Community F2P Questions Answered
Yesterday, Blaine Christine, Sr. Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, answered some questions SWTOR’s forum community raised in a thread specifically made for player questions. Most of the answers...
View ArticleState of the Game – November 2012
Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, issued an official State of the Game post to the SWTOR community yesterday. In it, he addressed many issues that are on players’ minds,...
View ArticleSWTOR Free-to-Play Launching November 15th
BioWare announced a release date for Star Wars: The Old Republic’s switch to its free-to-play model yesterday– November 15th is when we’ll be able to experience all the goodies players have been...
View ArticleFREE TO PLAY Launches Today
STAR WARS™: THE OLD REPUBLIC™ LAUNCHES FREE-TO-PLAY OPTION TODAY Award-Winning MMO from BioWare and LucasArts also adds New Content AUSTIN, Texas – Nov 15, 2012 – BioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts...
View ArticleLaura Shot Third: Cartel Market Prices
Now that Star Wars: The Old Republic has gone free to play, many players are questioning the worth of items on the Cartel Market. Does it really pay to be a subscriber? Darth Hater recently published...
View ArticleBioWare Launches F2P Trailer
Yesterday BioWare showcased a brand new F2P trailer that gives prospective players quite an impressive view of some of the game’s cutscenes, class story events, space missions, and a hint of what...
View ArticleSWTOR’s 2nd LiveStream Event Announced
Yesterday BioWare announced the second official SWTOR LiveStream event, which will take place on November 29th at 3:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST. This live stream will cover the upcoming The Ancient Hypergate...
View ArticleJeff Hickman On the Importance of Player Feedback
Recently, Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, talked a bit about how important player feedback has been to the BioWare team during the transition to free to play. He cited...
View ArticlePatch 1.6.2 Adds Character Slots to Cartel Market
Patch 1.6.2 hit live servers yesterday, and with it came one addition to the Cartel Market that’s been requested since SWTOR’s free-to-play announcement was first made. Players are finally able to...
View ArticleForbes: Scott Hartsman Interview and the Future of MMORPG – Sub vs. F2P
Scott Hartsman, one time head-man of RIFT, the man with apparently the best dressed photo of all devs on the planet, sat down to have a discussion with Forbes.com. Since RIFT’s launch, RIFT has gone...
View ArticleRIFT 2.3: Empyreal Assault – Patch Notes 6/12/13
Note: As with any major patch, there are a handful of known issues in RIFT 2.3. Check this thread for more details as well as ETAs on fixes. == FEATURES == FREE TO PLAY No trials. No tricks. No traps....
View ArticleTrion Takes Action Against the Login Queues
The long login queues on most RIFT shards continued last night during peak hours. Many players had to wait hours if not longer in order to log in. Trion had been keeping a close eye on the situation...
View ArticleWhere the Shard Reshuffling Stands
Following last week’s closing down of Icewatch and the initial reshuffling on RIFT‘s European (EU) shards, we did indeed see similar reshuffling on the North American (NA) shards on Friday and over...
View ArticleA Tour of the New In-Game Store
It’s been just over a week since RIFT went free-to-play, and so far it seems servers are packed with new and returning players. The biggest feature change to the game is probably the new cash shop...
View ArticleTips for New RIFTers
If you’re brand new to RIFT or know someone who is, there’s a lot to keep in mind when it comes to knowing how to best proceed while leveling and making RIFT store purchases. There are a ton of...
View ArticleA Marketer’s Take on Trion and RIFT
With the fair bit of negativity still circling the RIFT community, it’s sometimes not a bad idea to look at something slightly more positive in times like this. In a recent interview with [a]list...
View ArticleWhen Holiday Events in MMORPGs Lose Their Way
As the scope of MMORPGs available to us continues to broaden as new games are constantly released, so do our expectations. We expect new games to have as many cool features as older games, and this is...
View ArticleThe Cash Shop Critic: RIFT Limited Time Only Sales
Free-to-play cash shops aren’t perfect. Far from it most of the time, in fact. Where the line gets drawn between the “decent” in-game stores and the “just plain awful” ones varies from gamer to gamer,...
View ArticleThe Cash Shop Critic: There’s Danger in World "Event" Cash Grabs
Free-to-play cash shops aren’t perfect. Far from it most of the time, in fact. Where the line gets drawn between the “decent” in-game stores and the “just plain awful” ones varies from gamer to gamer,...
View ArticleGamer Think Tank: Free To Buy
Just in case you ever get a teensy bit bored while browsing the internet and find yourself thinking about your video game collection, we’ve got few questions for you to ponder over. Well, one a week in...
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