BioWare: No Plans to Region Lock The Old Republic

August 10, 2011

Australians who won't get access to BioWare's upcoming Star Wars-themed MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic got some good news today from the game's developers: it won't be region locked and can therefore be imported from other regions.

"There are no plans to ‘region lock’ or ‘IP block’ players from the game," says BioWare Senior Online Community Manager Stephen Reid. "You may experience some latency issues if you’re not playing in a launch territory."

Reid went on to say that anyone who pre-orders the game will get a code for Early Game Access, will be able to download the game client prior to using it, and that there will be a short period after launch day when pre-order customers can continue to play without using the included game code. He also added that they will accept credit cards for subscriptions.

This is certainly great news for Australians who do not want to sit on their hands waiting for "an official release" to make it into the territory while the rest of the world gets to play.

Source: Games On

 
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james_fudge: of course he does :)05/20/2013 - 10:23pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Why is it wrong to make money doing LPs? Why should that be something that should be shamed?05/17/2013 - 6:20am
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