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Friday Update: Beta Test Weekend Announced, Dreamhack Details, Choose Your Side Video

This week's Friday Update brings Beta Testing Weekends to everyone and details on what BioWare is bringing to Dreamhack. BioWare announced that anyone who has signed up for game testing prior to today, November 11, will receive a beta invite in the next coming weeks as they prepare to stress test the servers for the global launch of the game on December 20. If you haven't signed up for Game Testing yet, you'll be able to get in through promotions from sites like IGN, ZAM, and our friends at Curse.

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How can you take part in this coming Beta Test Weekend? Well, for starters we are happy to announce that anyone who has signed up for our Game Testing Program prior to today, November 11th, will get invited! Invites will be sent in the coming weeks.

For people who haven't signed up for our Game Testing Program, you can also get into the Beta Stress Test Weekend through a series of promotions. Be sure to check out the following websites for your chance to grab a Beta Test Weekend Code.


Stephen Reid also posted an FAQ concerning the Beta Testing Weekend which can be found here.

BioWare also announced their plans to be at this year's Dreamhack which runs from November 24th to the 27th. As always, you can expect us to be there in force covering the event. Hit the jump for the official DevTracker posts.

UPDATE: BioWare released a new Choose Your Side video. This time we get to see the Trooper against the Inquisitor. DevTracker post after the jump. Video embed is available after the jump.
DevTracker Posts


Courtney Woods
When we started our Beta Testing Weekends, we told you that each weekend would include more testers than the last. We're excited to announce that later this month we will be conducting our largest Beta Testing Weekend yet, specifically designed to help us stress test our servers in preparation for the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

How can you take part in this coming Beta Test Weekend? Well, for starters we are happy to announce that anyone who has signed up for our Game Testing Program prior to today, November 11th, will get invited! Invites will be sent in the coming weeks.

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Held each year at the Elmia Fair in Jnkping, Sweden, DreamHack is far and away the largest "LAN party" in the world. BioWare and LucasArts will be attending the event this year to give people the chance to play Star Wars: The Old Republic before its worldwide launch on December 20th.

The DreamHack event begins at 8:00AM CET on Thursday, November 24th and runs, non-stop, until 8:00AM CET on Sunday, November 27th. Members of BioWare's European Community Team will be on hand throughout the weekend.

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In the new video series "Choose Your Side, members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic team plead their cases, highlighting some of the many skills and abilities that set each class apart from the rest. In the second video of the four-part series, two of the most iconic classes in the Star Wars universe face off as the Force-wielding Sith Inquisitor ambushes the stalwart Republic Trooper.

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  • Kordun's avatar
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    #34 Kordun Posted 11/14/2011 6:37:01 AM
    Will this beta test include previous testers?
  • Kraxis's avatar
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    #33 Kraxis Posted 11/12/2011 2:57:45 PM
    Just test a class you don't intend to play initially. For me I'm prolly going for the Smuggler or JK. They are pretty far down my list, but the Smuggler plays a lot like the IA, my intended class, so it will be a great mechanics test to see if I like it. And the Jedi Knight is just too iconic to leave entirely alone.

    Charming... yes? http://imgur.com/r6WrI

  • MmmFiber's avatar
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    #32 MmmFiber Posted 11/12/2011 11:57:46 AM
    @Frogsox

    That is my line of thinking as well. I plan on first playing the Bounty Hunter, then the Sith Inq, and lastly the Imperial Agent. So, it only makes sense that I play the Jedi knight during the beta so I don't spoil the mechanics or the story, but I can get a feel for the game and its other systems. I especially want to look at crafting, the ui, and pvp mechanics. I'll leave story for early access.
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    #31 RogueJedi86 Posted 11/12/2011 5:37:11 AM
    Watching the "Trooper vs. Inquisitor trailer now. The old lady the Trooper talks to at start looks like General Garza from the official site. Could it be her? Might be good to note for a dissection. http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/biographies/general-garza

    Talz seen in-game for the first time too. And I think we see what looks to be the Dark Council. At 2:59 the Inquisitor targets the Trooper at the start of the attack. He has a weird purple semi-circle around his targeting thing in the UI, possibly the Resolve Bar seen in-game for the first time? At 3:43, one of the troopers has a pistol.
  • Frogsox's avatar
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    #30 Frogsox Posted 11/12/2011 2:08:07 AM
    In other words, I'm going with DarthSerious. Thanks for spoiling parts of the story for those of us who are planning to play said class. Try not to be so inconsiderate next time.
  • Frogsox's avatar
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    #29 Frogsox Posted 11/12/2011 2:05:56 AM
    Well that f@cking blows. What happened to just saying you're in or have been in testing and staying quiet about any and all things you experience during the game testing you participate in. FFS?
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    #28 RogueJedi86 Posted 11/12/2011 12:16:13 AM
    flem1, maybe not. He's trying to talk without breaking NDA, and he just didn't get vague enough. Those of us who *know things* have that line to walk, and we're bound to mess up sometimes. :P
  • L1b3rta's avatar
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    #27 L1b3rta Posted 11/12/2011 12:15:44 AM
    Wow, I have not been able to login onto my account at SWTOR at all for the last 5 hours.
  • flem1's avatar
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    #26 flem1 Posted 11/12/2011 12:06:49 AM
    WalterPeck is really *trying* to get banned, isn't he.
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    #25 Carmelita Posted 11/11/2011 11:49:40 PM
    And it's not even confined to launch countries! Huzzah for Australian love! Now to decide what is furthest away from both a Trooper and an SI ... maybe JK?
  • robertrh4's avatar
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    #24 robertrh4 Posted 11/11/2011 11:46:02 PM
    in the list of sites for Beta Codes is Curse, I don't see anything on their page about it... last thing I see them posting about SWTOR is on Nov. 7th. about BioWare boosting security for users accounts. Anyone else not seeing anything about the Beta Codes on there site ?

  • McFool's avatar
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    #23 McFool Posted 11/11/2011 11:34:16 PM
    Has anybody else not been able to log into the beta? I have all the software downloaded but the start button still won't light up.
  • DarthSerious's avatar
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    #22 DarthSerious Posted 11/11/2011 11:21:13 PM
    @walterpeck

    You gave away the companion without saying it directly. So the surprise is gone.

    Also the reply button is not working?
  • DarthSerious's avatar
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    #21 DarthSerious Posted 11/11/2011 11:16:43 PM
    I suppose the NDA shall be lifted since everyone will get in by then. I would be interested in beta reviews mostly covering pvp. I have confidence in other things that are in swtor so I hope pvp turns out to be great especially with large numbers.
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    #20 Zealot Posted 11/11/2011 10:46:56 PM
    Stephen Reid confirmed that downloads for the upcoming test will not be available yet.

    http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=10678207#edit10678207
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