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We are excited to announce that we are now collecting information for those interested in applying for the opportunity to test Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Our goal is to get feedback to help us make the best game that we can.

We will be selecting testers from the Star Wars: The Old Republic community based on various requirements such as systems specifications, age, and region. Because the testing program requires feedback from within the community, you must have an active Star Wars: The Old Republic (“TOR”) community account to participate (no banned accounts). The testing is limited to members who are 18 years of age or older and requires the acceptance of the Game Testing Agreement included in the TOR community sign-up process. Users that meet the requirements of the test and are selected for inclusion in the test program will be contacted via email (so make sure your email address is up to date!).

Game testing for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be rolled out in several phases over an extended period of time. These test phases will begin with smaller, tightly focused test groups, and later tests will expand.

Want to get your name on the list of potential testers? First, make sure you are a registered member of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community. If you’re not already a member, click here to become one today! Be sure to check the box to indicate you are interested in becoming a tester. If you’re already a member, go to the Game Testing Portal to begin the sign up process.

Please keep in mind that there are no guarantees that you will be selected once you have completed the sign up process. For more information about testing Star Wars: The Old Republic, take time to read the Game Testing FAQ.

We look forward to your help in making Star Wars: The Old Republic a success!


Update: Thank you for your overwhelming support and interest in our Game Testing program. It’s been a humbling 24 hours. We knew that interest would be high but yesterday the community proved just how highly anticipated Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is. We experienced an overwhelming amount of traffic which resulted in having to bring the website down so the team could address the performance and capacity issues.

While we are still experiencing a high degree of traffic, we have brought the service back up and are accepting new accounts and Game Tester applications. We will be continually monitoring the service and do our best to manage the continued volumes of interest. We have also brought up the community section of The Old Republic but please understand that we will take the forums down as necessary to alleviate some of the traffic.

We recognize and have heard from some of you that there are some difficulties in registering with us, and want you to know that we are working to provide you with ongoing solutions. For those of you experiencing issues in signing up, please see the following thread for more information.

Thank you again for your continued interest!


The Old Republic community members using either Hotmail or Yahoo email providers may not be receiving transactional emails at this time. This includes validation and password recovery emails. We are looking into the situation and will update you when we can.


The team is still working on various solutions for the looping issue that some users are experiencing. Your patience is appreciated while we are working on this. And remember, the order in which an individual signs up has no bearing on who gets chosen for testing.

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COMMENTS

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 17:16

And i would chooce sith warrior cause first i know that the warrior will be a tank for the siths and jedi knight for republic and i want to test a tank in this cool game and second he can wear 2 lightsabers and he got lightsaber from lvl 1 and third i like siths they are cool nice robes nice fighting moves i like it xD!

Wed, 03/17/2010 - 17:14

I have waited 1 year and 3 days to test it and no email so much time waiting no answer well i think i will not be selected but i can wait until december 29 2010 cause so many new cool games have came out and if someone read this from bioware plz send a answer with a email i have been selected yes or not!

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 22:44

I want to test it too :D

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 22:42

I hope i get picked to be a tester, if not i cant wait for it to come out. I like wow and all but when this hits shelfs i quit wow FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!!!

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 17:01

I want to become the new Emperor like a sith Inquisitor !!
The force is with me and the galaxy is mine !!
HAHAHAHA !!

It's for me the game of the century !! I want to play ! ^^

Duranar

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 21:41

This game will be epic indeed but I will judge that myself -Exclsstalker

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 12:25

why i can't test
i have update my account
i can't play the game

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 23:33

Looking forward to playing this game when it is released, if I get the chance to test it before hand even better. I have yet to be disappointed by BioWare's products. KoTOR 1 and 2 were amazing and this has had me go back and replay the games a few times threw.

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 16:38

just wanna to see it release....i wanna test, or just buy it and play it anyway.... xD force be with u devs xD

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 04:14

its hard to not sound super excited lol im diein to be a tester so badly this game is gona be the first in the line of many fully voiced choiced based mmos im sure its killin me waiten but its worth it if im pick may the force be with you all

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 04:07

im syked been atleast a year or so i been waiten i feel its aproachin the day where i can enter the old republic and bring balance to the force by rightin the dark ones that are to far to save

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:34

I almost cried tears of freakin joy when i heard about the idea to make a GOOD star wars mmo. I play KOTOR to this day and have been a star wars fan for close to 16 years. I will die happy if i can test this beta.
By the way does anyone know when the beta starts?

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:48

I really wanna be a beta tester and I really cant wait to play this game!!=)
I am almost in here on this site every day to see what the news are!
I think this game would own WoW couse its look so f**king awesome!!

 
Fri, 03/12/2010 - 13:58

Why come every day to see the news? In case you haven't noticed, THE NEWS IS ONLY ON FRIDAYS! DUH! *****!

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 00:21

I shall await my chance to dominate the galaxy in earnest...

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 00:09

For some reason I can't sign up for the test because it keeps on returning me to the Terms & Agreement page.

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 00:07

this game rocks!!!!!!!

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 18:28

i want to play this game, when the game is ready?

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 04:23

I Want the chance to test this awseome game... i wating a long time for this!!!

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 09:58

Will be worth the wait...

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 21:45

As it seems it will be the most advanced MMO for years. The only bad thing i found is that we dont know when it will come out! bou...hou...hou... sniff!

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 23:42

i wish i could test but you have to be 18 and i am only 14.

 
Fri, 03/12/2010 - 21:56

Spring 2011

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 01:30

O MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This game looks awesome but they need to hurry up and release it all ready and if theres stuff they wanna put on they can do it on the fly like runescape! O and uh... Let test it please!

Sat, 02/27/2010 - 21:12

I'd love to test the game but they need so much personal info. Whats with that?

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 08:58

yea tor is gona change mmo biowares takein a leap into a whole new mmo generation then all the others im lookin forward to this

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 08:11

I'm so excited! Can't wait to test the game, got signed up for more than a month now. The game looks really great so far (especially the dialogue system) :)

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 20:06

oh yes scan is complete

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 13:29

i want to be a jedi btu then i want to be a bountyhunter to im so counfused

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 13:16

those flashpoints where sick alone to be able to group talk gona be coo

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 13:09

biowares takein a leap into a whole new generation of mmo with the fully voiced npcs and whatnot there gona be able to set a major huge story within expanded universe im sure everyone will love to explore each world in this game i know i will

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 13:06

hard as heck to be so impaitent been waiten for testin for awhile hopefully i get pick im guessin jusguessin testin will star nov 1 or dec 1

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 12:25

I can agree with all of you, i am fed up of playing WOW and the old republic looks awsome, something new and exciting to look forward to :). I used to enjoy playing star wars galaxies till sony messed it up. It seems bioware have taken alot of time and effort to make this game not like WOW which is what interests me alot as i also played lord of the rings and that was not much different from WOW. Hopin i get to beta test as well :D

Thu, 10/29/2009 - 03:16

I am so sick of WOW, can't wait for the KOTOR beta release, love the story, loved the games and now I am ready to pay bucks to play online and continue the crack addition that is Knights of the old republic.. Question is what shall I play? Likely a Jedi but who knows.

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 07:42

It would be a nice change after 6 WHOLE years ( That's right even through NGE =_=) This has been one of my favoured eras it has such a deepening and mysterious story behind it. Amazing progress so far I could wait 'till the real game comes out if it ends up this good ^^

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 07:19

im sure the devs are lookin threw forums and stuff aswell so hopefully we get picked and i can say with no dout seyou all in the testing

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 18:48

hoping to beta, also hoping that the dev's here are looking at the forums of other mmos and are taking into account what players like. what i've seen so far with SWTOR looks great.

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 15:37

same to me time to quit with wow and play asi jedi :)

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 09:08

hinro u are right numbers are not the importent matter we of the jedi train are wisdom in battle less is not nesicarily a bad thng but i welcome all the light jedi we must stop the siths rise within the galaxy

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 05:13

Are we there yet?!?

Mon, 10/26/2009 - 01:46

im done with orcs ogers ans dragons im rdy for blastin my way threw troopers and cuttin them down with my saber swtor ftw

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 13:20

After 4+ years of Dwarves, Elves, Trolls, Super Heroes or Super Villains, I can't wait to dive into this game!

 
Sun, 10/25/2009 - 23:05

super excited about this game.

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 04:24

I'm a grown man. and i WILL cry if i cannot beta test haha

Sun, 10/25/2009 - 00:49

Cant wait.

 
Tue, 10/27/2009 - 07:44

Don't worry if you don't get picked after this long time, as far as I know no one has been picked so this could take about a couple of months perhaps? Or more coincidentially on the day of the release to the UK this year.

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 23:45

it looks great cant wait for it we are so lucky that know about it...!!!

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 19:03

i thingk that star wars will be the most populaire game of the year it will be bader than world of warcraft

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 16:49

And we wait. I expect that they would start the testing period at the beginning of a month to have a clean schedule. But that's just my opinion.

 
Sat, 10/24/2009 - 18:01

I'm excited, hope this is bigger than BF2. Can't wait!!

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