During the event in New York, developers Bioware announced that the game will now be releasing on December 20 in Europe, which is two days ahead of the originally planned December 22 launch date. It now means that European consumers will be able to purchase and enjoy the game on the exact same date that Americans get it – so everyone can bask in the beauty of SWTOR together.

We have to say that it is a frustrating experience in that fact that Europeans, UK consumers especially, usually get shunted to the bottom of the list in terms of game releases, so considering the likes of Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3 and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim all have global release dates, it’s pleasing to see Bioware and EA give the same treatment to Star Wars: The Old Republic as well.

A new trailer titled Signs of War was also unveiled at the NY Comic Con event, so check it out below if you have yet to see it. We’ve also uploaded some footage of Bioware’s event itself, so if you consider yourself to be a Star Wars fanatic but didn’t have the opportunity to get to New York last week, then don’t miss that video either.

SWTOR is PC only don’t forget, so you’ll have to head out and buy yourself a capable system if you’re still running your PC on old hardware. The upcoming game is surely going to test the capabilities of your current PC rig, on the plus side – you’ll be able to enjoy games like MW3, BF3 and Skyrim in their best form as well.

Are you prioritizing the new Star Wars game ahead of the likes of Skyrim, MF3 and MW3, or is it a game that you will play less you think?

According to a recent press release over on the Nintendo.com website, there will be a number of top games available to try out at this year’s event including the much-anticipated Wii title, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Other Wii games that expected to be playable during the convention include Kirby, Fortune Street and Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3.

Attendees will also get the opportunity to try out the likes of the Captain America: Super Soldier and Rhythm Heaven games on the Nintendo Wii. It’s not just Nintendo Wii games that visitors will have a chance to check out either, as there will also be a number of playable 3DS titles at the Nintendo Gaming Lounge including Star Fox 64 3D and Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Other playable 3DS titles will include Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Mario Kart, Pokedex 3D, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Shinobi, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D and the Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D and Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition games from Capcom. Visitors will also get the chance to play the Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 game on DS.

In addition to Nintendo’s booth at the San Diego Convention Center, there will also be a number of different activities taking place at a special Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the San Diego Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis & Marina. For example, Pokemon fans are invited to attend a special meet-up event from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on July 21st.

Whilst there they can battle and trade with the Pokemon White Version and Pokemon Black Version games. Nintendo 3DS owners that have the Pokedex 3D application will also have the opportunity to exchange data with other 3DS owners, as well as having the ability to interact with a giant Pokemon AR marker of Legendary Pokemon Reshiram.

Visitors will also be able to enjoy limited amount of Pokemon giveaways including Pokedex 3D t-shirts, a set of 3 Pokemon AR marker cards, pins and Pokemon cinch sacks. There will be other fun activities and daily giveaways available including collectible Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards and the opportunity to pose for 3D photos in an oversized AR Card gallery.

As a way of celebrating the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the franchise’s 25th anniversary, Nintendo has hired an artist to create a chalk drawing on site over several days. Fans will be able to visit the site regularly to check on the artist’s progress.

Are you going to the Comic-Con 2011? If you are, will you be paying a visit to the Nintendo Booth or Gaming Lounge?

As Jeff Rubenstein – Senior Social Media Manager – recently noted over on the blog.us.playstation.com website, PlayStation will be showcasing the latest content from a number of its upcoming titles at their booth, giving visitors the opportunity to go hands-on with games such as Twisted Metal, Journey, Resistance 3, StarHawk and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

They are also putting the finishing touches on their custom-built arcade cabinets for the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One game, which will be unveiled at their booth this week. The cabinets include a 40-inch Sony Bravia 3D TV with 3D glasses, custom artwork from the developer and a set of custom illuminated DualShock controllers with the colors of Ratchet, Clank, Dr. Nefarious and Qwark.

The PlayStation schedule kicks off at 10:00am on Thursday, July 21st, where attendees will get the opportunity to meet and chat with PlayStation Network developers including Minority Games’ Vander Caballero (Papa &Yo), Overkill Software’s Bo Anderson (Payday) and thatgamecompany’s Kellee Santiago and Jenova Chen.

Not only will they discuss what it takes to be a successful independent developer, they will also provide fans with a little more insight into the inspiration and creativity behind upcoming PSN releases. The guys at PlayStation also have a few hundred Journey t-shirts to give away, but numbers are limited to it is on a first come, first served basis.

From 5:00pm – 6:00pm on Thursday, July 21st is: Exploring a 1950’s Altered America: The Continuing Creation of the Resistance Universe, where members of the Insomniac Games development team – including creative director Marcus Smith and art director Grant Hollis – will provide attendees with an exclusive first look at brand new game content for the Resistance 3 game.

On Friday, July 22nd, attendees will be able to join Uncharted 3’s creative director Amy Hennig and cast members Richard McGonagle, Nolan North and Emily Rose, as they discuss the influence of styles and theatrical techniques from the history of film and how they have helped them to produce award-winning and industry leading interactive entertainment.

Those who are visiting the event on Saturday, July 23rd will get the chance to join David Jaffe – co-director of the upcoming Twisted Metal game – as he unveils the latest trailer and shows off its single-player campaign. If you are attending on Sunday, July 24th, you will get the opportunity to view never-seen-before concept art and exclusive StarHawk story details.

You can read more about the times etc via the blog.us.playstation.com website. Are you attending the San Diego Conic-Con International event this year?

One of the biggest Kinect titles to be featured at this year’s Comic-Con International event has to be the much-anticipated Kinect Star Wars game. As Istran over on the 123kinect.com website recently noted, not only will attendees get a chance to play the game, but they will also get to hear about a brand new game mode.

Attendees will also get the opportunity to visit the Kinect Stars Wars panel, where they can hear lead producer Craig Derrick (LucasArts) and studio head Jorg Neumann (Kinect Publishing) talk about the upcoming game with USA Today’s Mike Snider, as well as make an exciting announcement. All visitors will receive a limited edition poster.

Meanwhile, the Hard Rock Hotel – located at 207 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 – will be hosting the Xbox Lounge, a place where visitors can check out some of the hottest upcoming games for the Xbox 360. This includes two of the biggest sequels for the Xbox 360 Kinect: Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports: Season 2.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to check out the upcoming horror and free-roaming Kinect title Rise of Nightmares, as well as Twisted Pixel Games’ upcoming game The Gunstringer. Some of the other games that attendees will be able to check out include The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Age of Empires and the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham City.

Those of you that are Halo fans will be pleased to know that there will also be a Halo Universe Panel at this year’s Comic-Con. The Halo Universe Panel will have Kevin Grace, Frank O’Connor (and other members from 343 Industries) and special guests Karen Traviss and Greg Bear discussing the first ten years of ‘Halo,’ as well as a preview of what’s next.

The Halo Universe Panel will be held in Room 6BCF of the San Diego Convention Center on Friday, 22nd July from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Will you be attending the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International event? If you are, which games are you looking forward to checking out the most?

Tickets as always have been selling well, and you might struggle to get one now. We cannot say for certain how many people will go through the doors during the event, but 125,000 is the number that has been suggested to us by the Washington Post. So what can we expect on the first day?

July 20, 2011 is the night before Comic-Con 2011 is due to begin, and there is to be a special preview event on the Wednesday evening. This will give you the chance to have a sneaky look at what will be coming up during the event.

Looking over we can see four special announcements during that evening, these are Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle and Supernatural: The Anime Series. Now you may wonder why we would want to cover an article about movies, comics etc, but we have seen year-on-year that a few games have shown up during this event. So we expect this year to be no different.

July 21 is when the real fun begins, and we can already see on the full schedule list that DC Comics will be there as always. This is great news, as we will get to see how far the guys have got with their development of Batman: Arkham City, which you can see a 12-minute preview of here.

In keeping with the gaming theme, we have also learned that a movie version of BioWare’s Mass Effect will make an appearance on July 22nd, so one day after the official opening day. We should get a sneak peak at the movie, along with insider information on development. It will certainly be good to see how well of a transition they have made from the console to the big screen. We just hope that they do not have the same fate as Max Payne, Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.

Having said that, Max Payne was not as bad as all that, although there were key areas where it was let down, and Mark Wahlberg was not one of them.

If you head over to the official Comic Con website there is a huge banner saying that there is important information regarding registrations for Comic-Con 2011, when you click on this link you are taken to a page which shows the following message.

We are really sorry for the problems with registration today. We do not know what the technical issues are, so we have temporarily closed registration.

Thank you for your patience, and again, we all are truly sorry for this inconvenience.

Comic-Con’s organizers didn’t expand on the “technical issues”, however at least we know that we can get our hands on the tickets next week. As we here more on the situation we will do our best to keep you update.

Were you lucky enough to get a ticket before this problem arose?