EA releases new stats on Star Wars: The Old Republic online game — 20B enemies slain
Electronic Arts issued new data about the launch of the six-week-old massively multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic.
As previously noted, EA said it has sold more than 2 million copies since Dec. 20 and has more than 1.7 million active subscribers. If each active player paid $60 and has signed up for at least one month of subscription service for a fee of $15 a month, then the game has probably generated … Continue Reading
Star Wars: The Old Republic reaches 1M registered users in less than a week
Over one million people have registered to play Star Wars: The Old Republic less than one week into the game’s launch, making it the fastest-growing subscription MMO (massively multiplayer online) game in history, according to developer BioWare.
“We likely had the largest one-day subscription account registration process in MMO history — over one million people are now registered players of the game, and the number is growing rapidly,” say BioWare co-founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and … Continue Reading
EA executive touts opening day for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Electronic Arts has officially launched Star Wars: The Old Republic, one of the most expensive online games ever made, in a bid to grab a share of the lucrative massively multiplayer online games market that is dominated by Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft.
Electronic Arts executive and BioWare c0-founder Ray Muzyka (pictured center), co-founder Greg Zeschuk (left) and EA executive Frank Gibeau (right) rang the opening bell on the Nasdaq Stock Market today. In an … Continue Reading
Review: Should you buy Star Wars: The Old Republic?
Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft could soon be feeling a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of subscribers suddenly cried out and started heading for a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: The Old Republic is an impressive and easy to play new competitor from Electronic Arts that makes great use of the Star Wars license. It is the most promising new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) since World of Warcraft claimed … Continue Reading
Empire Avenue raises $1M for social stock market
Empire Avenue has established itself as a stock market that measures the social influence of its members. The company’s social standing in the world moved up a notch today when it raised $1 million.
The Edmonton, Canada-based company has created a fantasy stock market that measures the rise or fall of your social influence. The more active and influential you are, the higher your stock price goes. It’s a good proxy for figuring out who … Continue Reading
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