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Da Dego · 23rd Oct 2007, 13:32

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10...n_kotor_mmo_/1

The rumour is that BioWare could be working on a KOTOR MMO, with other lengthy abbreviations set to appear at a later date if all goes well. Check out the details within.

Hells_Bliss · 23rd Oct 2007, 13:36

need to close the strikethrough tags

Sounds like galaxies to me, i'm too leary to waste my money on something like that..but hey it's still in development for over a year, so maybe they'll put something thats worth playing.

Zurechial · 23rd Oct 2007, 14:12

It seems unlikely that LucasArts would allow EA/BioWare to use the Star Wars franchise to create an MMO in competition with Galaxies, their own Star Wars MMO, even if it's set ~5000 years before the era of Galaxies.

Either way, if it involves subscription fees then I'll be disinterested even before an official press release.

UncertainGod · 23rd Oct 2007, 14:25

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Originally Posted by Zurechial

It seems unlikely that LucasArts would allow EA/BioWare to use the Star Wars franchise to create an MMO in competition with Galaxies, their own Star Wars MMO, even if it's set ~5000 years before the era of Galaxies.

You forget how much of a 'cash in on the franchise any way possible' whore George is, plus are there still people playing Galaxies? Anyway by the time anything would possibly come of this Galaxies must have ran itself dry by then.

BlackMage23 · 23rd Oct 2007, 18:59

I was a long time player of SWG (star War Galaxies). I stuck with it for 3 years since it came out.
For 18 months it was a really fun game to play. but what probley killed it was the jedi Profession - everyone wanted to be a jedi.
there were 30 Professions when the game started, and now it has 9.

Back on point, after the game started to suffer becouse of the changes that kept being put into the game to try and bring in lots of new players (a plan that only managed to make them loose more of the old players) the bioware rumor started up. I'd say that it has been a rumor for about 2 years now, and started as a rumor that bioware would take over the running of galaxies becouse of the mess that SOE had made of the game (I will never play another SOE game becouse of the mess they made of the game).
It later changed to them making a new mmo based on kotor, and I keep hearing this rumor pop up every now and then. So I would not read too much into it.

Dvs98SK · 23rd Oct 2007, 19:24

I would love it. If it was free. Loved both KOTOR's.

Shadowed_fury · 23rd Oct 2007, 21:53

KOTOR3 > KOTOR-MMO tbh.
Are they just pushing off the single player mode?

E.E.L. Ambiense · 23rd Oct 2007, 21:59

Yeah, I'd much rather see the next Kotor than an MMO, IMHO. Loved the first two.

Tyinsar · 23rd Oct 2007, 23:21

Like others I would be really (pleasantly) surprised if this was true. However:

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Originally Posted by Shadowed_fury

KOTOR3 > KOTOR-MMO tbh.

Quoted for truth

DXR_13KE · 24th Oct 2007, 00:26

yet another mmo.....

Wargath · 1st Dec 2007, 00:31

By the way, we have launched a Wiki Knowledge Base that will be continuously enriched with information about BioWares's upcoming next-generation MMO. Everyone is welcome to visit the KotOR MMO Wiki at http://kotor.mmolab.com.

Amon · 1st Dec 2007, 02:59

I'm apprehensive about this. I'm unsure if they've really been given permission to compete against, and probably force out of the market, Star Wars: Galaxies.

23rd Oct 2007, 13:32	#1
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23rd Oct 2007, 13:36	#2
Hells_Bliss Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NC, USA Posts: 548	need to close the strikethrough tags Sounds like galaxies to me, i'm too leary to waste my money on something like that..but hey it's still in development for over a year, so maybe they'll put something thats worth playing. __________________ Asus P5N32-SLi Extreme, Intel Conroe E6600 @ 2.4GHz, 4GB Corsair XMS2 @ 1060MHz, eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX @ 621MHz, 2 WD 250GB 7200RPM HDD's, Creative Soundblaster Fatal1ty pro

23rd Oct 2007, 14:12	#3
Zurechial Elitist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 878	It seems unlikely that LucasArts would allow EA/BioWare to use the Star Wars franchise to create an MMO in competition with Galaxies, their own Star Wars MMO, even if it's set ~5000 years before the era of Galaxies. Either way, if it involves subscription fees then I'll be disinterested even before an official press release. __________________ www.valyr.net Core i7 920 @ 4GHz <-> 8800GTS 512 @ 785/1946/1990 <-> GA-EX58-UD5 <-> 3GB Dominator 1600 <-> Xonar D1 Last edited by Zurechial; 23rd Oct 2007 at 14:17.

23rd Oct 2007, 18:59	#5
BlackMage23 RPG Loving Freak Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Temple of Fiends Posts: 159	I was a long time player of SWG (star War Galaxies). I stuck with it for 3 years since it came out. For 18 months it was a really fun game to play. but what probley killed it was the jedi Profession - everyone wanted to be a jedi. there were 30 Professions when the game started, and now it has 9. Back on point, after the game started to suffer becouse of the changes that kept being put into the game to try and bring in lots of new players (a plan that only managed to make them loose more of the old players) the bioware rumor started up. I'd say that it has been a rumor for about 2 years now, and started as a rumor that bioware would take over the running of galaxies becouse of the mess that SOE had made of the game (I will never play another SOE game becouse of the mess they made of the game). It later changed to them making a new mmo based on kotor, and I keep hearing this rumor pop up every now and then. So I would not read too much into it. __________________ I am the Black Mage. I cast the spells that makes the peoples fall down!

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24th Oct 2007, 00:26	#10
DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,461	yet another mmo..... __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!

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Amon inch-perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cannoning into the reds, Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,456	I'm apprehensive about this. I'm unsure if they've really been given permission to compete against, and probably force out of the market, Star Wars: Galaxies. __________________ Defunct Socket 939 San Diego 4000+::2GB PC3200::Radeon 9600 SE 128MB::200GB HDD::24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP x64/x86 dual boot Dell Vostro 1500 laptop::Socket P Merom T7100::2GB PC5400::Go 8600m GT 256MB::660GB HDD::15.4" WXGA+, 24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP::Fanatec 911 Wheel+Pedals