14 Months Ago, Michael Zenke from WoW Insider says (in Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories) While recent triple-A MMOs have shied away from a downright challenge to competing with World of Warcraft's behemoth subscription numbers, EA Games president Frank Gibeau and LucasArts' online chief Tom Nichols have come right out and said that Star Wars: The Old Republic has the pote...

And Kotaku Australia says (in EA, LucasArts Have Sights Set On WoW's Userbase)  Australia - Oct 26, 2008
That's what I always say, and EA must have been thinking the same thing when they announced their new Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. ...

And Jim Reilly from Kotaku says (in EA, LucasArts Have Sights Set On WoW's Userbase [The Old Republic]) Go big or go home. That's what I always say, and EA must have been thinking the same thing when they announced their new Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic. But you need subscribers to have a successful MMO, and everyone right now is playing World of Warcraft. So how do they plan on becoming a serious...

And patlike from videogaming247 says (in WoW is the target with The Old Republic, says LucasArts and EA) Both EA and LucasArts have confirmed to VG247 that the target for BioWare’s newly announced Star Wars: The Old Republic is to make an MMO with a larger userbase than World or Warcraft. “We have very high expectations for this,” said EA ...

And Michael Zenke from Massively says (in The Old Republic Unveiled: Overview, space combat, and Star Wars Galaxies) and the Joystiq network had a man on the ground at Tuesday's unveiling of Star Wars: The Old Republic. We sorted the chaff from the wheat, and now we are prepared to offer up to you a series of post outlining everything there is to know about BioWare's newest game. To start with, we have a high lev...