Apr 28, 2011

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FSS 2011: Exclusive Screenshot

Even after the Fan Site Summit has wound down, BioWare Senior Community Coordinator David Bass keeps the good times rolling by sending us an exclusive Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ screenshot!

Trooper & Smuggler In Action

Trooper & Smuggler In Action

In this shot, we see what appears to be Master Chief and Justin Bieber taking on some Imperials just off-screen.

We’re guessing that the other fan sites in attendance also got an exclusive shot of their own, be sure so take some time and do some site hopping to check them all out!

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Apr 28, 2011

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Fan Site Summit 2011: Welcome To The Big Show!

Earlier this week, Ask A Jedi and about 15 other fan sites spent two days down in Austin, completely immersed in all things TOR thanks to the hospitality of BioWare! What you’re about to witness is a recount of those events, as they occurred. Names were not changed to protect the innocent :)

All told, we had about 10 hours of total hands-on play, including:

  • Immersion Day with the Bounty Hunter and Imperial Agent (here.)
  • PvP Overview (here.)
  • PvP in the Alderaan Warzone (here.)
  • Audio Q&A with Gabe Amatangelo (here.)
  • All-Class Origin World Gameplay
  • Flashpoints: The Black Talon! (now posted here.)

Oh, and we got a sneak peak at part of tomorrow’s update – WOW!

We’ll keep this post updated with our additional coverage, as well as items from other fan sites that come up.

Enjoy!

 

Darth Hater

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOROCast
TOROcast – Episode 100 – Its 100
Bounty Hunter Impressions and Q&A’s
TOROcast Exclusive Screenshot!
The Black Talon
Playing the Agent
Fansite Summit Gameplay Impressions
Fansite Summit: Georg Zoeller Interview!

 

Corellian Run Radio
First SWTOR Fansite Summit Day 1: The Gang’s All Here
Exclusive Screenshot – Nar Shaddaa
Georg Zoeller on Forum Polls
FanSite Summit Day 2, Morning: Studio Tour, Dev Q&As
FanSite Summit: CRR Interview Highlights with Georg Zoeller
EPISODE #22: Can We Go Back to Austin Now?

Mos Eisley Radio
MER Episode 37: The Summit

TORSyndicate
Damion Schubert Fan Site Summit Interview
Video Q&A with the Writers
Exclusive Screenshot
TORSyndicate Episode #26: Summit in Review
Imperial Agent Impressions

TOR-Talk
Episode 35: Texas Rangers
Interview With Georg Zoeller

SWTOR-Life
Unedited Video of Torocast Recording Show 100 at SWTOUR
Exclusive Screenshot
Impressions from Bioware’s Fan Site Summit 2011
Interview with Bioware’s Damion Schubert on Crew Skills
Bounty Hunter and General Gameplay Impressions

SWTOR-UK
Meeting The Sites At SWTOUR
SWTOUR Part 3 Points To Note
SWTOUR Part 2 Combat & Gameplay
SWTOUR Part 1 – Story
Random Pic’s From SWTOUR

TORWars
BioWare Summit: Incriminating Photos Pt. 1
Exclusive Screenshot
BioWare Summit: Incriminating Photos Pt. 2
BioWare’s Stephen Reid The Barstool Interview
BioWare Summit: Incriminating Photos Pt. 3
Playing the SWTOR Trooper First Impressions
The Making of SWTOUR


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Apr 25, 2011

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Fan Site Summit Kicks Off Today!

As you may or may not have heard, this weekend about 15 Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ fan sites from around the world converged on on Austin for 2 days of total immersion in all things TOR.

Last night was epic. It all got started with an early call-to-arms for some drinks at the Westin lobby bar. Once everyone was all nice and talky, we headed over to Maggiano’s restaurant where BioWare hosted an awesome dinner for everyone.

Stepehen Reid, David Bass and members of the community team and creative services team were there, as well as old fan site buds Brandon Miletta and Brooks Guthrie, who made the leap from dreaming about TOR to working on it!

And oh yeah, TOROcast episode 100 happened too! This is a must-listen – all of the fan sites gathered in a tiny undisclosed room at the Westin for a mega-super-cast in the tradition of MER’s PAX East cast! (And, apologies to Samm and Musco for me sitting down in my hotel room chair for a quick rest before heading over.. and then never making it. I am a disappoint.)

We had an awesome time meeting and hanging out with everyone yesterday, and look forward to the next two days at the BioWare Austin studio playing TOR until our fingers fall off (or, slightly just before that point.)

But don’t worry, we’re going to bring it all back right here as soon as we can… and from what we know so far, you won’t want to miss it!

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Apr 18, 2011

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Ask A Jedi @ BioWare Austin: Fan Site Summit Here We Come!

As you may or may not have heard Sunday, the word is out – there are big things going on in the big state of Texas next week, specifically in Austin: The Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Fan Site Summit hosted by BioWare!

BioWare has invited a select group of fan sites down to the Austin studio for the royal treatment – a studio tour, interviews with developers, paddle-boat rides on Lake Lady Bird with David Bass, and of course, plenty of hands-on time with The Old Republic™! The festivities will take place on April 25th and 26th, and we couldn’t be more excited!

Needless to say, this is going to provide us an opportunity to get more up-close and personal with BioWare and TOR than ever before, and you can count on every single fan site to bring their own angle to the coverage in the coming weeks. This will be a palooza by every definition of the word!

So stay tuned this week for more information, and if you’re on Twitter (which you should be), make sure you’re keeping track of the hashtag #SWTOUR

The fan sites that have announced their attendance so far (we’ll add more as they do – there are about 15 total, and not all from America – plenty of European representation as well!)

 

BioWare Austin, Here We Come!

We're in your city, parking in your lots.

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