Star Wars: The Old Republic fans know that they should check the official site on Friday for new updates. It looks like BioWare decided to let the floodgates open today with a collection of five announcements! Here's the list:

• They debuted the new "Signs of War" trailer at New York Comic Con. You can watch it below.
• The game will now launch simultaneously in North America and Europea on December 20. BioWare's original plan was to launch the game in Europe two days later on December 22.
• Learn about high-level Operations on the new Game Systems page.
• Drew Karpyshyn, author of the upcoming Revan novel, will be signing books and participating in panels all weekend at New York Comic Con.
• SW:TOR will be featured at Paris Games Week from October 21-25.