Mac gamers, unfortunately, had to watch all of it from the sidelines, as the game was only released for Windows.īut then in January 2012, BioWare’s co-founders publicly stated that a Mac version of the game was on the table. It also became the “fastest-growing MMO ever” when it reached 1 million subscribers within three days of its launch. It wasn’t only a huge and ambitious MMORPG, it was also a brand-new Star Wars game that promised to be bigger than any Star Wars game before it.īased on estimates, Star Wars: The Old Republic (or SW: TOR, as the kids like to call it) is one of the most expensive games ever made. Star Wars: The Old Republic made a lot of noise when it first came out in 2011.
