Save the Galaxy and Use the Force For Free – Star Wars: The Old Republic is Free-to-Play

BioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc.  and LucasArts has taken their critically-acclaimed, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic is now Free-to-Play! Now players can experience the complete storylines of all eight, iconic Star Wars™ classes, all the way to level 50 without paying a monthly fee.

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Electronic Arts reboots Star Wars as free game

Online games, it seems, just want to be free. Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced that it will offer up substantial portions of its “Star Wars: The Old Republic” multi-player online game to players for free starting this fall. A premium version with unlimited access to all levels, plus any new content, will

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Expands to New Countries in Europe and Middle East

Award-Winning MMO from BioWare and LucasArts Launches in 38 New Countries Today BioWare™, a Label of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and LucasArts announced today that Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ will officially launch in 38 additional countries throughout Europe and the Middle East. Starting today, fans in those regions will be able

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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Game Update 1.2

There are a number of new features coming to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ with Game Update 1.2, “Legacy”. This includes new playable content, like Operations and Warzones, as well as new game systems like Guild Banks, Player-vs-Player Warzone ranking, and the next evolution of Legacy. Check out all of

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The Force Remains Strong For “Star Wars: The Old Republic” During Holiday Season

Over a million gamers worldwide celebrated the holidays in front of their PCs with lightsabers, Sith lords and Jedi knights as BioWare™, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), continued to see an unprecedented amount of player engagement for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Over this past weekend, players

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Pre-loading “Star Wars: The Old Republic” Begins for Pre-orders

Early Game Access* for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is only a few days away! Starting December 13, 2011, The Old Republic will begin emailing invitations to start your Early Game Access. Invitations will be sent throughout the Early Game Access period offering rolling access to the game in the

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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Finalize Your Guild

*From http://www.swtor.com Last month we expanded our Pre-Launch Guild Program with the implementation of Phase 2: Alignment, where guilds could designate other guilds as allies or adversaries. Now, as Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ moves ever-closer to launch, we are excited to announce that we have initiated the first part of

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Begins Today, No Release Date Set

Star Wars: The Old Republic begins phase two of its beta testing for those who have pre-ordered the game this Friday. This is a long-time coming for the PC MMORPG originally announced in October of 2008. According to gaming sites EA/BioWare is seeing how the beta will shake out before setting

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Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG Available for Pre-Order

EA Unveils Special Editions of Star Wars: The Old Republic — Available for Pre-Order Starting Today Early Game Access and Exclusive In-Game Content Announced for Highly Anticipated MMO with all Pre-Orders Beginning Today Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Test Weekends to Start this September AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The start of

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