Old Republic - Eternity Vault Preview

Bioware introduces us to their brand of story driven raids!

Old Republic Beta Diaries: Sith Marauder Level 1-20

Yes, I am extremely lucky to have gotten into this Beta; it is a timely boon considering I don't know how much time I will truly have to invest in the finished produce once I start Graduate School in the fall.

After waiting hours for the monstrous game file to download, I immediately chose the path that I will eventually go down in the final release: the Sith Warrior.

SWTOR: PAX East Gameplay Footage

Hopefully I'll get a beta key and check this thing out immediately.

I won't go out on a limb and say it will be the World of Warcraft killer, but I definitely think it easily has the best chance to become a solid and long-lived competitor. It's got the Star Wars name brand, the graphics look stellar compared to WoW's now dated look, and the gameplay looks 5Fast5Furious (don't hit me Vin Diesel) . It's probably best for the MMORPG industry that some new, viable blood is going to pumped into the mix.

I'm not saying there is going to be an arms race of gameplay awesomeness between SWTOR and WoW, but some friendly competition can't hurt anybody - hell, the players will certainly benefit.

Here is a 20+ minutes of nice gameplay footage from PAX: East to get you salivating (also a bonus cinematic below that!):