It’s time for the latest and hopefully last date change for the launch of the Star Wars MMORPG - The Old Republic. This is a game that, for the lay individual, is comparable to World of Warcraft in its scope, allowing players to create their own character with who they’ll be able to experience the entire Star Wars universe as it unfolds before them. Have battles, accomplish missions, swing a few lightsabers around, the whole shebang.

The newest word on this future game is that there will be a international release - with North America as well as the European territories on the list thus far as well as no sign of greater Asia - on December 20th, 2011.
As those of you that ve been waiting for this game for years understand already, this game was set for the end of 2012 already, originally set to release somewhere around whenever Diablo III would be dropped - instead D3 was delayed until 2012 as well as Star Wars is now free to become the biggest MMORPG release of the season. Once The Old Republic is released, international support will be provided by the Ireland-based base already nearing readiness now.

BioWare and LucasArts tell us that those that have pre-ordered the game as well as have or perhaps will redeem their Pre-Order Code at the Code Redemption Center at SWTOR.com before the game officially gets released is eligible for Early Game Access plus an in-game “Color Stone” to instantly change the color of the weapon’s “visual effects.” Your blaster blasts and your own lightsaber blades, essentially. Those that want to pre-order the game still can at the SWTOR pre-order page right this second. Grab it!


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