KOTOR Online – The Cats Out Of The Bag
Posted by Stropp on July 18, 2008
It’s not really how I expected to see a confirmation about the long rumored Bioware MMOG, Knights of the Old Republic Online… or is that Knights of the Online Republic… whatever it will end up being called.
In a recent interview with Portfolio.com, EA’s CEO, John Riccitiello was talking about how EA owned tow of the most compelling MMO IPs in the industry. The first, he said, was based on the Warhammer property. We all know about that one. (Or we should by now!)
The second property Riccitiello said was the one people were dying to know about, and it was in partnership between Lucas and Bioware. When he was asked if he meant Knights of the Old Republic Online, Riccitiello said yes.
Wow. That’s some announcement.
This is something that thousands of Star Wars, KotOR, and MMOG fans have been salivating to find out about for a year or two now, and it gets confirmed in an investment blog/magazine.
I imagine the boys at Bioware are a little pissed at the moment. I can only suspect that they’ve been working hard on getting the game to a state where they can make an announcement, and I reckon they would want that announcement to be made with all the fanfare they can muster.
Now that the cat is out of the bag, there’s probably a flurry of activity out at Bioware central to put the finishing touches on the promotional material.
We should expect to see some of that soon.
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I wonder if there’s enough room for both SWG & a KotoR MMO to compete for the same Star Wars fanbase or if this will cause one to fold?
Hi DM. That’s a good point; if there’s going to be a winner, I reckon it’ll be KotORO — a lot of people are still frustrated and annoyed with SOE over SWG. But I don’t see SWG going anywhere soon. I recall reading that SOE has plans for the game, but apart from that it’s on the Station Exchange thingy where for a little extra you can have several games…
Over the years I’ve built up quite a few, I can play EQ, SWG, EQ2, and Vanguard since I bought all the games and linked them up. In practice there’s only so much I can play, but they’re there if I want to.
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