BioWare published a new short story titled The Final Trial featuring Lana Beniko. Check it out: Lana Beniko woke with heavy lids, her mind and body brittle against the cold stone of Tulak Hord’s tomb. How long had she slept? The strain in her limbs told her not long enough, but she feared it had been days. Hunger clawed at the lining of her stomach, but Lana shook it off. She needed to keep moving, keep searching. To stay here was to become just another lifeless relic of the tomb. Dark soil stained Lana’s fingernails as she pushed herself to stand. The air was drafty, chapping her already raw lips. “You’re awake,” a hoarse voice stated. Lana had forgotten she wasn’t alone. Bensyn knelt at the entrance of the alcove they had chosen as a resting spot, his red Sith Pureblood skin easily recognizable. Kagan was curled next to him still…
Month: March 2015
Veteran BioWare Writer Moves to Secret New Project
Mr. David Gaider, veteran KOTOR writer, has announced he is making a major change. A few days ago, he announced on Twitter that he is leaving Dragon Age and the team so that he can work on a secret game from BioWare. While it’s hard to leave Dragon Age behind, 10 years is a long time to work on any one project. I decided it was time for something new. — David Gaider (@davidgaider) March 3, 2015 Mr. Gaider worked on many different BioWare games including, Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars the old Repubublic. He also worked on Dragoan age Origins, Dragon Age II, and Dragon Age: Inquisition , as well as older games like Neverwinter Nights. Because he stated that he cannot discuss the new game this suggests to us that it’s an unannounced title. BioWare is currently working on a new IP and this could a project…
Disciplines Calculator English Version Launched
The team over at The-Old-Republic.ru have updated their Disciplines Calculator and created a new English version. Here you can see their brand new fast and useful Discipline Calculator. This is actually a really cool calculator and those of us from English-speaking countries are happy to see them invest the time into creating a calculator that will work for us as well. Here is their official post explaining the announcement. Hey! As some of you might have seen last week, we showed the design of our new Disciplines Calculator on /r/swtor. We released the Russian language version back in December and now we have finished the English version. Our team hopes you enjoy the tool and find it fast and useful. We apologise for any mistakes in the translation; we are not native English speakers. If you find anything awry or want to submit any comments/feedback, please feel free to let us…
Pencak Silat to Appear in The Force Awakens?
If you’ve seen The Raid, The Raid 2, or Merantau Warrior, you’ve seen Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian display their impressive martial arts skills. And while there’s been a lot of noise around the fact that Simon Pegg could show up in The Force Awakens, not nearly enough people are excited about Uwais and Ruhian. Along with Cecep Arif Rahman, another practitioner of the Indonesian martial art known as Pencak Silat, these two have been announced as “performing fight work” in the upcoming installation of Star Wars. Exactly what this means isn’t clear—whether they’ll actually be featured in the film, if they’ll be serving as stunt performers, or if they’ll be involved in fight choreography (Uwais was the lead fight choreographer behind the amazing fight scenes in The Raid 2) is unknown. No matter how they’re involved, it seems likely that the influence of Silat could be seen in the fight scenes of The Force Awakens. While Merantau Warrior didn’t get…
SWTOR PTS 3.1.2 Update #2 Patch Notes
BioWare have updated the SWTOR Public test servers wiht a new patch. This update is focusing on class changes. Check it out below: Jedi Knight Guardian Focused Defense now grants 12 charges (up from 10) and lasts for 15 seconds (up from 10). Sith Warrior Juggernaut Enraged Defense now grants 12 charges (up from 10) and lasts for 15 seconds (up from 10). Jedi Consular Sage Redesigned the Upheaval utility: Project gains a 25% chance to produce a second Project that deals 25% damage. Telekinetics Fixed an issue that caused Tremors to apply Unshakable early, negating interrupts. Shadow Infiltration Kinetic Field now increases damage reduction by 3% for 15 seconds (up from 2%) when dealing critical damage. This effect stacks up to 3 times. Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer Redesigned the Chain Shock utility: Shock gains a 25% chance to produce a second Shock that deals 25% damage. Lightning Fixed an issue…
Battlefront Footage Shown to Retailers Behind Closed Doors…Oh, Come on!
For the commoner, the last (and first) glimpse at actual Star Wars: Battlefront in-game footage came at the 2014 E3. Since then, while the team behind the project was obviously busy churning out content, not much else saw the light of day about the game, save for some rumors here and there, just enough to keep the hype-machine chugging along. A few days ago though, a select few were granted the privilege to take in some Battlefront magic, as retailers were finally shown some game-play, and fortunately for the community, at one of these events organized for GameStop, EA COO Peter Moore decided to fire out a few rousing tweets. According to him, the audience gave a “superb ovation” to the footage shown, which is pretty much what happened back at the E3 last year too. Having said that much though, Moore didn’t bother providing any other details, leaving the…
Crowfall; A new MMO from creators of Ultima Online and SWTOR
ArtCraft Entertainment currently has a new MMO game in production called Crowfall. The game is getting much support on the ever popular crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter. The team includes Gordon Walton and J. Todd Coleman, who have worked on games such as Star Wars: The Old Republic and The Sims Online. Gamers have their hopes high on this new MMO. Crowfall is being described as a Throne War MMO and some inspiration from Game of Thrones is blended into it. In the game the heroes are immortal and they are constantly fighting through different worlds that only exist for a limited time or until a certain condition is met. The games world has four different seasons it goes through, just like here on earth: Spring, summer, fall and winter and with each change of season the map becomes harder. After winter has finished, a winner is announced and the world goes…
More speculation on the Star Wars battlefront release date
The new upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront has been confirmed for release in winter of 2015 for PlayStation 4 consoles. There is still no specific date for the third installment of the Battlefront game series. However, we do know that the game’s release is set to coincide with the release of the new Star Wars movie. The game is being developed by DICE after Free Radical Design lost the rights for development, according to Expert Reviews. DICE is majorly known for their work with many first person style shooters. There is another report from the Master Herald that says DICE is determined to build a game that has a combination of familiar features from the Battlefront series but they also want to put their own style in it. During the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2014, an official teaser style trailer was released for the game. This trailer showed the public a…
SWTOR 3.1a Patch Notes
Patch notes from today’s maintenance is now available. Check them out below: 3.1a Patch Notes General The Achievements for Hard Mode Battle of Rishi and Hard Mode Blood Hunt no longer reset on logout. Flashpoints and Operations The Ravagers Players must now begin the Coratanni encounter by interacting with the door to her arena before every attempt. It is no longer possible for players to get stuck in a state where there are unable to return to the Coratanni encounter. Saber Reflect no longer deflects Floor Vent damage during the Torque encounter.
Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday March 04 -10 2015
Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of Feb 24 – Mar 04 2015. New Items Price Helpful links SOLUS SECANT 1500 Information from TOR FASHION GOLD SCALENE ARMOR SET 1440 Information from TOR FASHION Items No Longer Available Helpful links HYPERCRATE: ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACKS Pack contents from Dulfy ARCHITECT’S STRONGHOLD PACK Pack contents from Dulfy SENESCHAL’S STRONGHOLD PACK Pack contents from Dulfy HYPERCRATE: SENESCHAL’S STRONGHOLD PACKS Pack contents from Dulfy Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links LEGACY UNLOCK: CHISS 300 600 +100% 600 LEGACY UNLOCK: TWI’LEK 300 600 +100% 600 HEARTLESS PURSUER ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 270 360 +33% 360 COLLAPSIBLE BOWCASTER GREK 100 400 +300% 400 Information from TOR FASHION LEGACY UNLOCK: SITH PUREBLOOD 600 300 –50% 450 LEGACY UNLOCK: MIRALUKA 600 300 –50% 450 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 1000 600 –40%…
Operation Victory Tournament Canceled Due to Bugs with New Operations
BioWare is canceling the SWTOR operation speedrun Tournament sponsored by ESL due to bugs in the Coratanni encounter. Operation Victory Tournament – *Cancelled* | 03.02.2015, 09:14 PM Hey folks, I will cut right to the chase, we are cancelling our ESL Operation Victory competition. Our reason revolves around the Coratanni encounter. I know many of you raised concerns about the issues related to the encounter, and we agree. We spent a lot of time this week testing bug fixes to see how viable the fixed version would be in a speed running environment. We have applied improvements to the Coratanni encounter as of tomorrow’s patch but there are still situations that could impact players focused on a timed run. We thank you for your feedback around the contest and should we decide to do something like this in the future, we will let you know. Also, let us know your feedback on…
TOR TV: “How to Increase Speeder to 200% Speed”
Do you want to know how to increase your speeder to 200% speed? This video has all the answers (and a lot of laughs). Sometimes you just have to take a break from all the seriousness and give yourself a good chuckle. That’s really what playing games should be all about in the first place- having fun. Sometimes we get so caught up in game objectives and goals that we forget to have some fun. Videos like this are a good little reminder to take time to smile each day. Have you seen anything fun, silly or fan-created about SWTOR that you want to share with us? Let us know in the comments!
New Maintenance: Update 3.1a
All SWTOR servers will be taken down tomorrow on Tuesday March 3 for maintenance and Patch 3.1a. Servers will be down from 3 am PST to 5 am PST. Maintenance: 3 March 2015 | 03.02.2015, 03:41 PM All servers will be unavailable on March 3rd while we apply Game Update 3.1a. Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 Time: 3:00AM PST (11:00 GMT) – 5:00AM PST (13:00 GMT) Version: 3.1a During maintenance, all updates and additional information will be posted on our Twitter account. Thank you for your patience as we maintain service for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.
Satele Shan by Saphira Cosplay
You know how we love cosplayers around here, especially SWTOR or Star Wars cosplayers. So this is why we are excited to bring you this one of Satele Shan, a personal favorite of mine actually. Saphira is more than a pretty face; she’s incredibly talented too, which you can see from her Facebook page (linked below). The teamwork between Saphira and photographer for this shot really shines through in the end result. We love it and we’d love to see more! The cosplayer herself, Saphira, left this comment explaining the lightsabers: i built the sabers from scratch XD they have 5000 lumens in the blades, so they light up for real. i got the build process in my page (facebook.com/saphiracosplay). They are also two sabers that can be united to form her saberstaff, her most used weapon, and the blades are clear blue acrylic that can also be detached for…