the Demo Walkthrough 
by sado
, posted August 21st, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Erick Adams posted an update to give us a rough idea on when the video is coming:

Here's a quick update about the video:

Yes we are in the process of getting the video up and we appreciate your patience while we continue working on this. At the moment it looks like it should be in place later today.

We are incredibly excited to be able to show you this footage, and will be posting updates to let you know how the situation progresses.

Thanks again for your patience while we finish getting the footage posted
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8/21/09 10:25 AM -
G4 Talks SWTOR 
by sado
, posted August 21st, 2009 at 10:25 AM
The guys from G4 got a chance to sit down and talk about SWTOR and mention much of the same content discussed in their preview except for one thing - the out of combat heal has a 60 second cooldown.


Thanks to MongoMoon for the video.
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8/20/09 12:33 PM -
SWTOR-Station Gamescom Preview 
by sado
, posted August 20th, 2009 at 12:33 PM
SWTOR-Station had the opportunity to play the demo that the Bioware team is showing at GamesCom and came back with some great info on the game. One piece of the information talked about in the preview that struck us had to do with the notion that there will be multiple Sith or force user classes:

We asked Richard Vogel, one of the studio managers at Austin, if the addendum "Warrior" means that there might be two force sensitive Sith classes. His answer was a bit cautious, but it suggested to us that this isn't the case.

Note: You may have to click the US/UK flag in the top right hand corner of their site for the English version of the article.
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8/19/09 8:17 PM -
Preview of Friday's Update - August 20, 2009 
by DirectX
, posted August 19th, 2009 at 8:17 PM
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 years E3 with confirmation of a new character class. As Sean has said several times - if you werent able to get to Germany for GamesCom this year, dont 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, heres 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 BioWares 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
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