SWTOR's Masters of the Force update gets a closer look
Broadsword talks up the long-awaited content drop and a DirectX 12 overhaul, though a release date is still missing.
Star Wars: The Old Republic still has no launch date for Masters of the Force, the update announced back in August, but Broadsword spent part of last week talking up what it contains. The timing reads like the start of a marketing spool-up, the kind of chatter that usually precedes a firm window, even if the studio is not yet ready to commit to one. Fans have spent the weeks since parsing every tease for clues about the Jedi and Sith-focused content it will deliver, and the longer that window stays open, the more speculation the community will produce.
Alongside the content itself, the developer has been discussing a shift to DirectX 12, a technical change that should smooth performance and let the ageing MMO lean on more modern rendering paths. For a game that has been running for well over a decade, that kind of groundwork matters as much as new story beats. Broadsword appears to be treating the two as a package, using the update to modernise the client while giving veterans a fresh reason to log back in.
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