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Pre-orders start for Austin-made ‘Star Wars’ game
After years of waiting and wondering, fans got more evidence today that Austin-developed “Star Wars: the Old Republic” is a real, going-to-happen, big-budget thing you’ll be able to hold in your hands and hug at night (when you’re not playing it online).
On Thursday, BioWare and its parent company Electronic Arts unveiled a pre-order page for three editions of the game, a Standard ($60), Digital Deluxe ($80) and (OMG!) $150 Collector’s Edition, which includes:
- Some things.
- Some more things.
- This other stuff.
- A map (presumably to navigate the giant box).
- A nice, intimidating box.
- Whoah, would you look at that.
- A (mini) statue of “Darth Malgus.”
- A metal case for your disks and, oh yeah, some disks!
- A music CD because this is 2002?
- Seven digital items (invisible to the naked eye without a computer).
- Some space dude’s journal.
- Small amount of oxygen-rich air (no longer valid once package is opened).
- Force.
That’s a lot of stuff! But you’re still going to pay a monthly fee once the free 30 days expire to play.
There’s no release date yet, but the game is due out this holiday season.
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By Want to Stay Married
July 21, 2011 4:59 PM | Link to this
Here comes another relationship destroying game. I suspect I will play until my wife gets concerned and then uninstall it. HA!
Just like WOW.