Next game in the works; WoW faces more competition
E3 has been chock full of juicy goodies, and here's another for ya: EA chief executive John Riccitiello revealed at the show BioWare is at work on the next Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game, and it will have an MMO component.
"We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," said Riccitiello. "And 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."
The first one is with the Warhammer franchise, the second, he confirmed, is KOTOR. More than that, it appears to be PC exclusive: the man stated it will "sidestep the consoles owned by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo."
Speaking more on business, Riccitello boasted, "I think, hands down, there's not a publisher or a platform that's got what we've got." Cocksure, definitely. But just work with the team, EA, don't condone rushed product fueled mostly by crunch time, hey?
Greatest RPG's ever made. Nothing more immersive.
I. CAN'T. WAIT.
Hopefully KOTOR 4 will be back to a single player experience.
Anyhow, i really do not want this to be online. An online component would be great though.
Then again, at E3 this year, everyone seems to either be hopping the MMO bandwagon or DS bandwagon, and both are getting tiresome to hear about.
And like someone mentioned, it would just hit the sweet spot if they added multiplayer as a second thought.
I am sure there are some really good ways you could implement it.
Does anyone else wish that the Kotor's weren't quite SO linear? A little more open.
KOTOR as an MMO!? WTF went through their heads, huh!?
Oh well, we still have Mass Effect 2 to look forward to.