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Blue Milk & Cereal: What Did You Think Of The Eternity Vault?

No day would be complete without the breakfast of Jedi: Blue Milk & Cereal.  Every morning, the team at Ask A Jedi will get Force-induced thoughts coursing through your head with delicious issues from around the galaxy! Join in the discussion below to make your voice heard!

Yesterday during the Electronic Arts press conference, the Star Wars: The Old Republic portion was dedicated primarily to talking about and showing off end-game information.

Dr. Ray Muzyka was on hand to introduce Lead End-game Designer Gabe Amatangelo, who narrated a live demo of 8 BioWare staffers tried to guide an Imperial team through the first encounters of the Eternity Vault Operation. Wether they were successful or not is of some debate this morning ;)

None the less, we got to see some pretty intense action, in fact the first live raid gameplay ever for the public. After the live gameplay ended, Gabe introduced a short pre-recorded gameplay video from further into the Eternity Vault. In this clip, we got to see some different areas, creatures, and what appeared to be some sort of puzzle mechanic.

In my opinion, everything we saw added to my confidence that BioWare is going to deliver an end-game worthy of seasoned MMO players.

But what did you guys think? Was there anything you saw that was cool? Did anything come across as boring or silly? Let us know!

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HD Eternity Vault Demo + Trailer From ingame.de

Our friends over at ingame.de, whom we met during the Fan Site Summit back in April, have just posted a full, 1080p HD video of the Star Wars: The Old Republic portion of the Electronic Arts press conference. In the video, Dr. Ray Muzyka introduces Gabe Amatangelo who guides a live group of 8 BioWare team members through the first encounter in the Eternity Vault Operation!

After the demo, they also included the new pre-recorded Eternity Vault gameplay trailer, which shows some interesting things elsewhere throughout the operation. This portion starts at about 8:05 and includes some interesting footage, including what appears to be an Imperial Agent doing a puzzle of some sort, while others protect him. That could prove to be an interesting gameplay mechanic!

Enjoy, and thanks to our buds at ingame.de for the work!

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SDCC 2011: New Screenshots – Eternity Vault, Ord Mantell And More

BioWare has released some new screenshots for San Diego Comic-Con! We get some nice, high-res detail of characters, environments and combat.

In this set we see what looks like some Eternity Vault Operation shots, in addition to some nice looking water on what appears to be Ord Mantell. Plus more! Check em out:

 

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E3 2011 – Official Eternity Vault Gameplay Video

BioWare has just released the official Eternity Vault gameplay video that we’ve caught glimpses of on the web and that was shown behind closed-doors here at E3.

This trailer provides a beautiful, hi-res look at the environments and action, and I can tell you that seeing it in person is even more awe-inspiring. It looks like BioWare is going to provide true, best-in-class raiding, er, Operating!

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E3 2011 – Eternity Vault Preview At GameTrailers

Another great segment yesterday was GameTrailers interview with BioWare’s Gabe Amatangelo where he revealed footage of and talked about raids, known as Operations in The Old Republic, for the first time!

The preview shown of the Eternity Vault, the first Operation in TOR is nothing short of amazing, and any MMORPG raider should be in awe. The environments and the action appear to surpass the best of what other games have to offer.

We suspect we’ll see some of this on SWTOR.com soon, but for now, have a look on GameTrailers!

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