SWTOR Launching in the Pacific

Bioware just announced their release date for the Pacific region - March 1st. Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore are all receiving their own regional servers. So for those of you wanting better pings and live in the Pacific region, you will finally get that coming next month.

According to Bioware, if your account qualifies for a character transfer you will be notified and given limited-time opportunity to migrate your character over to a regional server in the beginning of March.

Here's directly from swtor website:


Star Wars: The Old Republic will be available in both Standard and Digital Deluxe editions. The Standard Edition will retail for $79.99 AUD / $89.99 NZD / $389.00 HKD / $64.00 SGD and the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game, an Origin.com exclusive, will retail for $89.99 AUD / $99.99 NZD / $465.00 HKD / $76.90 SGD. 30 days of game time will be included with every version of the game, and after that time players will be able to continue playing the game by paying a monthly subscription, or by purchasing a 60-Day Pre-Paid Game Time Card for $32.99 AUS / $42.99 NZD / $249.00 HKD / $39.90 SGD. Star Wars: The Old Republic has three recurring subscription plans and players in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore will be charged in USD:

• 1 Month Subscription (automatically billed every 30 days): $14.99 USD per month
  
• 3 Month Subscription (automatically billed every 90 days): $13.99 USD per month (one-time charge of $41.97 USD)
  
• 6 Month Subscription (automatically billed every 180 days): $12.99 USD per month (one-time charge of $77.94 USD)

Star Wars: The Old Republic is currently available for pre-order* at the following participating retailers in Australia and New Zealand. There are no participating retailers in Hong Kong and Singapore for pre-orders. Also, there will be no pre-orders available at Origin.com:

Australia

• EB Games
  
• JB Hi Fi
  
• GAME Australia
  
• Big W online

New Zealand

• EB Games
  
• JB Hi Fi
  
• Mighty Ape

Individuals who pre-order the game in Australia or New Zealand will be entitled to the Color Crystal pre-order item, which changes the weapon effect.

Players in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore will also be given the opportunity to receive the Founder’s Medal** – an exclusive in-game title awarded to early players of the game. In order to qualify, players must complete one of the following transactions by Monday, April 30th, 2012, 12:01AM EDT, 2:00AM NZDT; Hong Kong & Singapore: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 9:01PM HKT, 9:01PM SGT:

Billed at least once for an active Star Wars: The Old Republic recurring subscription
Redeemed a Star Wars: The Old Republic 60-Day Pre-Paid Game Time Code

source: http://www.swtor.com...rticle/20120214