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Sign up to test STAR WARS: The Old Republic!

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

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 - 16:23

Two weeks already I wait when will answer the demand... Has already despaired, and so it would be desirable... Always was fan SW KotOR and very much I wait OBT of SW TOR...

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 - 16:21

I agree but don forget we will only hunt bugs nothink more but little gameplay is good!

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!!

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 14:42

im sure testers will be contacted soon...prolly just a ton of data to go through for them ;)

good luck to everyone.

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 08:13

i agree with u sith 100% i tested all those aswell and they wont compare to this

Sat, 10/24/2009 - 06:27

I've played everquest, world of warcraft, and tried out Star Wars: Galaxies. This beats all three hands down. I've waited for a Star wars MMO for so long I thought Galaxies ruined it forever. Thanks for reviving my spirits Bioware!

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 23:35

hello my name is pedro

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 15:54

I have been waiting so long for a star wars MMO, MMO's are the only games that I think are fun. It is gonna be amazing. Hope I am chosen to test the game, gonna keep my fingers crossed.

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 07:10

I think I can't hold out anymore hehe.

I've read all the things about the game and I want more. Does anybody know when the testing period starts? I haven't started any other game since hearing about SWTOR. I don't even play wow anymore.

I have this feel, that the game will be an EPIC adventure.

 
Sat, 10/24/2009 - 07:49

I been impatiant since i heard sign up now for beta testing ...

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 04:05

the light is where ill be joinin here to many sith to count im ready to take them on when the time ciomes pick! me bioware

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 04:04

i do nto knwo sullys said so but it may be a rumor

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 02:47

It's coming out tommorow? or am i hearing rumors?

Fri, 10/23/2009 - 00:55

theres only one thing that im worried about in this game i dont want it to be like WOW one faction outnumbers one by a billion.

 
Fri, 10/23/2009 - 03:25

Sadly I think most of us are gonna be playing Sith... I'm definitely gonna start Republic but my Darth Maul recreation won't be able to stay away for long...

devincoelho
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 22:37

this game looks sick nasty and does anybody know a website i could go to to find an online jedi account

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 20:54

Man, Bioware. Just one sniff of the testing release will bring so many people to these sites. I doubt the entire INTERNET will hold back the traffic.

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 20:29

Woah, I'm from Spain, and maybe I will be the first one to test this fantastic MMORPG! Hehehe (be sure that I don't do illusions to myself, I know perfectly that ALL we will not get the same chance to test this fantastic MMORPG, D:).

By the way, I have good experience about MMORPGs, like playing World of Wwarcraft a lot (well, I played it, but now I'm so tired, xD). And I can test good the videogames, because 'exploring' them in a lot of senses (like exploring all the 'corners' of all maps/zones, interact with all the NPCs, doing all the extras as I can, searching all the secrets, etc., etc.) is one of my 'specialities'. To sum up: I'm very pacient playing RPGs, not going 'directly' to the main way to complete your progress as you can in a videogame (I'm talking abour RPGs, my favourite type of videogames and very specialized with them).

Well, Bioware Team, I only must to say this at last: Thank you a lot to do a great MMORPG about one of my favourite sagas! We love you a lot! Best wishes and good luck with the rest! :D

Regards.

Erdal.

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 19:05

A friend of mine has a very good gaming computer. So hopefully he will be chosen so I can try out the game. My computer is not bad, but I would not say it’s very good for thing's such as this.

 
Fri, 10/23/2009 - 02:11

That's against the NDA, your friend could get into serious legal problems for doing that

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 15:54

Beta testing takes time. They release it to people slowly, so maybe 100 people will be chosen in the first month and then next month more. And so on and so on.

But when you do get called it should be a happy day. :) GL to all!

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:47

Why did they bother us whit a sign up for beta when its taking months even years beffor we are going to see the game.

 
Fri, 10/23/2009 - 02:13

months, yes. Years, certainly not. They're calling release in 2010, so even if the release got pushed back, it may be just over a year. But far more likely, a matter of months.

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:16

Hey guys, been on holiday for 3 weeks so now I'm back :) for all the people asking when they will finish choosing, if you have been chosen you will recieve an email from the adress you gave in your account. It's great to be back, I've just seen the new planet and I am very impressed.. Well good luck to all.

P.S Hasibur Now we have SWG killer? Come on guys it doesn't matter if it "kills" anything. I'm just interested in good and dynamic gameplay.

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 07:33

Out of all the MMO games out there this one is the first that I've really been excited about. I can't wait to start seeing a lot more details about the game. Hopefully as a tester, but still exciting to see stuff on the sidelines as well.

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 06:52

I signed up but i doubt i'll get on my computer isn't... as great as they are most likely looking for but i think it would be awesome to be able to beta as well

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