Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic, abbreviated TOR, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Old Republic era, and is currently under development by BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts. The game was first officially announced in an October 30, 2007 press release, though details were vague. On October 21, 2008, the title of the game was revealed, in addition to a fair amount of detail about the game in a press conference. A novel, released around the same time as the game, will cover the story behind it. In addition, Dark Horse Comics is releasing an online-only comic based on the game. During its presentation at E3 it was announced it would be the first fully-voiced MMORPG.

Planets
The game features the following planets:

Playable species
Human has definitely been confirmed although Togruta can be seen as playable from screenshots.
 * Human
 * Togruta

Classes
Each faction has 4 classes to choose from.

Behind the scenes
BioWare began development on The Old Republic in December 2005 at a satellite studio in Austin, Texas constructed primarily for the project. By January 7, 2007, Electronic Arts completed its acquisition of BioWare/Pandemic for $860 million, in a move motivated by hopes of expanding into the MMO genre of video games. In the following months, rumors persisted about the development of a new Knights of the Old Republic video game, spurred on by leaks from within BioWare and LucasArts and the registration of "Star Wars The Old Republic" and "The Old Republic" as LucasArts trademarks. During the E3 2008 expo, Electronic Arts executive John Riccitello confirmed that the MMO would be connected to the Knights of the Old Republic series of video games. On October 7, Lucasarts and Bioware released an invitation to the press to attend an event on October 21 about "the game that has been rumored about for years." At the event, the official press release was finally published. Drew Karpyshyn will also help with the production of the game as he is moving to Austin, Texas where game is being designed. On Tuesday, 09/29/2009, after the website was down for almost a day, It had been announced that they would be accepting applications for game testing. The procedures include accepting the terms and agreements, basic information and a system scan of the computer you would be using to play the game.

Gameplay
Differing from the Knights of the Old Republic games, the Old Republic uses a style similar to BioWare's successful Mass Effect in the sentence choosing for the player.

"Deceived" trailer
A trailer for The Old Republic, titled "Deceived," was released on June 1, 2009. Narrated by an unidentified Sith, the trailer depicts the Invasion of the Jedi Temple during the Sacking of Coruscant.