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massively.com - 12/10/2008

Star Wars: The Old Republic to be microtransaction-based

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Filed under: Sci-fi , Business models , New titles , Star Wars: The Old Republic To end a somewhat surprisingly eventful day for the RMT and microtrasaction model, EA has announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will not be subscription-based. Instead, the title will be gain revenue from a ...

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swtor.com - 12/12/2008

Star Wars: The Old Republic Documentary #1 (video)

— swtor.com — Cool new footage of the MMO from BioWare, LucasArts, and EA... (more) Star Wars: The Old Republic Documentary #1 (video)

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shacknews.com - 12/10/2008

BioWare's Star Wars MMO to be 'Microtransaction-based,' Says EA

— shacknews.com — Publisher Electronic Arts today classified BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMO The Old Republic as a "microtransaction-based" title,... indicating that the game will include alternative financial models other than a subscription fee. "We are continuing to ... (more) BioWare's Star Wars MMO to be 'Microtransaction-based,' ...

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cdn-www.swtor.com - 12/12/2008

Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ - First Ever Video documentary

— cdn-www.swtor.com — BioWare® and LucasArts™ share the vision for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ in our first video documentary,... complete with new concepts, new screenshots, and real-time pre-production gameplay video. Hear about the approach to storytelling straight from ... (more) Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ - First Ever Video documentary

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SWTOR to be Microtransactional
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Star Wars: The Old Republic, now with microtransactions
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RMT - The Flood Gates
The Common Sense Gamer — ... experiment has started…and it MIGHT not just be EQ/EQ2. There is an unsubstantiated report that the Old Republic will also be going this route as well. ...

And Then There Was SWTOR…
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... And then EA announced yesterday that Star War: The Old Republic was going to be microtransaction based.  Or maybe they didn’t. There were both positive and negative reactions to this. My own thought was, “Does that make it ‘Battlefield Heroes‘ in space?  Is that a good thing or a bad thing?” So summing up, my reaction to SOE’s RMT announcement was, “Meh.” My reaction to this retracted announcement merely dropped a letter and came up as, ...