LoreHound Crier: The Week at a Glance

Posted on Apr 20, 2012

It’s been another great week here at LoreHound. More PAX interviews have appeared, we’ve had a few exclusives, and there’s even been some game industry mudslinging. I was terribly excited to see news about Torchlight 2, and I’m sure there’s even more excitement about Diablo 3. I won’t be playing either game as I’ve got

SWTOR Subscription Numbers in Decline says Analyst Group

Posted on Apr 19, 2012

Cowen and Company, an analyst group, has released a new report that states, subscription numbers for Star Wars: The Old Republic have already peaked in February and the game is currently in decline. The reports states that from the game’s peak of 1.7 million subscribers, it has declined to about 1.25 million at the end of March,

Another Free SWTOR Weekend Pass Announced

Posted on Apr 17, 2012

Since announcing the free Weekend Pass five weeks ago, BioWare has hosted three free weekends and has just announced the fourth, making this 4 out of the last 6 weekends. Actually calling them free “weekends” isn’t very accurate since each event lasts for three and a half days, so really they should be called “free

SWTOR: Free Game-time for Everyone…Mostly

Posted on Apr 12, 2012

To help celebrate update 1.2, BioWare is giving all current and previous Star Wars: The Old Republic players some free game-time. Current players, who have a level 50 character, get 30 free days added to to their accounts. The 30 free days begins as soon as their current subscriptions expires, but be careful, because it will automatically

SWTOR Update 1.2 Now Live + Explosive Conflict Trailer

Posted on Apr 12, 2012

BioWare just announced that update 1.2 for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live on servers, although without Ranked Warzones, as was announced yesterday. Also released today is a trailer for the new operation, Explosive Conflict. On the small planet of Denova, the legendary warlord Kephess, who was hired by the Republic to defeat the Imperials,  has

SWTOR: Ranked Warzones Delayed in Update 1.2

Posted on Apr 11, 2012

BioWare just announced that one of the key features, Ranked Warzones, and really the only big PvP addition that was to be included in update 1.2, has been delayed. Lead Game Designer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Daniel Erickson, stated the following on the BioWare website: It is with great reluctance that I have to announce Ranked Warzones

SWTOR: The Legacy System

Posted on Mar 22, 2012

Today BioWare released a new developer video, giving us a glimpse of the new Legacy System in-game.  The video mostly reiterates information we learned during the Guild Summit, but shows a lot more in-game footage of the system, the unique race combos that can be created and of course some of the legacy abilities that open up.

Second SWTOR Free Weekend Announced

Posted on Mar 20, 2012

Today BioWare announced that it will host a second free weekend for players to try out Star Wars: The Old Republic, and is only good for new SWTOR players. Those that already took advantage of the last free weekend will not be able to do so this time around without creating a new account. As before, players

SWTOR Weekend Pass Announced

Posted on Mar 13, 2012

Today BioWare announced the “Weekend Pass” for players who have not yet tried out Star Wars: The Old Republic. The pass is basically a four day free-trial that begins on March 15th and ends on March 19th. The Weekend Pass will give new players access to all classes, their starting planet, and their factions capital planet.

SWTOR 1.2 Patch Trailer HD

Posted on Mar 06, 2012

The 1.2 Update trailer was shown yesterday during the SWTOR Guild Summit, but today we have the trailer in all its glory in HD. Also today, Bioware kicks off its invite-a-friend program, where current SWTOR players can invite up to 3 friends to join them with a 7 day free trial. Game Update 1.2 –