Hands-down, the next biggest Holiday 2011 release is EA and Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic. Pre-orders for physical copies of the game have reached over 900,000 as of the end of November, with many of those undoubtedly being placed at Walmart retail locations across the nation.
Over this past weekend, the massive retail chain announced that they had accidentally cancelled nearly every single pre-order placed at their locations. Overnight, gamers amassed in the official SWTOR forums, all complaining of essentially the exact same thing; their pre-orders at Walmart had vanished. A Walmart customer service representative was reached by a frustrated SWTOR fan who said that they confirmed that the cancellations came as a result of a 'data error' and that 'nearly all' pre-orders had been cancelled.
Thankfully, Bioware's Stephen Reid chimed in and added, "We will investigate this issue ASAP, although we may not have further details to share before Monday. I obviously cannot speak on behalf of any retailer, however I would like to let people know who have pre-ordered and redeemed their pre-order code, that their Early Game Access is still secured. You may apply any Game Code from any edition of The Old Republic to your account."
Hopefully, Walmart will make good with its frustrated customers soon. We will post a follow-up story as soon as we get more information on the situation. In the meantime, be sure to check out Darth Hater and the SWTOR Wiki, for all of your Star Wars: The Old Republic needs, and check out the Darth Hater DB at http://db.darthhater.com/.
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