On February 1st, EA proudly announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic had reached 1.7 million subscribers. Now nearly a month later EA has revealed new subscriber numbers...and they haven't changed. There was no increase or decrease in the number of people playing TOR, which technically isn't a good thing for such a big game that was just released.VentureBeat has the more.

If you talk to most MMO players they'll tell you one of the things that hurt WoW the most in the long run was the cross-server dungeon finder. It completely killed the sense of community on servers and reduced people to just sitting in towns as they waited for their dungeon queue to pop. That tool evolved out of the cross-server PVP the game adopted earlier, and now it looks like The Old Republic... more.

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, BioWare founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk talked a bit about the lessons they learned in The Old Republic's beta and their post launch plans for the game. Anyone who has ever participated in a MMO beta, especially in the early days, probably has stories of funny exploits people come up with; and the BioWare guys have their own as well: Have there been an... more.

With PAX East going on this weekend, there's lots of news creeping out about Star Wars: The Old Republic. Unfortunately not all of it is good. Take this bit for example.During a Q&A session at the show, BioWare was asked how the day/night cycle works in the game. Their answer was that there isn't one. Their excuse was in order to create unique-looking worlds they needed static lighting with t... more.

The expanded universe of the Star Wars franchise is chock full of things that would make the canon ‘verse so much cooler.  However, it seems Lucas is pretty stubborn about adding things to it (excluding, of course, cartoon-like CGI to forty-year-old movies).  Here are a few things I’d love to see on the big screen.  Other than Jar Jar dying, of course.Colored Lightsabersmore.

As part of E3 2010, Bioware has put together another amazing CG trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Check it out to see Republic troops fighting off Sith on Alderaan and keep an eye on this site for hands-on impressions (and maybe more) on Old Republic later in the week!... more.

[caption id="attachment_409" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Let's just hope the Wampas stay away from those Volcanos!"][/caption]Its the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. What better way to celebrate than with some new info about Star Wars: The Old Republic!This icy planet has been announced as  playable  in Bioware's anticipated MMO.  Hoth will be littered with w... more.

Some new information about Star Wars: The Old Republic (Bioware's upcoming highly anticipated MMO) has risen to the surface.thegalacticstruggle.com got a good amount of play time with the game, playing a level six bounty hunter.  They commented on the race of the player, revealing the first non-human playable race in the game.  Rat... more.