Now it looks like Electronic Arts and BioWare are doing a little bit of damage control post-email in order to not only cover its bases, but try and assuage the anger inside Star Wars fans. According to the most recent email, Electronic Arts and BioWare have not been hacked; the email was sent out by mistake and not as a prank.
While I doubt that the first thought on any of the email recipients’ minds was that their personal information was compromised, it’s still nice to know we don’t have another PSN situation on our hands.
On the plus side, when the game does finally release, the new 400-employee customer service center that BioWare created will be the perfect place to deal with these types of issues.
Here’s the complete verbiage of the email:
As an added consolation BioWare tells those who have yet to participate in the beta that larger “beta testing weekends” are in the future, and will require a larger user pool than the game is currently working with. If I were a betting man I might say that those who mistakenly received an email could be getting a beta invite in the near future. Maybe not a full-scale beta invite, but a chance to check the game out.
Between now and launch, we will be conducting additional large scale Beta Testing Weekends where we will be inviting more people than ever before. Additionally we will be releasing even more information about the game as we gear up for launch in December.
Our hands-on with the game (pre-beta) reveal an MMO experience that is well worth the wait; so don’t feel too bad if a beta invite never comes your way. For now just keep hitting refresh on your email inbox and cross your fingers.
Has this small email mishap changed your excitement for Star Wars: The Old Republic? Do you think that a beta invite would be a perfect apology?
Star Wars: The Old Republic releases December 20, 2011 for the PC.
