Game developers BioWare and LucasArts are teaming up to create a, in their words, “new entertainment product” which in normal speak means “video game”. Both developers have stated that they will be using some of the ground-breaking technology that was used in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to bring about a new online multi-player game that is said to be based on the Knights of the Old Republic setting.
A previous attempt at an MMORPG in the Star Wars world started off massively successful, coming up in a close 2nd only to World of Warcraft in 2004, but then dropped off because of a lack of support for the game.
What does this mean for the world of gamers? This means that now those who are devoting their lives to WoW will now have another life in this new Star Wars MMORPG, meaning that they will not have any excuse to leave their computers, or to even go to work/school. This essentially completes the universal sci-fi fan’s biggest dream of an online world totally devoted to killing dwarf-orc beasts and nerfherders.
All kidding aside I am looking forward to this game to come out, and am hoping that BioWare keeps LucasArts in check.
Old link but the site is still there with the announcement: http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/
^ Those sunglasses on the Conduit guy remind me of the kid who’s always getting left behind and made fun of in the marching band for playing baritone or something like that.
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Star Wars MMORPG is enough to make me shudder in distaste… But Bioware has put out some excellent video games. So I’m conflicted here. I’ll have to wait a bit before I make an ill-informed snap judgment.
Subscription or no subscription. That would be my big selling point. Little to no chance it will be free each month like Guild Wars was.