Star Wars KOTOR - PC Version, Sequel Rumors

Thanks to IGN PC for their hands-on preview of the PC version of Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, which is currently due to ship on the 18th November. Apart from increased game resolution (up to 1600x1200) and texture detail, "about thirty new items will be added to the game, including two new lightsaber types", and "the space station around Yavin (from the first film) is a new locale" for this conversion of BioWare's immensely popular Xbox RPG. GameSpot also has a brief preview of the PC version, and elsewhere, IGN Xbox has an interesting, but very unconfirmed rumor that a sequel to KOTOR "...is not being developed internally at BioWare, but in Orange County at Obsidian Entertainment", the Black Isle-rich company who recently announced a co-development deal with the KOTOR creators.

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Bioware's game development strategy is interesting

[aurum42]

From what I've noticed, they seem to develop the core game, its mechanics and initial contents, and then often let other studios develop sequels and add-ons. For example, with neverwinter nights, the expansion pack "Shadows of Undrentide" was developed by Floodgate entertainment (and while I haven't really played it, the reviews make it out to be more interesting than the initial single player campaign, which was repetitive and linear), and now it's rumored that Obsidian is doing the KOTOR sequel. I wonder if this strategy lets them focus more on all-new titles, which are presumably more profitable, although I would've thought that the return-on-investment for an expansion would be higher.