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The Doctor has Spoken! NDA Lifted!

As part of today’s Friday Update for Star Wars: The Old Republic Dr. Zeschuk announced that BioWare has lifted the Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Folks,

As of now, the non disclosure portion of our Game Testing Agreement is officially lifted. While all players must still accept the Game Testing Agreement, from this point on testers may now freely talk about their experiences this past weekend in the game, as well as post screenshots and gameplay videos of their testing experiences. We encourage you to come join us on the official Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Forums to share your experiences!

The Star Wars: The Old Republic community site will have a copy of this message on the forums and it will also appear in the Patcher. Players may not talk about nor reprint posts from our testing forums as they are still fully covered by the confidentiality portions of our Game Testing Agreement. And all players who want to participate in the upcoming Beta Test Weekends still have to accept all terms of the Game Testing Agreement. So, other than that, free feel to talk about and share your experiences in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

My thanks go out to everyone who has beta tested and continues to beta test the game. It has been with your help and feedback that Star Wars: The Old Republic is where it is today. We really appreciate your efforts.

May the Force be with you!

Greg Zeschuk
VP, Electronic Arts, BioWare Austin, General Manager

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Friday Update: Imperial Agent Character Progressio...

This week’s Friday Update for the Star Wars: The Old Republic gives us the Imperial Agent progression video. The video gives a good look at both Advanced Classes. The Operative is shown using stealth and crowd control to get the upper hand on her enemies. The Sniper makes use of portable cover and high-powered rifles to take out her targets from a distance.

There was also an update to the official pre-order page that mentions the length for early game access at officially “up to 5-days” based on when you registered your pre-order code.

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Friday Update: Operations Game System Page and Sig...

This weeks Friday Update consist of four parts including a new trailer named Signs of War, the Operations Game Systems page, a new global release date of December 20 and a reminder of BioWare’s attendance at the Paris Games Week from  from October 21st to October 25th in Paris, France.

The Signs of War trailer is narrated by Satele Shan and details the Trooper’s name from the Hope trailer. The new Operations Game Systems page contains mostly information for the previously announced Eternity Vault Operation, but also hints at a new Operation on Hutta.

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Friday Update: Companion Characters Part 2 & ...

This week’s Friday Update contains two parts consisting of the Companion Character Update – Part 2 by Senior Game Designer William Wallace and a new video series dubbed “Choose Your Side” which features a Republic and Empire class dueling with developers from BioWare pitting which class is likely to win.  This week’s “Choose Your Side” features the Jedi Knight and Bounty Hunter classes.

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Friday Update: Explore the Galaxy

This week’s Friday Update for Star Wars: The Old Republic adds a Galaxy Map to the Holonet as its final menu option. As seen previously, maps are highly detailed showing your location, the objective’s location, and anything in between. These new maps detail each region’s notable worlds and any interesting facts.

You can also view each region of space in 3D using the Unity web installer, which gives you the control to explore the galaxy in-depth. Each starship and planet is accessable through the 3D viewer, as well as the location of each planet by space sector.