BioWare and LucasArts are looking to expand their market and are excited to announce Star Wars: The Old Republic will officially launch in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore on March 1st, 2012! Now this isn't to say players in these regions haven't already begun their adventure within the game, but it will allow them to continue their saga's on regional servers. For a limited time, select players will be given the opportunity to migrate their characters from their current servers, to Asia Pacific servers after the launch on March 1st. This will will not only help balance the current server load, but allow those who transfer to take advantage of decreased network latency.

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be available in both Standard and Digital Deluxe editions. Players who pre-order the game in Australia or New Zealand will be entitled to the Color Crystal pre-order item, which changes the color and stats of your lightsaber or blaster ammo. Players in every region will also get the opportunity to receive the Founder's Medal if they complete one of the following transactions by Monday, April 30th 2012, 12:01AM EDT, 2:00AM NZDT; Hong Kong & Singapore: Sunday, April 29th, 2012, 9:01PM HKT, 9:01PM SGT:

• Billed at least once for an active Star Wars: The Old republic recurring subscription
• Redeemed a Star Wars: The Old Republic 60-Day Pre-Paid Game Time Code

For more details on the Asia Pacific Launch, visit the Launch FAQ.