BioWare today announced that
Rise of the Rakghouls, the first update for
Star Wars: The Old Republic, will be released on January 17th, 2012. This update will introduce new, higher level group content, game feature additions and continued balancing and bug fixes, while featuring a new Flashpoint and a new Operation. Rise of the Rakghouls will also bring a number of changes made throughout the entire game, including level 50 bracketing for PvP WarZones, the addition of anti-aliasing and changes to Open World PvP on Ilum. Five fresh
screenshots and a new trailer have been added in our download area.