BioWare shutting down Asia-Pacific servers for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic might not be making as much money as BioWare and Electronic Arts hoped it would. BioWare is shutting down the Asia-Pacific server for the Star Wars-based MMORPG. The company announced on its forums that it would be merging the servers with the more populous North American servers.BioWare Austin Community Manager Eric Musco explained the decision in a forum post. "Getting to the point of being able to merge the servers is going to be a multistep process," he said. "First off we need to update our Free Character Transfer System to include the game changes that we have made recently along with the upcoming changes in Game Update 2.0 and the Digital Expansion: Rise of the Hutt Cartel. We will then offer Free Character Transfers to anyone currently playing on an APAC server to a North American server of the same gameplay type."Players on the Master Dar'Nala server will be transferred to The Bastion server; Gav Daragon players will be transferred to Begeren Colony; Dalborra players will be going to The Harbinger server. At present, the company hasn't announced when it will be starting the process, but Musco states that "it will take some time." Click here for full story