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Knights of the Old Republic MMO Confirmed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the long-time-coming dept.

Zafsk writes to tell us Gamespot is reporting that in a surprise move from E3 2008, EA's CEO John Riccitello announced that the long debated BioWare MMORPG is going to be a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic sequel of sorts. Currently the KOTOR MMO is slated for a 2009 release. "BioWare's first Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game was released in 2003 for the original Xbox and PC, and was named the year's top RPG by GameSpot. An Obsidian Entertainment-developed sequel was released in 2004 and 2005 on the same two respective platforms. Both critically acclaimed games are set several thousand years before the events of the Star Wars films, and cast players as adventurers who eventually become powerful Jedi Knights."

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  1. Re:Difference? by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    more importantly, which one(s) feature a planet full of jar jars and the ability to rip off their heads and shit down their necks after a slow and painful death involving pliers and sodomy?

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  2. Big shoes to fill by lastchance_000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only it could be as good as Star Wars: Galaxies...

    1. Re:Big shoes to fill by mc900ftjesus · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They need to take the original SWG, update the graphics, and rerelease. No other MMO is half as deep or customizable as that was. It just needed a dev team that would patch bugs instead of just looking stupid.

      The last thing we need is another mod for WoW (I'm looking directly at you LoTR).

  3. With all apologies to Sir Alec Guinness by MalleusEBHC · · Score: 5, Funny

    I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of hours of my free time suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

  4. Bioware MMO? by Idgit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    One of my favorite things about Baldur's Gate and KOTOR was the fact that it was single player. I've played my fair share of multiplayer games and MMOs, but sometimes you just want to play a game where the whole universe revolves around you. Where your actions alone determines the fate of the world. Those are the kind of games that Bioware makes and I kind of think they were forced to make this MMO because EA wants a piece of Blizzard's pie. Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing what Bioware manages to comes up with.