It will be a day long-remembered. After being leaked yesterday by an email from Best Buy, BioWare has officially confirmed that their highly-anticipated MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be launching this year. During their Eurogamer Expo keynote, BioWare co-founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk announced that SWTOR will be released on Dec 20th in North America and Dec 22nd in Europe, just in time for Force-mas!
The official press release also gives some more details on how players who have pre-ordered will gain early access to the game, “Pre-order quantities are limited and Early Game Access will only be available to those who pre-order the game and redeem their code before the game’s official release.” There are three editions available for pre-order which you can read more about here.
Beyond the cost of a copy of the game, subscription fees for Star Wars: The Old Republic run as follows:
$14.99 / £8.99 / €12.99 per month in North America, The UK, and Europe respectively.
$41.97 / £25.17 / €35.97 every three months, or
$77.94 / £46.14 / €65.94 every six months.
Cry havoc in the comments if Star Wars: The Old Republic just, officially, made it on to your holiday wish list!
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