While at Comic-Con, the fan site Mos Eisley Radio tweeted a rumor that there will be space combat in SWTOR. Space combat has been strongly suspected since the announcement of player ships at E3, but there was nothing to confirm our suspicions. According to the folks at Mos Eisley Radio, James Ohlen said that each ship will be customizable, and, of course, that the player will be able to use this ship in space combat.
Not moments later, this rumor was completely confirmed by SWTOR's community manager, Sean Dahlberg, on the official forum. He confesses in his announcement, "While we didn't quite make the numbers [of Facebook and Twitter followers], we definitely saw how excited the community is about this and how everyone came together. After all of that, there's no way we could hold back with our special reveal at Comic-Con!" So it seems the devs did not punish the fans for not reaching the social media goal after all. He reveals that further details will be available in the October edition of PC Gamer.
[Thank you, Mos Eisley Radio, for keeping your ears open!]
[Editor's Note: Brooks from Mos Eisley Radio just mailed us to say that all of his information is coming from Darth Hater's liveblog, so props to Darth Hater, and thanks for letting us know, Brooks! ~Sera]
Reader Comments (48)
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 2:54PM (Unverified) said
Who the hell unveils/announces a portion of a game that has been under production for this long...and doesn't even show a screen shot?
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 8:33PM (Unverified) said
They are going to unveil it in PC GAMER in october, those who are subscribers will have acess to it in august.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 8:38PM Larry Everett said
Actually, that issue of PC Gamer will hit selves on August 17th. Subscribers will receive it a few days earlier:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/07/23/star-wars-the-old-republic-space-combat-revealed-in-pcg-us/
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/07/23/star-wars-the-old-republic-space-combat-revealed-in-pcg-us/
Posted: Jul 24th 2010 3:02AM Cirocco said
Now this is truly Star Wars! That is all! =)
Posted: Jul 24th 2010 5:16AM Pan1 said
Yea, it wouldn't have made any sense for a SW mmo to have no space combat.
Cause I don't know... Star ...Wars......:P
Cause I don't know... Star ...Wars......:P
Posted: Jul 24th 2010 7:19AM archipelagos said
My interest in ToR went from bleh to oooh. Looking forward to seeing some more info on this.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 11:56AM (Unverified) said
i hope its optional, i haven't had any desire to play a air/space shooter since xwing vs tie fighter
Posted: Jul 27th 2010 6:24PM (Unverified) said
This is awesome, but I'm convinced that this game will be delayed. I'd love to play it sooner than later, but I'd also like it to have that bio-ware polish we all love so much. Late 2011 or early 2012 is probably a more accurate time frame for this game to release.







