Hi folks!
As we head into the second half of the year, there’s quite a bit that has happened since March, and even more to look forward to for the rest of 2025. Let’s first take a look back on what’s happened in the last few months and then I’ll get into what’s coming up in the near future.
Game Updates
On March 11th, we released Galactic Seasons 8 in Game Update 7.6.1 “Rising Powers”, allowing players to obtain extra abilities to annihilate their enemies and complete Uprisings even faster. This update also came with additional customizations for the Basilisk companion B3-S1, the return of our Spring Event, new Utility Bundles in the Cartel Market, and new rewards for players who completed R-4 Anomaly Operation Veteran Mode in under 40 minutes.
Game Update 7.7 “Dynamic Worlds” was released on May 28, and it came with new Dynamic Encounters for the starter planets, capital planets, and Ilum which included a ton of new rewards and Achievements to earn!
(Coruscant Conspiracy Console (Achievement Reward))
(Imperial Massive Cannon)
Speaking of, there are additional Achievements, rewards, and augments to earn for the toughest players who are experienced enough to take on Relentless Replication Master Mode.
(Replication Throne Mount)
This update also included PvP Season 8 “Champions of the Wild”, various quality of life improvements, combat updates, Cartel Market items inspired by the Disney+ series Andor™ on, and a wide array of new skin color customizations across Cathar, Chiss, Mirialan, Nautolan, Sith Pureblood, Togruta, and Twi’lek characters. That’s over 400 new skin colors across these species that were never available prior to 7.7.
(Examples of new skin colors for Togruta, Nautolan, Cathar, Mirialan, and Twi’lek characters)
Players also saw updates for character modernization. The adjustments focused on facial definition and skin texture changes, a fix for the splotchiness seen on vibrant colored species, and bringing parity to what is shown in the Preview Window and seen in general gameplay. A more detailed post about these changes can be found here.
Special Events
In between the two latest updates, we had the opportunity to be part of Star Wars Celebration 2025™ in Japan! A video featurette aired on April 19 giving the broader Star Wars™ audience a look into The Old Republic™ and a little tease into upcoming story content.
It was fantastic being able to celebrate Star Wars™ with so many players over the course of the weekend both in person and in-game. For Celebration, we released a Jubilee Hoverpod log in reward, Naboo Speeder Type-C Subscriber Mount, and a redeemable Amethyst Vulptilla mini-pet. Players have been very interested in the subscriber rewards, and so expect to see more rewards in the near future.
Hot on the heels of Celebration, we released a May 4th B25-SAL mini-pet log in reward, ran a Double XP event, and had various sales happening in the Cartel Market.
What else is happening?
DirectX 12
We also saw a lot of questions during our 7.7 livestream asking for updates on DirectX 12 (DX12). Currently, we have a working version of the game running in DX12! However, we still have more to do before we can release a version for players to test such as converting the game’s UI system to DX12 and ensuring any major bugs are identified and resolved. We will have more to share later this year, but I am pleased with the progress the team has been making on this initiative!
What’s coming up?
Our next seasonal event is arriving in just a couple weeks! Nar Shaddaa Nightlife will be returning on July 8th! A separate article will be published at a later time focusing on new rewards and some updates coming to the event.
Those familiar with our content calendar will know Game Update 7.7.1 is our next release. With it, players can expect the next Galactic Season. When we get closer to talking about the next season, we will unveil the theme and its new rewards.
Players will also see additional updates to our character modernization efforts in 7.7.1. The most important of these will be the anticipated improvements for Rattataki to give them the same attention other species recently received. Companions not covered in 7.7 will also be getting some love, as well as continuing refinements and bug fixes based on your feedback.
I know many of you have been asking for updates on the story content and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your patience. I am happy to say that we will have concrete details of the release of Galactic Threads and Master’s Enigma in our upcoming 7.7.1 livestream, so we are looking forward to sharing the story roadmap with you all then.
The team and I thank you for your continued support of this beloved game, and we cannot wait to show you what’s in store for it. See you all soon!
-Keith