Friday Update: Fan Friday and GamesCom 2011 Details

This week's Star Wars: The Old Republic Friday Update is a Fan Friday. Included in the update are two new polls, new wallpapers, and new Aurebesh forum phrases. Even though not part of the update, BioWare announced GamesCom details as well. GamesCom runs from August 18 and ends on August 21 in Cologne, Germany. New information and reveals will come out of the event and fans lucky enough to attend GamesCom will be able to get hands on with the Alderaan PVP Warzone and Origin Worlds. GamesCom attendees will also get to see demonstrations of a small amount of the recently announced Eternity Vault Operation.

As always, Darth Hater will be at GamesCom bringing you the news and reveals straight from the show floor. Look for our coverage starting next week.

Official DevTracker posts follow the jump.
DevTracker Posts


Alyson Bridge

With each Fan Friday, we feature creations from some of the clever members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community. This time around we're shining the spotlight on some of the incredible artwork done by our fans.

Be sure to check out this month's Fan Site Spotlight where we talk to Chimaera, a great French site dedicated to bringing you the latest from The Old Republic.

Also, we compiled a number of images from the "Return cinematic trailer for you to download and use as your desktop wallpaper.

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Alyson Bridge

GamesCom is less than a week away! Taking place from August 18th through August 21st in Cologne, Germany, GamesCom is one of the world's largest video game convention and this year BioWare and LucasArts will be in attendance to reveal new information and give gamers from all over Europe the opportunity to get some hands-on time with Star Wars: The Old Republic!

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  • HfxTenor's avatar
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    #18 HfxTenor Posted 8/12/2011 5:40:14 PM
    Where did this Dec. 31st "hard wall" thing come from? Last I heard, Ricitiello said they were ready to push back into Q1 of next year as a worst-case scenario.

    I also don't believe that Bioware needs to release every last little detail about the game before launch. I'm more than happy to learn things by actually playing the game. Sure, it's nice to know about large things like PvP, Operations, Crafting, Legacy, etc. but I like fun/pleasant surprises too
  • RogueJedi86's avatar
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    #20 RogueJedi86 Posted 8/12/2011 5:49:49 PM
    Because as of SDCC, BioWare started spouting the "Holiday 2011" thing. Anything after December 31st of this year is no longer 2011, and thus not Holiday 2011, so we're ruling out anything after that date.
  • Jaramukhti's avatar
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    #31 Jaramukhti Posted 8/12/2011 10:48:35 PM
    Erm... some countries celebrate the holidays on into January...

    I'm just screwing with you, dude. I doubt it will get pushed past December.:P
  • darthuser2806's avatar
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    #34 darthuser2806 Posted 8/13/2011 12:15:46 AM
    That's true, holidays can extend past Dec, I count New Year's among them, but at that point is would cease to be Holiday 20"11".
  • Socrates's avatar
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    #36 Socrates Posted 8/13/2011 12:44:40 AM
    New Year's Day would be 2012, so could still be considered holiday, but I am thinking November.
  • Jaramukhti's avatar
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    #38 Jaramukhti Posted 8/13/2011 2:26:05 AM
    Oh God, I'm going to hate myself for taking this to a semantics discussion...

    Some holidays begin in December and run into January -- so they are considered holidays in 2011...

    I knew I would hate myself for pointing that out.XD I still hope like hell that SWTOR will be out well before Christmas in America.

  • darthuser593's avatar
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    #7 darthuser593 Posted 8/12/2011 4:41:14 PM
    Man, in a matter of a few moments, the Forums and comment section of the updates will explode.
  • Shlomoshun's avatar
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    #6 Shlomoshun Posted 8/12/2011 4:32:00 PM
    Although I don't think 'rage' is ever really an acceptable reaction to poor friday updates, I can totally emphasize with a healthy 'meh' that these probably garner amongst most people.

    Back 6 months or so, much of the excuse for these small updates was defended on the 'we wont' release info until it's firm info', and such. At this point, that argument doesn't really hold as much, which I think is what accounts for the dissappointing reaction. There's infinite amounts of info that is now set in stone that they haven't officially released. Since the writing is done, that means all the stories are done, which means all the NPC's and their stories are done, companions for every class are all created, etc... Planet arc's are created. And none of that is really subject to change at this point...

    Just my thoughts on why these updates are such a dissappointment...
  • Jaramukhti's avatar
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    #32 Jaramukhti Posted 8/12/2011 10:55:38 PM
    I doubt you will see ANYTHING important that is story-related for SWTOR pre-launch, apart from curt character bios, and maybe a blurb here or there.

    The videos they've shown us so far were singular scenes that lacked any context (we won't know the impact of those actions, or what led to them, until the game launches). We're just getting snippets of story, with most of the focus on game systems, or things people will be focused on at launch, like getting mounts.

    I would love for BioWare to make the updates meatier, but I would never expect them to do that by opening up the SWTOR bible and evangelizing to everyone by sharing anything worthwhile on the plot lines in the game. They'll save that for launch.
  • JBTurk's avatar
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    #4 JBTurk Posted 8/12/2011 4:17:13 PM
    They've been too busy worrying about GamesCom and Pax to focus on a good Friday update. A fan site/guild interview, wallpapers, and icons...... ZZZzzZzzzzzZzzzzZZZz
  • wolverghost's avatar
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    #5 wolverghost Posted 8/12/2011 4:24:15 PM
    geez! tough crowd :P, lets hope bioware give us something to get our teeth into...
  • Jonnehz's avatar
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    #1 Jonnehz Posted 8/12/2011 4:04:01 PM
    awww fan friday! Back to bed!

    Sadly quit :/

  • Presbytier's avatar
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    #2 Presbytier Posted 8/12/2011 4:06:17 PM
    Same here.
  • Jobi-Wan's avatar
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    #3 Jobi-Wan Posted 8/12/2011 4:13:30 PM
    ye at least I didnt spend all day waiting, back to work zug zug.
  • Jonnehz's avatar
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    #11 Jonnehz Posted 8/12/2011 4:51:32 PM
    I would get a shitty fan friday on my birthday :p

    OH WELL!

    Sadly quit :/

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