Author: Soeren Kamper

New SWTOR Story dev blog: Brothers

BioWare published a new story blog on the swtor website details Thexan and Arcann. These a the two guys from the Fallen Empire trailer. Check it out below: Brothers Today, I watched my face burn. The skin cracked and curled as fire seared away the moisture. Charred flesh retreated from the heat and shriveled into a huddled black mass. One blue eye, identical to my own, held me in place–made me watch. In an instant, it was the face of a stranger. And we were no longer twins. The memory tugged at my hand, pulled it to my cheek. I was startled by the smoothness that met the pads of my fingertips. My brother’s phantom grip still clutched my arm. I felt the bones beneath his skin reach out, try to escape the pain, and fail. Arcann had writhed for hours before sleep granted him mercy. My own bed remained empty….

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Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday July 28 – August 4 2015

Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 14 – July 21 2015. New Items Price Helpful links WALKHAR TRICKSTER 1440 Items Available Again Price Helpful links LIFE DAY BUNDLE (2014) 1000 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD UTILITY DECORATION BUNDLE 682 1018 +49% 1018 HUMBLE HERO ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% 1440 UNLOCK: OUTFIT DESIGNER SLOT 96 120 +25% 120 UNLOCK: ADDITIONAL LEGACY STRONGHOLD STORAGE BAY 450 750 +66% 750 CZERKA CZK-4 ASSAULT CANNON 500 250 –50% 375 CZERKA CZX-4 BLASTER RIFLE 500 250 –50%

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New Maintenance: Update 3.3a

BioWare will be bringing the servers offline today, Tuesday July 28th, in order to apply Patch 3.3a. Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2015 Time: 5:00AM PDT (1200 GMT) – 7:00AM PDT (1400 GMT) Version: 3.3a This patch will correct the Unranked Warzone queue, make it possible to complete the Mission “Monolithic” on Ziost, and return the text to Medical Probe’s icon and tooltip. Timezone(s) Start Time End Time UTC Offset Australia/Sydney July 28, 2015 10:00 pm July 29, 2015 12:00 am +10:00 Australia/Adelaide July 28, 2015 09:30 pm July 28, 2015 11:30 pm +09:30 Australia/Brisbane July 28, 2015 10:00 pm July 29, 2015 12:00 am +10:00 Tokyo July 28, 2015 09:00 pm July 28, 2015 11:00 pm +09:00 Australia/Perth, Hong Kong July 28, 2015 08:00 pm July 28, 2015 10:00 pm +08:00 Mumbai July 28, 2015 05:30 pm July 28, 2015 07:30 pm +05:30 EET July 28, 2015 03:00 pm July 28, 2015…

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SWTOR Seattle Cantina Tour Canceled

The Seattle Cantina Tour  has been canceled, as BioWare needs to spend all it energy on getting Star Wars: The old Republic Fallen Empire ready. Instead the team will do a livestream with some gameplay of a chapter of the upcoming expansion. PAX Cantina – Important Update: Revised Plan | 07.27.2015, 08:22 AM Hey folks, We wanted to give you an update on a change of plans around our Seattle Cantina, planned to happen around PAX Prime. As we have been looking at our schedule, we feel that as we are just a few short months from Fallen Empire’s launch, it is really important that we focus our resources internally. Our goal is to deliver a AAA-quality expansion and we need to allow the team to put their focus on development priorities, to put all resources into making Knights of the Fallen Empire the best it can be. With that in…

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Fanmade ‘Star Wars’ Oculus Rift Game Trailer

A company named Hammerhead VR has created a trailer for Star Wars VR, a game made for the Oculus Rift. Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset that is going to change the way we play video games in the future. The trailer was made with the Unreal Engine 4 and it looks great, even though it’s not the most complex footage ever made. The first-person Star Wars experience is really what shines in this cool project. No matter if you are going up against Darth Vader in the carbon freezing chamber or leading the battle on the first Death Star, experiencing the excitement and action of Star Wars in a virtual reality environment would be amazing. The trailer does not show much activity with the characters but it was probably difficult to make the trailer with moving ships and environments while not having to worry about populating the game…

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New Update For Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic II

Fans of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords, which was released in 2004, is receiving an official update with new features and fixes. This new update covers Linux, Mac, and Windows versions of the game when purchased through Steam. It’s introducing a variety of new features, like widescreen resolutions of up to 4K and 5K, 37 more achievements, Steam Workshop integration, and controller support. The last feature is really awesome because it allows anyone to have access and install user-created add-ons for the game inside of Steam client. One item that is available already is the KotoOR II’s popular “Restored Content Mod,” and it repairs a variety of bugs and introduces new story content that was made for but not originally included in the game. Developer Obsidian Entertainment has been working under the gun for the last months of the games developments. This is…

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SWTOR: Update on Win Trading from Season 5

Eric Musco  took on the forums to tell players about the actions BioWare have taken against win trading in the past PvP season. Check it out: Update on Win Trading from Season 5 | 07.23.2015, 06:07 PM Hey folks, With Season 5 recently ending, I thought I would give an update on what we have been doing to curb players who continue to win-trade. To recap from before, players who were caught win-trading were receiving actions ranging from a warning, up to having their character’s rating reset. Specifically, the character who we caught doing the win-trading itself. Depending on the character’s history, this can also include suspension time as well. Over the course of the last few Seasons, we have seen an overall decline in win-trading action, and we hope that you have seen that as well. However, in a handful of cases, there are players who continue to win-trade…

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The SWTOR Cartel market team want your ideas for new mounts

Yeah. That’s right. What do you wan’t to spend you money on? BioWare want’s to know. So if you have any suggestions for new mounts to add. Give feedback on the forums. The Official Mount/Vehicle Wishlist Thread  Ever wander the galaxy, come across a creature and think it would be an awesome mount? Perhaps the fierce Corrupted Geo Beast of Oricon*, or the massive but gentle Bormus of Balmorra? We want to hear about it! Please use this thread to tell us what you would like to see implemented as a mount, be it creature, or vehicular! When offering suggestions, we do ask that you please be as specific as possible, and provide images when you can. The more information we have about exactly what you want to see, the easier it is for us to send our expert creature handlers out for investigation, or supply work orders to our manufacturers!…

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Game Update 3.3 Known Issues

New patch, new bugs. Here are a list of known issues so far. I guess they have to wait for the wall of Togrutas to come in and find any other errors… Still, seems minor so far. TaitWatson Nexu Mount? | 07.22.2015, 09:19 AM As part of our testing and changes we made in getting 3.3 released, an issue occurred that we didn’t catch. As you noticed, the Nexu was not sent with the rest of the Season 6 rewards. We are going to get these out to everyone who earned one as soon as possible. Sorry for the trouble! -Tait Source TaitWatson Game Update 3.3 Known Issues | 07.22.2015, 08:59 AM Hey all, This thread will contains Known Issues for Game Update 3.3 and will be updated from time to time as we gather more information. Thanks! The Togruta tooltip in the Appearance Designer does not indicate that the Species…

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Game Update 3.3: Grand Togruta Celebration

SWTOR Patch 3.3 maintenance will be happening from July 21 to July 22 in the same time slot as before. Below are the patch notes: Game Update 3.3: Grand Togruta Celebration Highlights Ranked Arena Season 6 begins! Season 5 has come to a glorious conclusion and Season 6 with a revamped Reward system is underway! See the “Warzones” section below for full details. Season 5 rewards have been delivered to eligible characters’ in-game mail. New Unlockable Species: Togruta! You can now roam the galaxy as a member of the Togruta Species! Togruta can be purchased via the Cartel Market or directly through the Appearance Designer Kiosk. New Galactic Stronghold: Yavin IV! Claim your own Yavin IV Temple Stronghold by visiting the Stronghold Directory located on Yavin IV or on either Fleet. Bounty Contract Week Returns! Hunt wanted criminals in this returning event. The event begins July 22nd at 04:00 PST/12:00 GMT and ends…

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SWTOR Patch 3.3 Delayed Until Further Notice

Today’s patch 3.3 for SWTOR has been delayed due to some issues. There is currently no ETA on the next maintenance. Scheduled Maintenance: 20-21 July 2015 | 07.20.2015, 08:27 PM Hey folks! We are running into some issues with Game Update 3.3, and so we are going to be delaying tonight’s scheduled maintenance. It is still our goal to get out Game Update 3.3 as soon as possible. I will pass on more updates tomorrow. Again, there will be no maintenance tonight which will delay the launch of Game Update 3.3. This does have an affect on some other things as well: Bountry Contract Week is delayed until Game Update 3.3 goes live, and will only run until next Tuesday. The Outer Rim Explorer’s pack will still go live tomorrow. The next Conquest will start on time, tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding! -eric Scheduled Maintenance: 20-21 July 2015 |…

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SWTOR July 21 Maintenance for Patch 3.3

Just a heads up letting you know, that the SWTOR servers will be going down for 12 hrs from 8 PM PDT July 20 to 8 AM PDT July 21 for patch 3.3. Check out the official announcement below: Scheduled Maintenance: 20-21 July 2015 | 07.17.2015, 03:55 PM Hey everyone! I wanted to let you know that we will be performing maintenance for Game Update 3.3 starting on Monday, July 20th, 2015. Date: Monday, 20 July 2015 – Tuesday 21 July 2015 Time: 8:00PM PDT, Monday, July 20th (0300 GMT, July 21st) – 8:00AM PDT, Tuesday, July 21st (1500 GMT, July 21st) Version: 3.3 Game Update 3.3 will include the new Yavin IV Galactic Stronghold, the Togruta species, and the PvP Currency and Rewards revamp. Full Patch Notes will be posted on Monday, July 20th. If there are any updates during the maintenance period, they will be posted on the…

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Togruta confirmed to be in SWTOR Patch 3.3

Eric informed us that the new race Togruta will be part of game update 3.3 arriving on Tuesday July 21. T minus 1 week till Togruta | 07.15.2015, 09:57 PM Quote: Originally Posted by SupremeLegate At least, that’s assuming they are actually in 3.3. Sure would be nice to know one way or the other before next Tuesday. Togruta will be in Game Update 3.3 on Tuesday! We are pretty excited for all of you to get your hands on the new playable species. One thing that sets Togruta apart from other species is that, due to their Montrals, any item worn in your head slot will be automatically hidden. By introducing a new playable species which hides its head slot, this gives us the potential to introduce other species down the line who have “head things going on.” Let us know what you think of the Togruta in Game…

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Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday July 14 – July 21. 2015

Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 14 – July 21 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links HYPERCRATE: APPRENTICE’S SHADOW PACKS Information from TOR FASHION APPRENTICE’S SHADOW PACK Information from TOR FASHION Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 270 360 +33% 360 HUTTSBANE’S GARMENTS 150 600 +300% 600 WEEKLY PASS: OPERATIONS 180 240 +33% 240 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 500 1000 +100% 1000 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SLOT 480 600 +25% 600 PREFERRED ACCESS BUNDLE 972 810 –17% 891 MID RIM EXPLORER’S PACK 250 300 +20% 300 VECTRON WGF VETERAN 1800 900 –50% 1800 RENAME: GUILD NAME 3000 1500 –50% 3000 ACCESS AUTHORIZATION: SECTION X 375 299 –21% 375 HYPERCRATE: MID RIM EXPLORER’S PACKS 5400 6480 +20% 6480 DYE MODULE KIT 200 120 –40% 175 STREET SLICER’S LONGCOAT 150 15 –90% 150

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The Combat Team wants your opinion on set bonuses in SWTOR

The  combat team over at BioWare want’s for your opinion and feedback on current and previous set bonuses in Star Wars: The old Republic. You can let the game developers know by replying to the official thread over at the official forums. We would also love to hear you opinion in the comment section below. Check out the official announcement: The intent of these set bonuses is not not increase HPS/DSP/survivability by more than 5%. Note from the Combat team on this… Quote: Originally Posted by Zoom_VI Is there are particular reason why you guys are looking to change them? With Knights of the Fallen Empire being just around the corner, we just wanted to give you all a chance to let us know if there are any particular set bonuses that you dislike and give you an opportunity to suggest your ideas for improvement. We are not looking to…

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Go to San Diego Cantina Tour and get 30 days sub and some cartel coins

Attendees in the daytime event, at San Diego cantina tour, Will get 30 days sub and some cartel coins: The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour Arrives in San Diego, California! | 07.09.2015, 07:32 PM Hey folks! I wanted to let you know about a promotion we will be running during our San Diego Cantina. If you stop by anytime during the day, log into one of the laptops we have there, and show us that you have an account and are opted in to receive emails we will claim a code for you on the spot which will add 30 days of sub time and some Cartel Coins. Just a little something extra for those of you come to visit us during Comic-Con. Note that you will need to log into your account (so if you have a security key, make sure to bring it along), we…

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EA’s Fallen Empire Preview with Creative Director Jesse Sky

EA posted a snippet on the official EA site, of a preview with Creative Director  on Star Wars: The old Republic Jesse Sky, on the upcoming Fallen Empire expansion coming in October. BioWare goes back to its roots for: Knights of the Fallen Empire What goes into crafting the new expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire? Creative director Jesse Sky takes things back to the beginning. Back to basics Last year, I decided to re-watch The Empire Strikes Back® and write down everything that shocked the audience back in its original theatrical run. It’s a very long list. That film packs a real emotional punch—it’s full of twists, betrayals and revelations the entire way through. I’ve wanted to tell a Star Wars™ story like that ever since the first time I saw it. When we began conceptualizing Knights of the Fallen Empire, the story…

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SWTOR Dev Blog – Vacation

BioWare posted a new short story called Vacation and features the upcoming companion Nico Okarr: Vacation Even by Outer Rim standards, the Sarlacc and Loaded cantina was considered the end of the line. Smoke sullied by the stench of bodily fluids and putrid food assaulted the nostrils. Except for a flickering sign above the bar, it was dark and muggy. Sand carpeted the floors and seats. Customers didn’t frequent the Sarlacc–only regulars–the same five sorry slobs who sat in the same chairs, drinking the same drinks, and mumbling the same woes day in and day out. Under normal circumstances, a man like Seamus Kaldo wouldn’t send his servants to such an establishment, much less visit himself. But the trail had led him here and Seamus was in too deep to stop now. No one had looked up when they entered. Unless provoked, the Sarlacc’s finest were content to keep their faces…

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The SWTOR Story Panel at SDCC

BioWare will be having a story panel for Star Wars: The old Republic at San Diego comic con. This is part of the San Diego Cantina Tour, and if you have questions for the panels you can now ask them on the forums. Hey folks! As many of you saw, last week we announced our schedule for San Diego Comic-con. As part of that, we are going to be hosting a Story panel featuring Lead Writer Charles Boyd along with the Producers of the amazing “Sacrifice” trailer. What they would like to know is what questions do you have for the panel? The panel will be focusing on the story around Knights of the Fallen Empire along with the making of and the story behind the “Sacrifice” trailer. So let us know what questions we can relay to these fine folks. Keep in mind, these questions should focus around the…

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Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday July 7 – July 14. 2015

Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of July 7– July 14 2015. Items No Longer Available Helpful links FIRST GRAND MOUNT PACK FIREWORKS BUNDLE FIRST GRAND ACQUISITION PACK Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links 5-PACK: MAJOR EXPERIENCE BOOST 360 270 –25% 315 HUTTSBANE’S GARMENTS 600 150 –75% 600 RENAME: CHARACTER NAME 500 1000 +100% 1000 RENAME: LEGACY NAME 500 1000 +100% 1000 DATA ENTRY 300 600 +100% 600 GAMORREAN AXE 30 300 +900% DESTROYER ARMOR SET 600 1200 +100% 1200 RANCOR HOLO-REPLICA 60 120 +100% 120 W4-K2 ASTROMECH DROID 70 280 +300% 280 HYPERCRATE: APPRENTICE’S SHADOW PACKS 5400 3240 –40% 5400 APPRENTICE’S SHADOW PACK 250 150 –40% 250 WEEKLY PASS: OPERATIONS 240 180 –25% 210 THE ARNECLIN MASTERPIECES 1000 500 –50% ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SLOT 600 480 –20% 540

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Changes to the Cartel Market — Tuesday June 30 – July 7. 2015

Here are the weekly cartel market items on sale for the week of June 30 – July 7 2015. Items Available Again Price Helpful links BLOCKADE RUNNER’S CARTEL PACK 250 HYPERCRATE: BLOCKADE RUNNER’S CARTEL PACKS 5400 Price Change Old Price New Price Percent Change Normal Price Helpful links STRONGHOLD CANTINA DECORATION BUNDLE 760 1216 +60% 1216 TM-59 BLASTER PISTOL 200 400 +100% ARATECH ROSE 750 1500 +100% 1500 CATHAR WARSTAFF 200 400 +100% 400 HEARTLESS PURSUER ARMOR SET 720 1440 +100% EMOTE: SING 40 400 +900% 400 CUSTOMIZATION CONTROL: HIDE HEAD SLOT 28 280 +900% 280 BLOCKADE RUNNER’S CARTEL PACK 0 250 UNKNWON ERROR OCCURED RENAME: CHARACTER NAME 1000 500 –50% 800 RENAME: LEGACY NAME 1000 500 –50% 800 DATA ENTRY 600 300 –50% 600 GAMORREAN AXE 300 30 –90% 180 DESTROYER ARMOR SET 1200 600 –50% 1200 RANCOR HOLO-REPLICA 120 60 –50% 120 W4-K2 ASTROMECH DROID 280 70 –75%…

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Presenting the Most Wide &Exhaustive Selection of Casino Games

The world of online gaming is literally endless. With the coming of a number of game developers, there have been a number of card and table games introduced for the games across the world. In such a scenario, the players are in a sweet dilemma as to select their most favorite game out of so many options. This post is going to give an enlightening view of the different gamut of online games and a selection of casino games– a comprehensive list of the most popular games played by games across the world. Online Slot Machine Games Slots are the most played online games of all times. Easy to play and easy to make good cash, the slot machine games are played by all. It is such a game that requires no special skills, but largely dependent on one’s luck. Here is a selection of all the world-popular slot games…

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