Star Wars: The Old Republic is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and
this post
has details on the celebration along with a trailer. They also offer
an infographic
on the game, saying it boasts 87 million players who have put in 1.5 billion
hours playing the MMORPG. To keep all those players happy,
they announce
Knights of the Eternal Throne, a new expansion coming this autumn,
saying, "The all new expansion adds more of BioWare's trademark cinematic
storytelling, as well as exciting new game features in one of the largest
updates the team has made since the game launched 5 years ago in 2011!"
This page has all the info
about the expansion they are revealing at this time. Finally, BioWare also announces a
free trial, saying, "all players can prepare for the new expansion by
playing Chapter 1 of the prequel story in Knights of the Fallen Empire, now for
free"