Hello people!
Blissful 13 years with Star Wars: The Previous Republic! A lot has been completed this 12 months and we’re comfortable to see gamers having fun with Sport Replace 7.6 “Galactic Threads”. Let’s check out what’s occurred in 2024 up to now!
Sport Updates
We began off the 12 months with Galactic Seasons 6 “Constructing a Basis” and debuted Date Night time Companion missions that includes Arcann, Koth Vortena, Theron Shan, and Lana Beniko. We’ll proceed to ship these all year long and maintain you all posted on the subsequent companions.
Sport Replace 7.5 “Determined Defiance” launched in late Could and got here with a wide range of new content material together with the continuation of the primary storyline, the debut of the Basilisk Prototype Enterprise, a brand new spring seasonal occasion, and a modernization replace for the planet Hutta.
Galactic Seasons 7 “The Biggest Bounty”, which launched with Sport Replace 7.5.1 was prolonged to January 7, so ensure get all of your bounties in to reap all of the rewards!
And now Sport Replace 7.6 launched on December 10 and with it got here Dynamic Encounters, the Propagator Core XR-53 Operation Boss, PvP Season 7, Life Day, and extra modernization updates to planets Tython, Hoth, Korriban, and Ilum and in addition character fashions.
Modernization
The workforce has carried out an unimaginable job with the modernization updates during the last couple years, and one query I’ve seen pop up every so often is “why modernize the sport?”. The brief reply is that SWTOR launched in 2011, and we have now to exchange, lengthen, and refine our expertise which permits us to proceed delivering common updates to the sport. Each {hardware} and software program have considerably improved through the years and lots of of our modifications allow us to leverage the brand new tech.
There have been enormous enhancements made in 7.6 to the environments of Tython, Korriban, Hoth, and Ilum, and I’m happy to see our modernization efforts proceed with character fashions.
Mac Launcher
In case you missed it, we now have an open beta take a look at for the brand new Mac launcher! Again in October, we opened a closed technical take a look at and we obtained almost a thousand gamers responding to it! We rolled out the technical take a look at to a number of teams of gamers to validate how the launcher and in the end the sport would carry out on choose M-Collection Mac machines. We’ve now moved to open beta, and anybody who want to test it out can obtain the launcher from the primary web page on swtor.com.
Skeleton Crew impressed objects
Our collaboration with Lucasfilm Video games continues on with new Cartel Market choices impressed by the Disney+ collection Star Wars: Skeleton Crew™. The Mysterious Rogue outfit and Fearless Buccaneer weapons are enjoyable additions to any participant’s wardrobe who might need to indulge within the pirate life.
Enjoyable truth, a brand new mount impressed by the speeder bike as seen in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is now in-game and also you’ll discover that it has a reasonably distinctive characteristic about it.
That’s proper, companion and mini pet performance has now come to SWTOR! The Meirm Cicada mount is our latest reward for any participant who’s a Subscriber by means of January 4, 2025.
What else is going on?
One other Twitch Drop marketing campaign is now energetic and the reward is a extremely requested Amethyst Vulptilla Mount. Watch 4 hours of dwell SWTOR content material on Twitch to unlock this reward. In case you haven’t linked your SWTOR and Twitch account, you are able to do so on the account web page on SWTOR.com.
Occasions and gross sales
- Our Anniversary Occasion is now dwell and will likely be energetic till January 3, 2025.
- The Coruscant and Kaas Metropolis Strongholds are discounted to 13 credit (down from 5000) till the subsequent sport replace.
- Life Day is now dwell and will likely be energetic till January 7, 2025.
- The Double XP occasion runs from December 22, 2024 to January 2, 2025.
- The 50% off Assortment Unlocks sale is now energetic and can run till January 7, 2025.
- In case you missed the announcement throughout our dev stream, all dyes within the Cartel Market are 50% off!
Final month, we launched the restricted time supply Grasp the Struggle: Starbolt Version bundle. This bundle contains:
- 180 Days Subscription Time + 600 Cartel Cash per 30 days
- 5500 Cartel Cash
- Vectron 240R Starbolt Mount
- Rideable at stage 1
- Base pace as quick as Speeder Rank 5 (130%)
- Offers gamers a pace enhance whereas mounted
- Major Metallic Yellow Dye (x5 per character)
- Secondary Metallic Yellow Dye (x5 per character)
- Bundle is priced at $99.99 USD
Remember to decide it up earlier than January 14, 2025!
What’s arising?
We’re actually excited as we glance in the direction of 2025! Let’s discuss in regards to the starting of the 12 months. First up will likely be Sport Replace 7.6.1 within the first quarter of the 12 months which can kick off our subsequent Galactic Season. This one will likely be a enjoyable one as we throw you into some content material you might not have performed in a bit… be sure you come again early within the 12 months for our livestream to listen to about that season and the whole lot else deliberate for the replace.
After which after all, proper on the horizon of seven.6.1 is 7.7! Actually wanting ahead to speaking about our plans right here as we have now a brand new [redacted] coming with some new [redacted], the continuation of our story, together with a bunch of different issues to inform you about! Final however not least, we will not neglect that 2025 is the subsequent Star Wars Celebration 2025 is simply across the nook and so I am simply excited as a Star Wars fan to see what subsequent 12 months holds for all of us.
Take pleasure in Sport Replace 7.6, have a contented vacation, and we are going to see you within the new 12 months!
-Keith
