14 DAY TRIAL // Star Wars: The Old Republic, the new MMORPG from BioWare and Electronic Arts, will be released, at first at least, only in North America and Europe, as the two companies have declined to deploy the online title in territories like Australia, Asia, Africa or South America.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the most anticipated games of the year, and this excitement reached critical mass last week when EA opened up the pre-orders for the game, in North America and Europe, via local retailers as well as through its online Origin store.
This left many Star Wars fans in other continents or parts of the world worried about their own access into the online game, seeing as how both EA and BioWare were quiet on the subject.
Now, an official announcement was posted on the forums of the game by senior community manager Stephen Reid, explaining that Star Wars: The Old Republic won't be released in territories outside North America and Europe at first.
"We've announced the pre-order details for the initial launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, and as you may now know, we've taken the difficult but necessary decision to limit our initial launch supply for the game. BioWare and LucasArts are completely focused on building an exceptional game and an exceptional game service to go with it. We decided to constrain our launch capacity to ensure we deliver a great experience to every player."
According to the statement, the massive demand makes it hard for the studio to deliver a great experience right from day one, so the release has been limited in order to ensure a great experience for all those who manage to play the online game.
"Part of the reason this decision was made was because of the overwhelming demand for The Old Republic, and we're humbled by that level of excitement and anticipation. We fully intend to deliver to you an amazing game when we expand our service post-launch, but right now we cannot commit to any timeframe for when that may happen. As soon as we have more information about additional launches in more territories, we'll let you know."
As of yet, however, neither BioWare nor EA have even confirmed a release date for the game, so it's still pretty much up in the air when anyone will get to play Star Wars: The Old Republic.