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Star Wars: The Old Republic Knights of the Eternal Throne Expansion Revealed

The latest expansion was just announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe.

Asif Khan

July 16, 2016 12:45 PM

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's Director of Design, James Ohlen, took center stage today at Star Wars™ “Meet the Makers” panel at Star Wars Celebration in London to give gamers a sneak peek into the future of the game. After confirming that over 87 million characters have been created in SWTOR, he went on to reveal that the game's latest expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne, will be released in Fall of 2016. If that wasn't enough great news for gamers, BioWare also announced that beginning today, all players can prepare for the new expansion by playing Chapter 1 of the prequel story in Knights of the Fallen Empire, now for free.

Bioware also put together a trailer in celebration of the 5 year anniversary of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Are you still playing Star Wars: The Old Republic? Let us know what you think of today's news in the comments below.

Asif Khan

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Asif Khan is the CEO, EIC, and majority shareholder of Shacknews. He began his career in video game journalism as a freelancer in 2001 for Tendobox.com. Asif is a CPA and was formerly an investment adviser representative. After much success in his own personal investments, he retired from his day job in financial services and is currently focused on new private investments. His favorite PC game of all time is Duke Nukem 3D, and he is an unapologetic fan of most things Nintendo. Asif first frequented the Shack when it was sCary's Shugashack to find all things Quake. When he is not immersed in investments or gaming he is a purveyor of fine electronic music. Asif also has an irrational love of Cleveland sports.