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BioWare Austin headlines

• Star Wars: The Old Republic studio hiring for a new IP

  BioWare Austin has its fingers in a brand new pie.

• BioWare's MMO Shadow Realms cancelled

  BioWare Austin has cancelled Shadow Realms, its PC MMO that was announced at gamescom last year.

• BioWare's new RPG is PC exclusive and online only

  Shadow Realms has been confirmed as the new IP from BioWare Austin, and it’s an online action game inspired by pen-and-paper RPGs

• Star Wars: The Old Republic team hiring for unannounced game, features "visceral, fast, and fun" combat

  Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare Austin has made no secret that it has several unannounced projects on the go, but a new Lead Combat Designer job posting has shed a small speck of light on one of them.

• BioWare Austin working on "several unannounced projects," according to job ad

  Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare Austin has confirmed it is working on several unannounced projects. The news comes from a job listing posted by the company this week.

• Star Wars: The Old Republic getting Tauntaun mounts, new PvP arenas shown

  Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare Austin looks to be adding Tauntaun mounts to its MMO, according to a new batch of images that have popped up online. The gallery also shows new PvP arenas that could be added in the game’s 2.4 update.

• Star Wars Old Republic's Nightmare Mode trailer is quite epic

  Star Wars: The Old Republic has received a new trailer, this time for the MMO’s Operation Nightmare update. It all looks a bit mad and well, nightmarish.

• Star Wars: The Old Republic's Cathar to become playable - rumour

  Star Wars: The Old Republic developer could be gearing up to announce that the galaxy’s resident feline race – the Cathar – will become playable. Either way it’s teasing something cat-related.

• Star Wars: Rise of the Hutt Cartel "Scum and Villany" trailer is go, watch inside

  Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion has received its 2.0 update, entitled “Scum and Villany”. We’ve got the trailer right here.

• Star Wars: Rise of the Hutt Cartel updated, patch notes inside

  Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Rise of the Hutt Cartel has received its 2.0 update, entitled ‘Scum and Villany’. It raises the level cap for all classes to 55 and much more. Check out the full patch notes here.

• SWTOR: The Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion coming Spring 2013

  Star Wars: The Old Republic’s first full expansions – The Rise of the Hutt Cartel – is releasing in Spring 2013, developer BioWare Austin has revealed. Get the details below.

• SWTOR lead designer has left BioWare

  Star Wars: The Old Republic lead designer Daniel Erickson has made his departure from BioWare official.

• Star Wars The Old Republic: BioWare 'committed to major update every 6 weeks'

  Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare Austin has set itself the goal of releasing a major update to its MMO every six weeks.

• Star Wars: the Old Republic manager explains shift to free-to-play

  Star Wars: The Old Republic is shifting to a free-to-play model after trying to capitalise on subscriptions from launch. General manager at BioWare Austin Matthew Bromberg has revealed to CVG why it’s making the switch.

• SWTOR boss: gamers are wary of subscription "commitment"

  Star Wars: The Old Republic is apparently going free-to-play because gamers are scared of commitment – just like your last significant other kept saying.

• Rumour: Greg Zeschuk leaves RPG giant BioWare. UPDATE: Zeschuk still with BioWare

  A string of tell-tale signs suggest that BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk has left the EA-owned company, while EA claim the one-time BioWare Austin general manager is simply following his plan to take some time off after the reorganisation of the company in May of this year.

• The Old Republic still has "one of the biggest" dev teams in the industry

  Despite lay-offs at BioWare Austin, Star Wars: The Old Republic is still fielding a significant development team.

• SWTOR Guild Summit announced for March 4-6 in Austin, Texas

  Bioware has announced the first Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit, which will take place in Austin, TX March 4 – 6 at the DoubleTree Hotel Austin. During the event, guild leaders will be able to discuss “the state of the game” with the developers from BioWare Austin. Guild leaders or a designated officer […]

• Epic opening for The Old Republic gets out

  On a scale of one to ten, this ranges at holy fucking shit.