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BioWare's Star Wars MMO Confirmed
by Aaron Linde, Jul 17, 2008 1:43pm PDTElectronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has confirmed that celebrated developer BioWare is at work on a MMO based on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic franchise.
"We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," Riccitiello told Portfolio.com. "The one that people are dying for us to talk to them about -- in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it."
When asked pointedly if the game he was referring to was the oft-rumored Knights of the Old Republic MMO, the CEO simply responded "Yes."
BioWare has made several mentions of its in-development MMO project, but has remained characteristically silent on which, if any, property it would license for the title.
Earlier this year, however, BioWare and LucasArts announced that they had partnered for an unspecified project, leading many to speculate that the Star Wars MMO was indeed in development.
No release date or platforms have yet been revealed for the long-in-development MMO. A PC version is likely, though BioWare has made several comments indicating that it may be considering a console release as well.
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Its Star WARS... not Star Quest.....
So IMO,
So the only way the Star Wars IP will work properly in an MMO setting is if its built from the ground up and around Large Scale PvP from the very beginning.
Alliance vs Empire....
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In other words, they have the Jedis' number, and it's a much more even fight.
By the time A New Hope rolls around, there's been such a purge of all Force Sensitives that nobody really even knows how to deal with them anymore. The libraries don't talk about the special mineral in Darth Vader's armor (what's that called again?), and the only guy able to take a direct hit with a lightsaber is Vader himself, courtesy of that lost knowledge.
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It will be interesting as well to see how much effect they give actual players in the game/story development. will guilds own entire worlds similar to the hutts? Will guilds affect diplomacy within a star system? Will there be permanent player death?
I wasnt really a fan of Mass Effect but I simply loved KOTOR and to a much lesser extent KOTOR2 which I know Bioware didnt make. I do have absolute faith in Bioware to create a wonderful single player experience but wait with much anticipation to see what they can do in the realm of MMO.
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:(
/sad panda
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How many people think that Star Wars could work as an MMO and how many people think that you need a concept like WoW (raids, guilds, etc.) to make it work?
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I find it funny that everyone assume's "MMO = bad" - there's many ways to handle this, not every MMO is going to be World of [franchise].
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BUT, I can't imagine MS allowing a game to run on 360 without Xbox Live(does FFXI run on Live?), and that would mean PS3 would be separate, and depending on MS's bipolar behavior with the way it treats PC Gaming, the PC could be on it's own as well, which is more than fine.
To be honest, I would rather have an MMO properly built with all the hotkeys needed to make a great MMORPG on PC. It would be a good way to introduce console peeps to the PC, that's for sure. All in all, EA doesn't need anything else but the PC to make this a hit, so it's going to be interesting to see what happens.
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and please don't release before "it's ready" or "it's done"
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The KoTOR world always seemed more mystical to me as well, the Dark Side was much more prevalent, with entire space stations feeding on the Dark Side to build monstrous battleships. Good and evil were even more primal than in the original trilogy.
This is gonna be great.
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I thought bioware was good as creating a new universe to play in...guess not.
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I don't care what anyone says. Because it's in the hands of BioWare, this is will kick fucking ass. Now I just pray it's an actual RPG and not an action or FPS oriented game.
WoW killer.
Sith ftw
BioWare don't let us down...
hey, it just might NOT suck!