One of, if not the biggest, gaming shows in the world is about to take place in Cologne, Germany, from August 17th-21st. With the release date closing in fast, Star Wars: The Old Republic will have a very strong presence at the show this year. First images that are coming in show that the hands on area this year is much larger (three times as large) than last year. There is a kind of excitement in the air as well because the Beta September is just around the corner and everyone is awaiting more news on this as well. For European SWTOR fans this will also be the first chance to meet the new European community managers. We also know from recent news that footage from the Eternity Vault, end game operation (raid), will be shown for the first time as well.

We’ll be watching closely for all the news pouring in from the show floor so you’ll have one place to go to for all SWTOR news from GamesCom. Here’s a preliminary schedule of things to watch out for and a few images we dug up.

• The unofficial offical Twitter hashtag for This year’s news from Gamescom and PAX Prime is #ComPAXTOR
• There will be some footage about SWTOR on BiowareTV. We’ll update you with details once we find out more.
• Tuesday, August 16th. – EA press conference – streaming live starting 4PM CET.
• Thursday, August 18th – 12:45 To 13:00 CET – SWTOR: Producer Presentation
• Friday, August 19th – 12:45 To 13:00 CET – SWTOR: Producer Presentation
• Saturday, August 20th – 12:45 To 13:00 CET – SWTOR: Show
• Sunday, August 21st – 12:45 To 13:00 CET – SWTOR: Show

EA Press Conference preaprations	SWTOR Booth
Chris Collins - EU Community manager	Release date tease

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