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PGW 2011: Round Table Discussion with French Gamers
- By emlaeh 11/1/2011 5:11:57 PM
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The Star Wars: The Old Republic community is a global community. Darth Hater had a chance to sit down and talk with several members of the French gaming community at Paris Games Week. Topics discussed include playstyles, preferred SWTOR classes, MMORPGs in general and things that make the French gaming community unique.

France is not as big a country as the United States. Its easier to get to know each other, meet people in real life and get together in a bar to discuss the guild or MMORPGs.

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PGW 2011: Interview with Alexander Freed
- By emlaeh 10/24/2011 7:28:19 PM
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Alexander Freed is probably best known for his writing duties on the Imperial Agent class story, but he also authored the Blood of The Empire and The Lost Suns comics as well as Flashpoints, side quests, and other in-game experiences players will encounter in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Darth Hater caught up with him at Paris Games Week to delve a little deeper about what it takes to write engaging interactive dialogue for the game and across different media.

What advice would you give someone who actually wants to make interactive storytelling their career?

Alexander Freed: Obviously learning the basics of storytelling, and more than the basics, because that is the foundation you're working from. So if there isn't a way for you to work in a very strong, very critical environment on game writing, then work in prose, work in film, work in something else where you are going to get feedback and criticism. If you can get that sort of feedback and criticism in a game environment, fantastic! But honing the storytelling basics is huge. Learn how to write dialogue. It doesn't matter what medium you're in. If you can do snappy dialogue, then you can probably adjust to writing snappy dialogue in a different medium.

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PGW 2011: Chris Collins Interview
- By emlaeh 10/23/2011 4:30:47 AM
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During the first day of Paris Games Week, we had a chance to speak with Chris Collins, European Community Manager for BioWare on Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Have you thought of extending the guild testing program to Europe?

Chris Collins: Definitely. It is something we're looking at doing. Stay tuned to swtor.com for more.

UPDATE: David Bass clarified the above answer from Chris Collins on the forums.
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According to Chris Collins you haven't invited EU guilds yet:

Darth Hater: Have you thought of extending the guild testing program to Europe?

Chris: Definitely. It is something we're looking at doing. Stay tuned to swtor.com for more.

Source: PGW 2011: Chris Collins Interview

So have you or have you not invited EU guilds? Considering we are getting inaccurate information from either David Bass or Chris Collins.

When Chris was asked that question in Paris, he wasn't aware that I had been inviting guilds from all regions in the Guild Headquarters. This was due to a miscommunication on my part, and I apologize for any confusion it's caused.

To be completely clear: There are already a significant number of guilds in the Guild Testing program who have marked themselves as EU guilds on the Guild Headquarters. We no longer restrict our guild testing invites based on the region the guild selects in the Guild HQ.

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Darth Hater Paris Games Week 2011 Coverage
- By Staff 10/20/2011 8:16:19 PM
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Darth Hater is at Paris Games Week to observe and report all things Star Wars: The Old Republic. If you are attending, remember to look for the Darth Hater shirts to identify the team on the show floor and all other events throughout the convention. If you manage to get your hands on the game in any of the sessions, please share your commentary and thoughts with the rest of the Hater community on our official thread. Make sure to watch this post for content coming in throughout the week.

Current Schedule

Friday
- Floor Hours: 9AM - 7PM CET (12AM - 10AM PDT)
- BioWare Meet & Greet
Saturday
- Floor Hours: 9AM - 7PM CET (12AM - 10AM PDT)
Sunday
- Floor Hours: 9AM - 7PM CET (12AM - 10AM PDT)
Monday
- Floor Hours: 9AM - 7PM CET (12AM - 10AM PDT)
Tuesday
- Floor Hours: 9AM - 6PM CET (12AM - 9AM PDT)
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Friday Update: Signs of War Trailer and Operations Game Systems Page
- By sado 10/14/2011 7:42:19 PM
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This week's Star Wars: The Old Republic Friday update is quite a huge one and can best be described as a four parter. The first two have us drooling over a new trailer named "Signs of War" and Operations Game Systems page.

In the Signs of War trailer, the Trooper that most prominently received a facelift from Malgus in the Hope trailer is seen for the first time in-game. The trailer, narrated by Satele Shan, features several locals from the game that players can expect to visit when they get their hands on the game. The new Operations Game Systems page contains information on all of the current Operations along with images and video. On a side note but almost just as important, originally first revealed during the main panel at New York Comic Con, the global launch date is now December 20. BioWare also reminds fans to attend Paris Games Week, which they will be in attendance of in full force.

Our dissection is now available in the media gallery below. As with all of our dissections, things mentioned in prior dissections will not be mentioned unless otherwise needed for context. Feel free to mention stuff that you see in the comments section of this post and we will credit you with the find.

Hit the jump for the Signs of War embed trailer and official DevTracker posts.

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