Fact Sheet – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Product:	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic™
Publisher:	LucasArts
Developer:	BioWare®
Format:	Xbox™ video game system; PC CD-ROM (4 Discs)
Game Type:	Single-player Role-playing
ESRB Rating:	T for Teen
Availability:	Now Available

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is the first Star Wars roleplaying game for the Xbox and PC. Set in a period roughly 4000 years before the time of the films, the game will follow an all-new storyline depicting a legendary battle between the Jedi and the Sith. Players will be immersed in the Star Wars universe with exotic locales, thrilling space battles, stirring musical themes, and epic confrontations between good and evil.

STORY OVERVIEW

• Non-linear single player story allows the player to create his or her own legend.
• Explore numerous unique and detailed locales, including familiar planets from the movies as well as all-new exotic locations.
• Play the role of intergalactic smuggler, infamous bounty hunter, high stakes gambler or legendary Jedi Knight.
• Dozens of extensive sub-plots.
• Multiple paths through every quest.
• Fully developed romances.
• Hundreds of unique NPCs to interact with.
• Experience the glory and majesty of the Old Republic and the Jedi Order at their historical apex.
• Discover the mysteries of the ancient Sith
• Separate and distinct paths for light side and dark side characters - players can try to save the galaxy, or they can fall to the dark side and attempt to conquer it.

FEATURES

• Uses the powerful BioWare Odyssey Engine, featuring the latest in 3D graphics technology
• Action packed real time combat with pause and play options
• Multiple fighting styles, including blaster combat and lightsaber duels
• Wide range of enemies to defeat, including fearsome battle droids, alien monsters and merciless dark Jedi
• Adventure in a party of up to 3 characters
• Hundreds of items, including Star Wars classics like blasters, lightsabers and thermal detonators
• Full voice acting and lip-synching on game characters
• Use a wide variety of skills, feats, and powers to overcome challenges, such as using stealth or persuasion on enemies, or destroying them with Jedi powers such as Force choke, telekinetic push and Force storm.

System Requirements:

Minimum

Processor:	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 1GHz
Memory:	128 MB RAM (Win 98); 256 MB RAM (Win ME/2000/XP)
Graphics Card:	32 MB OpenGL 1.4 compatible PCI or AGP 3D Hardware Accelerator with Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) Capability
Storage:	4.0 GB hard disk space
Additional:	DirectX 9.0b

Recommended

Processor:	1.6 GHz AMD or Intel processor
Memory:	512 MB RAM
Graphics Card:	ATI Radeon 9200 or better; NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti or better

ABOUT BIOWARE

BioWare develops computer, console, handheld and online video games focused on rich stories and memorable characters. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's best-selling titles including the award-winning Baldur's Gate™ and Neverwinter Nights™ series, and Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™. Original BioWare-created IPs include Jade Empire™ and the 2007 Game of the Year, Mass Effect™. With studios in Edmonton, Canada, and Austin, Texas, BioWare is hard at work on the epic fantasy RPG, Dragon Age and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS™, as well as several unannounced projects including a massively multiplayer online game. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by the world’s leading electronic entertainment publisher, Electronic Arts. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com.