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Today, EA CEO John Riccitiello announced via an investor call that great progress is being made on Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO that the company is fairly confident the game will release in spring 2011. However, confidence only goes so far, and the chief executive warned that stumbling blocks could pop up, so the company was not willing to include potential earnings in their 2011 fiscal guidance. Specifically, Riccitiello stated: “As it stands today, the game is making great progress towards a spring 2011 launch. But given the volatility of this particular sector, and the fact that we haven’t yet provided a specific launch date, we will be excluding the revenue from our fiscal 2011 guidance plans.” Later in the day, BioWare released its own statement over their official forums saying: “While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We’ve got a lot of exciting updates and reveals planned throughout 2010, including the first-ever hands-on testing for the game. It’s not too late to sign up to be a game tester, so go to www.swtor.com/tester and sign up today. We can’t wait to share more about the game with you as we progress through the year, so make sure you stay tuned to the official website for details.” Many fans are a bit discouraged that they’ll have to wait more than another year, the amount of content and fine-tuning going into this epic MMO requires a longer timeframe.
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