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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Release Date Later Than Expected?
Drew
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According to website MCVUK.com, sources have told them that the game should be anticipated for a September 2011 release. This is slightly later than the Spring 2011 release originally hinted at by EA CEO last year. Take a look at the article and let us know what you think! Is this groundless speculation? Could we be looking at an Autumn release?
Long-awaited MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will be released worldwide this September, development sources have told MCV.
Check out the article here.
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Bioware stated on the forums it is still expected for spring 2011. It could be delayed but right now I'd take their word over anyone else.
This story is old news now.
Also, Tyler Rowe, the Community Rep for TOR, has already confirmed that the September date is just pure speculation and that Bioware has every intention of hitting the original Spring 2011 launch date.
http://swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=255000
4th post down from the top of the first page.
This has been all over the SWTOR websight for a few days. I'm not going to go into detail, but it very likely is BS, the info is supposed to be from an ex or disgruntled employee. A Mod stated the game was still on track for a spring 2011 release, but who really knows. There may be some info out this week, and if not, then March 11-13th may be the timeframe for getting a hard date at PAX.
If you really want the entire sope opra, just head on over to the official forums, the thread for the release date is over 820 pgs long and about 20+ pgs are about this very article.
I for one will wait for BW to put something out before I jump to conclussions.
BW and probably moreso EA are probably loving this. Firstly it takes pressure from them on releasing actual detailed mechanics which is always a good thing for getting as many boxes sold as possible. Secondly they only have to release around their proposed date to get good press at not releasing in September, it'll be free possitive advertising. All they have to do is be rather scarce and cryptic with their choice of words regarding the matter.
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Yes i have time to buy a bad ass gameing pc for this game.
spring 2011 is just not going to happen. september 2011 is more realistic but i think it will be christmas 2011 when it gets released.
Im not sure. Last Star Wars rumor i remember from a disgruntled employeed was a SOE one saying that Bioware was making a SW mmorpg; however,everyone wanted to burn that guy on a stick!
And look at what happened. I tend to believe disgruntled employees. 90% of the time they speak from the heart.
Based on Bioware's Community Representative's substantiated input, what this news post is, is nothing more than speculation.
http://swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=255000#close
TylerRowe
Joined: Jun 2009
01.25.2011 , 04:19 PM
Hi all,
Dutch_Gamer is correct -- the target launch window for STAR WARS: The Old Republic is set for Spring 2011. If you've seen or heard any date more specific than that, you should treat it as speculation or a placeholder from those discussing the date.
Hope that helps!
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Spring 2011 officially begins March 20 and ends June 22nd.
Why is Spring not going to happen? Because they keep everything under lock and key and released as little as possible abot the game so you think its not gonna be done? or the fact that there isnt enough time to have a open Beta ? The open Beta thing really dosnt have a point as they could just not offer a open beta .
and before you say they will have a open beta would you A buy the game anyways because you didnt get to try it or B wait untill 9 months before the game gets a free trial i think it would be smart to not have a open beta that way you get more box sales and less people playing the game as a trial and more testing the actual game in closed invite only beta's.
Where did you get that definition of spring ? wiki ?
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/spring/first-day-of-spring.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_does_spring_2011_End
http://www.talkeasy.co.uk/link/materials/months.html
Guild Wars 2's 50 minutes game play video:
http://n4g.com/news/592585/guild-wars-2-50-minutes-of-pure-gameplay
Everything We Know about GW2:
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/287180/page/1
lol. Okay. End spring in May. Haha. I really dont care if there is an official or unofficial gap between "spring" or "summer". The fact remains, that this game is reportedly due in the Spring of 2011.
http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/us/summer.aspx
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/summer/first-day-of-summer.html
Without commenting on whether or not release will be delayed, I would be very dubious of the stability and polish of ANY MMO that did not do at least a stress test.
It does not matter if they had the best dev team to ever walk the Earth. There WILL be issues that only present under live-fire load, and a closed test cannot provide enough bodies to catch them. Not having a stress test says that they are cool with all of their new paying customers finding those bugs in the first few weeks, and that's a pretty lousy way to begin a relationship with your customer base.
I got enough of that with Anarchy Online.
I like bewbs !
Good for you thank you for contributing to the thead. =D
i poly be playing guild war2 be for that games comes out or some other one while i wait cuz now champions is free to play now i can goof on that too while i wait as well TOR will be my baby to play in : ) oh, RIFT be another contender as well havein played beta 5 test it it looks and plays fun over all : ) 2011 is going to be big boom for mmoes out there that are coming no matter what fan of what mmo game : )
To avoid a launch similar to SWG, I would not mind if they delay it slighty to polish and do some bug bashing. SWG is a prime example of how NOT to release a SW MMO! EA better stays off BioWare's back if they want this to become a success.
maybe if you spent more time in english class instead f talking about games you might be able to speak better.
I see they cleaned that article up considerably, taking out the bad sources and quotes. The problem with that of course is that it leaves them without much of an article. Now they have no source at all which is no better. They originally founded their whole article on EALouse and threw in a quote from the Bigpoint CEO and they got raked over the coals for it in their own comments section. Now they removed the hints that their source was EALouse and removed the quote from the Bigpoint CEO, but I wonder if that fools anybody?
I'm not saying that a pushback of the game isn't possible, it may well even be likely as so many believe. What I am saying is that the article was poor journalism from the beginning and trying to clean it up now shouldn't fool anybody. Taking out the quotes just leaves a barebones article with no substantiation, not even a poor one, and shows that they're guessing along with the rest of us.
Sorry for quoting the whole thing but i don't like to take out of context.
Anyway, i believe i heard from one of the devs that they prefer open beta to be a stress test/try before you buy period. They also stated they'd like to do this about 1 month prior (thats the month leading up to release). Thats the short version. heres the long version from ten ton hammer
Ten Ton Hammer: Since Ultima Online's original beta testing period, the concept of the beta test seems to have shifted toward pure marketing tactics rather than any actual testing by the player base. Do you think that beta tests will continue along this trend until we no longer see any form of open beta "test" any longer? Besides stress testing, is there any benefit to having a large closed beta or true open beta?
Richard Vogel: The Open Beta test has changed. It is more of a “try before you buy” marketing push as well as a soft launch. You really don’t get much data from “Open” tests. It is really just making sure everything holds under stress and allows us to get people in the game early vs. everyone getting into the game on launch day. The reality of beta testing is that most people don’t play the game the way they do when it is launched. If there are exploits, they usually keep them to themselves to exploit later when the game goes live.
Ten Ton Hammer: When is it appropriate to let a lot of gamers see your upcoming game? Does it hurt a company to never have a truly public display before a game launches?
Vogel: We feel that limiting the [number of] beta testers is a good thing. We get better data with fewer, more dedicated players and we are able to focus test specific areas of the game. You can’t do that with tens of thousands of players. It is a coordination issue. It is good, however, to allow enough players into the game to make sure it can handle the load under stress.
About 4 weeks before launch is a good time to open the game up to consumers. If you have done your job right, you will know if the game is ready before you open beta. If not, you don’t open it until it is. It doesn’t hurt a company at all to open the game up to players four weeks before launch. It allows them to try before they buy and it allows us to make sure the game holds under pressure as well as providing a rolling launch so day one is not so crowded.
Marked in red what i thought was important to what i quoted.
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I don't believe TOR will go live by the end of spring.. September sounds more,,, logical to me.. Plus it will give them more time to get the game ready for a successful launch...
Rallithon Oakthornn
(Retired Heirophant of the 60th season)
TOR official forums by Moderators and Bioware Representive informed the community that the UK story was a hoax. Spring Release is the target timeframe. June 21 is the start of summer.
But this game could run on a PC from 2001.......
Dude, "Spring 2011" is in March and were a day away from February. This is less than 2 months away (March 21). We have no full-on discosure of the game, it's features, and everything else. You can barely find any full-beta gameplay videos. I haven't seen anything about an expanded beta program. Okay okay so let's say they release at the tail-end of "Spring 2011" and not the first day of spring (obviously). Now you are talking 5 months. Is it normal for a game that's 2-5 months away from release to have no real open discosure about itself?