Since receiving my copy of The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I’ve been reading it in a lot my downtime. The game’s release may be getting closer and closer, but it’s still about a month out. Absorbing all of the concept art and background information about the game helps make the wait more bearable. But is it worth buying? What does the book actually discuss? Keep reading to find out!
*Update!* The Non-disclosure portion of the Game Testing Agreement has, in fact, been lifted, as of Friday November 18th. Feel free to discuss your testing experience so far, but be courteous to those who wish to avoid story spoilers. For details, see the original announcement post and the FAQ post on the SWTOR forums.
During my most recent session of “Let’s stalk Stephen Reid’s Twitter for every possible piece of information,” I noticed two of Mr. Reid’s responses to questions that seem to hint at the possibility of the NDA being lifted before the next Beta Weekend, which happens November 25th-28th. Read on, and make your own interpretations!
Today marks the beginning of a new video series, “Choose Your Side.” The premiere video goes in-depth into the Jedi Knight and Bounty Hunter classes, focusing on their best tactics to use against one another. Not only that, but the video is also a good introduction to both characters in both story and combat functions. We also get a lot of new gameplay footage for each class, taken from scenes throughout the game. To see it for yourself, watch the video here.
If I feel like the Bioware has been jumping from one convention to the next in the last couple months, I can only imagine how it is for the developers – particularly the ones who seem to be at all of the conventions. We already have another con upon us: Eurogamer Expo 2011 in London, September 22 to 25. Bioware promises hands-on gameplay of the Origin Worlds and some PvP. In addition to the details on the expo, we also have a new Studio Insider and this month’s Community Q&A.
by Mark Pajor (follow @mpajor on Twitter)
Corellian Runners, we have quite an update today. In addition to the obligatory PAX Highlights video, Senior Writer Alexander Freed explains the goals and strengths of writing in the Star Wars universe. If Developer Dispatches aren’t your thing, we are now gifted with the Progression video for the Smuggler, whose groin-kicking feats of awesomeness shall be sung for millenia. Let’s start the update there, shall we?
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