The Old Republic - Delayed... Now there's a Shocker!!

Sources speaking with MCV say BioWare's long-awaited space-bound MMORPG dropping this September; will miss projected spring 2011 debut.

A year ago Electronic Arts announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic--BioWare's massively multiplayer online role-playing game take on the esteemed film series--would arrive during the spring 2011 window. However, according to developer sources, the publisher was a bit ambitious with that date.

The force of delay is strong with The Old Republic, it seems.

According to BioWare sources speaking with game business site MCV, the long-awaited PC MMORPG will arrive at an undisclosed date in September. As of press time EA has not responded to GamSpot’s request for comment or clarification on the purported delay.

SW: TOR is currently in testing phase, where BioWare-selected bug-squashers are traversing the game's universe, said to be bigger than every BioWare game released to date…put together.

SW: TOR--which EA will publish solo--takes place approximately 300 years after the events of the original game but some 3,600 years before the events of LucasArts' quintessential films. Players can choose to align themselves with either side of the Force, taking on professions like the Sith warrior and bounty hunter for the Dark Side and the trooper and smuggler for the Galactic Republic.