Bioware has announced that early access to the hotly anticipated MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be starting on the 13th December, and the game can be pre-loaded from the website right now.
According to the press release, ”To ensure that players can get into the game as quickly as possible when their Early Game Access begins, we are now allowing everyone who has redeemed a Pre-Order Code at our Code Redemption Center to pre-load the game to their computer.
In order to download the game client before Early Game Access begins, you need have already logged into your account and redeemed your Pre-Order Code. Once you have done this, you can download the game client by clicking on “My Account” in the upper-right of the window and then click “Pre-Order.” On your Pre-Order page, click the large button that says “Download Game Client” to begin download of the game!”
Players who did the beta test on the weekend of the 25th November will only be required to patch the client rather than re-installing it from scratch. Earlier beta testers must completely uninstall all The Old Republic files before pre-loading the new client.
Star Wars: The Old Republic will have its worldwide release on the 20th December.
