PAX: Coruscant Confirmed

And then some.

Normally when you hear that something is 'confirmed' it is some guy who says that he talked to someone on 'the inside' who 'let slip' that... etc. But the Darth Hater team is really on the case at PAX this weekend and they're doing much more than just stating "someone told us this"; instead they're showing us the reveal video BioWare showed. In typical shakey-cam footage, but still.


My prediction for thus Friday's update? Coruscant officially revealed (probably with a downloadable version of that video shown and most likely with a holonet page).

That's not the only thing the Darth Hater team is bringing us from PAX though. Before the reveal they had several more audio interviews and video of the second Q&A (which they streamed live as well). Not that there's that much new in it, but nice regardless.

The first interview is with Dallas Dickinson:

We had the chance to sit down talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic with Dallas Dickinson of the Bioware team. This the audio version of the interview and as stated before the video versions of all of our interviews will be up after PAX so look forward to that later on. Thanks again to Dallas and the Bioware team for the interview. For now we hope you enjoy the audio form of this interview.

Direct link to the interview with Dallas Dickinson.

And the second interview is with Donna Prior:

We had the chance to sit down talk about community moderation and Star Wars Lore among other things with Donna Prior of the Bioware Community team. This the audio version of the interview and as stated before the video versions of all of our interviews will be up after PAX so look forward to that later on. Thanks again to Donna and the Bioware team for the interview. For now we hope you enjoy the audio form of this interview.

Direct link to the interview with Donna Prior.

And finally there's the Q&A:

We will be covering the second question and answer session with the developers live over UStream today from 1-2PM PST (4-5PM EST). We would like to invite you to join us on UStream to interact with us and developers during this question and answer session. Your question, if asked in UStream, could be answered by the developers.

The live version is over but the archived version of the live feed is now up. Click read more to see the embedded videos.

Part 1:



Part 2:



We will be doing another live Q&A session tomorrow with new questions for those that did not have the opportunity to get their questions in. We should have a post up about it tomorrow morning reminding people with the new link. Also there will be an audio version of this Q&A up tonight for those that would prefer it. Thank you to Bioware for allowing us to do the live stream of the Q&A.

Oh, and as an added bonus BioWare also revealed that the first KotOR is available on Steam (and you can see here) for about $10.

And on the official forums people discovered that the Direct2Drive version mentions that community members (those with an account on the official forums) will get 25% off of the price there. It seems that the UK version doesn't make any mention of such a discount though.

Good stuff. And Coruscant confirmed. Of course people are already starting to speculate whether it'll be a starting planet for any class and if so, which class.


[link] to the Coruscant reveal trailer (note: the GameSpot video is higher quality of the same).
[link] to interview with Dallas Dickinson.
[link] to interview with Donna Prior.
[link] to day 2 Q&A.