The Woes of EA, BioWare and SWTOR

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By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/The Star Wars Underworld  

These past few weeks have been pretty rough for BioWare Austin, the developer company for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and the publishing company Electronic Arts. From the rumored layoffs of 500–1,000 employees EA was going to do to the subscriptions of SWTOR going down nearly 25%, there hasn't been much of a positive outlook for the game nor for EA or BioWare.

TOR-iffic Awareness – Events You SHOULD Participate In!

The new and improved SWTOR website.

By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/The Star Wars Underworld   

Another TOR-iffic Awareness article here! I will just be recapping the current events going on at The Old Republic Cantina, that I believe none of you should miss! Participating in these events will make the community a great place to go to everyday, where new things will always pop up and everyone would like to mingle with others at any time. Having a community with participation will bind us all together, always helping to bring something fresh to the table and being able to further enhance gameplay on Star Wars: The Old Republic, just the few of many things people already participating would like. I just cannot fathom how some will "support" and then stay in the background, not really putting their effort in a community they were invited to join that they'd possibly like. So please, I urge you all to support us! This would also mean a lot to communities that have been helping us out like The Star Wars Underworld, Order of the Sith, For F***'s sake it's Star Wars, and more (that last page mentioned was censored for the younglings).

Legacy Update: Rakghoul Outbreak Across the Galaxy!

By: Martin Coronell-Rodriguez/The Star Wars Underworld  

Yesterday, BioWare kicked off a dynamic event for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with a surprising Rakghoul Virus Outbreak which has been contained on the desert world of Tatooine. The Rakghoul plague, which BioWare invented for the original Knights of the Old Republic, is somewhat like a zombie apocalypse in the Star Wars universe.

Star Wars References on The Big Bang Theory

By Chris Seekell

There were many Star Wars references on March 8th's episode of the geeky sitcom The Big Bang Theory on CBS. The episode was the entitled "The Weekend Vortex" and was the 19th episode of Season 5. In the episode, Leonard, Sheldon, and some friends spend a weekend playing the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO to their female friends' disgust. You can watch a video with all of the clips related to Star Wars below.