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Kenyon - Lord of the Dance  |
Update: Virtue has been so kind as to establish a guild. It can be found here: http://www.swtor.com/guilds/18182/jedi-academy
Got this rumor from Wikipedia: Quote: On April 25th, 2007, a rumor came about that BioWare was secretly in development on a Knights of the Old Republic MMORPG. Stemming from the latest issue of EGM, the rumor contained little information to support the claim. However, investigation into the matter reveals that there is more to the rumor than EGM's single suggestion. In early 2006 BioWare opened an Austin branch to develop an unnamed MMORPG. This alone confirmed an inevitable BioWare MMO, but the choice of Richard Vogel as a leader of the project is what largely suggest that the currently unnamed MMO is set in the KOTOR universe. Vogel was one of the project leaders behind the sci-fi MMO Star Wars Galaxies. SWG was held down by being set in a universe where continuity prevented any true story development (such as seen in WoW) and SOE assuming creative control eventually caused the removal of the things that had kept SWG's hardcore fanbase playing among them the skill tree system, which allowed for more customizable characters and drastic changes to the game's combat and character profession selection.
SOE has been confirmed to have lost the Star Wars license, though there has been no confirmation that BioWare will be producing a KotOR MMORPG. This post was edited by Kenyon on Mar 23 2011 05:48pm. |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Any more rumors floating around? _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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Shadow Leader - Ex-Student 
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Sweet! However that could be just scuttlebutt. A barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. Also: gossip. _______________ LJA |
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Artex - Student 
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lol _______________ Sluglife |
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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Rather than get all wound up by all this, I'm going to be blissfully ignorant until I see a final, believable product staring me back in the face screaming "PLAY MEEE".
 _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) |
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=/ _______________ Sluglife |
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Alex Dkana - Staff 
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Update: That art was from the scrapped game they were working on in 2004. After the corporate reshuffle at LA they focused on TFU and the new Indy game. The silver lining to this news is that they obviously have/had ideas for a KotOR III and with the obvious demand for the series they might go back to that after the TFU hype has died down.
What gets me is the best way to make KotOR III is to hire Bioware or Obsidian to make it, which would take a lot less of LA's internal time. They could be working on two smash hits right now instead of one might-be smash hit. Its crazy. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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omg pls dun scrap it :[ _______________ Sluglife |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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Not to get anyone excited again for no reason but I found this on theforce.net. Basically some concept artwork (by Lucasarts employee James Zhang) has leaked online under the title of 'Knights of the Old Republic III'.
As can be seen here some of it looks pretty classy, and very KotOR-y. I'm not getting my hopes up as it could be an old scapped game theoretically (but why scrap one of your biggest cash cows?) but this could mean we are getting closer towards an official reveal at some point in the future. The first thing revealed about The Force Unleashed for example was: Concept Art. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana This comment was edited by Alex Dkana on Feb 28 2008 04:11pm. |
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gf _______________ Sluglife |
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JP - Academy Pimp 
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So its offical, the MMO being created by Bioware is a lucasarts title but, it is NOT a KOTOR related game
this IGN article _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" This comment was edited by JP on Feb 20 2008 05:05am. |
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Even more interestingly it is considered a seperate project to the MMO Bioware and Lucasarts are apparently working on. Thank god... My thoughts exactly. Although I should make it clear that all the list shows is 'KotOR' so it could be an MMO but only if Bioware are making two. Which would be insane. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Quote: Even more interestingly it is considered a seperate project to the MMO Bioware and Lucasarts are apparently working on. Thank god... _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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The first real kind of official confirmation that KotOR 3 is being made has arrived!
In an article on Kotaku here they point out that on EA's latest analyst report 'KotOR' is listed under development by Bioware. Even more interestingly it is considered a seperate project to the MMO Bioware and Lucasarts are apparently working on. a portion of the analyst report can be found here. Kotaku are trying to get further confirmation, but this has revitilised my hopes that we will see out Revan's story and in the proper fashion. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana This comment was edited by Alex Dkana on Feb 13 2008 04:19pm. |
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That just sounds like the various rumours that have been around for ages. I'm sure theres something KotOR related coming but whether its an MMO, the third game, or a dreamlike scenario of both? Well i'm going to wait until an official announcement to be sure.
Hehe I completely agree. You guys are all excited about it being a star wars game and there hasn't been anything official about it. Watch it be a baldur's gate or neverwinter nights mmo! This is the only official information mentioned... http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/ Generally, with Lucasarts, you'd expect a Star Wars game. Considering Bioware's history in Star Wars games, there's a chance it is KOTOR-related. Indiana jones mmorpg FTFW Grim Fandango has finally got a follow up game. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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That just sounds like the various rumours that have been around for ages. I'm sure theres something KotOR related coming but whether its an MMO, the third game, or a dreamlike scenario of both? Well i'm going to wait until an official announcement to be sure.
Hehe I completely agree. You guys are all excited about it being a star wars game and there hasn't been anything official about it. Watch it be a baldur's gate or neverwinter nights mmo! This is the only official information mentioned... http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/ Generally, with Lucasarts, you'd expect a Star Wars game. Considering Bioware's history in Star Wars games, there's a chance it is KOTOR-related. Indiana jones mmorpg FTFW _______________ Quote: I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop
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That just sounds like the various rumours that have been around for ages. I'm sure theres something KotOR related coming but whether its an MMO, the third game, or a dreamlike scenario of both? Well i'm going to wait until an official announcement to be sure.
Hehe I completely agree. You guys are all excited about it being a star wars game and there hasn't been anything official about it. Watch it be a baldur's gate or neverwinter nights mmo! This is the only official information mentioned... http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/ Generally, with Lucasarts, you'd expect a Star Wars game. Considering Bioware's history in Star Wars games, there's a chance it is KOTOR-related. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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Quote: That just sounds like the various rumours that have been around for ages. I'm sure theres something KotOR related coming but whether its an MMO, the third game, or a dreamlike scenario of both? Well i'm going to wait until an official announcement to be sure.
Hehe I completely agree. You guys are all excited about it being a star wars game and there hasn't been anything official about it. Watch it be a baldur's gate or neverwinter nights mmo! |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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That just sounds like the various rumours that have been around for ages. I'm sure theres something KotOR related coming but whether its an MMO, the third game, or a dreamlike scenario of both? Well i'm going to wait until an official announcement to be sure. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Recent article on upcoming games, organized by the letters, Note the letter K:
Quote: Only one game you need to know about in K, and that's because it's the only one coming this year: Knights of the Old Republic 3. As we revealed last issue, well-placed sources are telling us Obsidian are handling development on the regular KOTOR, while Bioware take things online in a KOTOR MMO.
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=179932 _______________ Come on now, every Generation X boy wanted to be Luke Skywalker. Is it because he was a whiney farm boy from some backwater hack planet? No, it's because he was a FREAKING JEDI. He could block lasers with his lightsaber. He could levitate droids & rocks & crap with his mind. Come on, he choked two pig dudes with just a simple gesture. He cut off Darth Vader's hand and kicked him down a flight of stairs. He got his @$$ zapped by lightning from the geezer Emperor, stood up and said "s'at all you got b!tc#??" |
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Artex - Student 
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i really, truly hope this happens. imagine a legit star wars mmo (not countins galaxies, it got totally messed up)! _______________ Sluglife |
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Lian Del Rey - Student 
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KOTOR2 was developed by Obsidian, not Bioware (who made the first KOTOR and would be developing the KOTOR MMO if these rumors are true.) _______________ slorp |
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NotSoLittleCaesar - Student 
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And, mass effect is apparently quoted for a trilogy, so i can see it beating it in priority. _______________ Quote: I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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tbh, Mass Effect will keep Bioware going for a couple more years. IF they do release another game, we'll not likely hear about it very soon. _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) |
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I don't think so, EA is only going to distribute, they are still have the same designers/programers/creative staff so nothing should change.  That doesn't mean anything. I can see EA pushing them to release unpolished bugged content. *Cough* Kotor 2 *Cough* true but they gave us the cut content after a while not really lol, theres a group of people doing it outside of the companies, they gave us bugged content, which was a huge letdown to the KOTOR franchise. _______________ Quote: I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop
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I don't think so, EA is only going to distribute, they are still have the same designers/programers/creative staff so nothing should change. That doesn't mean anything. I can see EA pushing them to release unpolished bugged content. *Cough* Kotor 2 *Cough* true but they gave us the cut content after a while _______________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHgmY1eRjvU |
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