Star Wars The Old Republic Wiki:Spotlight

This page houses the content for the front page spotlight which should mostly be semi-brief information that isn't necessarily good content for a full wiki page but also not available as a simple new link from Bioware/SWTOR.com/etc.

Curse Interviews James Ohlen, Creative Director of Star Wars: The Old Republic
Curse meets with James Ohlen, the Creative Director of Star Wars: The Old Republic to get the lowdown on tomorrow's big liftoff! Queue time preparation, events, and future plans are discussed, along with plans for the SW:TOR team itself! Read more...

Walmart Accidentally Cancels "Nearly All" SWTOR Pre-Orders Nationwide
Hands-down, the next biggest Holiday 2011 release is EA and Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic. Pre-orders for physical copies of the game have reached over 900,000 as of the end of November, with many of those undoubtedly being placed at Walmart retail locations across the nation. Read more...

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Curse Interviews James Ohlen, Creative Director of Star Wars: The Old Republic
Curse meets with James Ohlen, the Creative Director of Star Wars: The Old Republic to get the lowdown on tomorrow's big liftoff! Queue time preparation, events, and future plans are discussed, along with plans for the SW:TOR team itself!

Walmart Accidentally Cancels "Nearly All" SWTOR Pre-Orders Nationwide
Hands-down, the next biggest Holiday 2011 release is EA and Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic. Pre-orders for physical copies of the game have reached over 900,000 as of the end of November, with many of those undoubtedly being placed at Walmart retail locations across the nation.

Over this past weekend, the massive retail chain announced that they had accidentally cancelled nearly every single pre-order placed at their locations. Overnight, gamers amassed in the official SWTOR forums, all complaining of essentially the exact same thing; their pre-orders at Walmart had vanished. A Walmart customer service representative was reached by a frustrated SWTOR fan who said that they confirmed that the cancellations came as a result of a 'data error' and that 'nearly all' pre-orders had been cancelled.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta Keys at Curse!
We're extremely excited to announce that Curse.com has a limited amount of beta keys to share for SWTOR! If you'd like to get your hands on one of these keys and you're 18 years of age or older, head over to one of the following pages to score yours while they last! Get yours now!

Darth Hater Joins the Curse Network!
Curse, Inc is pleased to announced that Darth Hater has joined the Curse Network of fansites!

Darth Hater is the worlds premiere resource for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The team has been covering The Old Republic since the games inception and we're proud to have them on board. Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of our most-anticipated releases of 2011 and we wouldn't trust anyone else to bring our readers the latest and greatest news on the game and its eventual expansions and updates.

The team at Darth Hater consists of some of the most well-versed Star Wars community VIPs and an amazing team of writers. The team shares Curse's passion and excitement for Star Wars: The Old Republic and we're really excited to work together in the future. Nobody knows online gaming better than Curse and we can't wait to bring some amazing experiences to our readers as we welcome Darth Hater into the fold!

Be sure to check out http://darthhater.com/ if you haven't already, for the absolute latest and greatest on Star Wars: The Old Republic!

Latest Beta Testing Information
Bioware has announced at the PAX2011 event that the September testing weekends are confirmed to start on Saturday the 2nd. These events will still be for selected testers however the number of testers is being ramped up dramatically for these weekends. The information released at PAX has also hinted that Bioware will be trying to allow the largest number of testers to access the game during these weekends by selecting a different group for each weekends test.