Star Wars: The Old Republic Confirmed for 2011
Another long year of waiting for a return to the Old Republic.
Were you hoping to play Star Wars: The Old Republic sometime this year? It's not going to happen, but there's a New Hope definitely for 2011.
Announced on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forums, BioWare is targeting a spring 2011 release date for the highly anticipated MMO.
While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We’ve got a lot of exciting updates and reveals planned throughout 2010, including the first-ever hands-on testing for the game. It’s not too late to sign up to be a game tester, so go to www.swtor.com/tester and sign up today. We can’t wait to share more about the game with you as we progress through the year, so make sure you stay tuned to the official website for details.
I suppose that gives us all time to go back to the first two KotOR games for another play through, perhaps even the "complete" version of The Sith Lords.

With that said, man this is the last thing I need. I love Star Wars and can be succored in by just about anything Star Wars with a Bioware logo on it. I already ruined one marriage with Eve Online. Must Resist the shiny Bioware logo.
I hate monthly fees. I would rather pay a lot once and then never again.
SWTOR has all the good features that Dragon Age has, such as:
-origin quest lines for each class
-future quest lines change depending on how you do earlier quests
-quests seem to have multiple solutions
-you can play evil, or good, whatever floats your boat, it's not linear like other mmorpgs
-fully voiced dialogue
Just reading the wiki for SWTOR had me sold. I am not a fan of the Star Wars movies(nor a hater, just never watched them except for when I was a kid), but The Old Republic setting looks very interesting.
However, the completely SHI-TTY animations totally blew me off. I am not particularly picky, I don't demand Crysis or Far Cry 2 level graphics, but after seeing the good graphics and art of Dragon Age, I want something at least as good:
-considering SWTOR will be completed 2 years later
-SWTOR also has access to Dragon's Age code, since they are from the same company
NO REASON for SWTOR to have the main character running around like he's CONSTIPATED. Just terrible animation and blocky graphics lacking details.
Why not use the good stuff you have in Dragon Age and build from there??? This is beyond me why they can't do at least that. Improve, don't regress Bioware...
Amen.
If you're only going to play for a month, it gouges you, but if you play for years, it saves you tons of green. =D
I played WoW for 2 years... $20x24months +$40 for game and $40 for expac = $over $500.
I have high hopes for this, and in all hope, they don't make some boring peice of junk, or something more addictive than cocaine...
Ahem, what about opportunity costs of 2 years playing of WoW? In other words, how much have you lost by playing WoW and not persuing other endevours? If your only alternative is to play other games, then yes, you have saved money. If on the other hand, you did some excercisng and maybe started a small business instead, then WoW cost you a LOT more then $500...
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The complete voice acting is a "big" new thing.
In anyway, interesting to see how this game develop during the coming year.
Your comment is very pejorative. Because someone said they played a game for 2 years, you're assuming that it's the ONLY thing they ever did? I'm starting my third year into WoW but it's hardly the only thing I do. I have a full-time job, I work out 30mins a day, I play pool 2 times a week, I cook, I speak 2 languages, etc.
I don't mean to brag, I just want to give some slack to gamers. Try to know people before judging them.
Just my personal opinion but I will admit I'm a big Bioware fan. Their worst games for the most part smack the faces of most other developers best games around with ease.
look at the GC 2009 Walkthrough pt. 2
At 3:05 you can see some running footage
at 3:20 he starts swinging his lightsaber, pay attention to how constipated he looks when he moves around with a sword
seriously, WoW animations looked funny, swtor just looks goofy and retarded
Bioware is charging 5 dollars for a 30 mins quest sold as a DLC for Dragon Age. They will surely charge a monthly fee since millions of gamers are used to doing it for WoW.
BTW, Bioware missed the deadline for that small DLC twice already. They even released it, then stopped releasing it because of technical issues. So I don't expect this game to be done in Spring 2011, more like Q4 2011.