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Plague Coming To The Old Republic In January
As many of you know, most of the Game Informer staff is on holiday break this week. Many of these staffers are using their free time to play Star Wars: The Old Republic. None of us have hit level 50 yet (I'm at 25, and at last check Andy is our highest at 36), but we've been playing the hell out of it. The amount of content that is available out of the box could keep us busy for months, yet we already find ourselves discussing BioWare's post launch content plans. A forum post on The Old Republic's official website details what we can expect in the month ahead.
The game's director James Ohlen says that his team is working on new Operations, Flashpoints, and Warzones. "Next month we're going to be releasing a new Flashpoint and an expanded Operation," he says in the post. "The new Flashpoint involves a plague that could have significant repercussions across the galaxy. It takes place on a brand new world and involves some pretty epic battles. I can’t go into much detail, but be prepared for something different. The expanded Operation takes the existing Karagga’s palace scenario and more than triples it in size. It includes three new boss monsters and some pretty epic set pieces. You won’t believe the last boss." The shot above is our first look at this new content.
BioWare hopes to add it to the game in early January. If you'd like to join the Game Informer staff in their battles against the forces of good (that's right, we're all playing Empire), select Hyperspace Cannon as your server. Look me up. I'm a bounty hunter named Reinak. I have a flamethrower.
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