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LucasArts, Bioware Announce Star Wars MMO
LucasArts and Bioware held a press conference today to confirm what has been suspected for a long time: they're working on a Star Wars MMO. It will be called Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it will be a continuation of the Knights of the Old Republic franchise. Further coverage is available at Gamespot, and IGN has some of the concept art. An official website for the game was launched as well.
"According to the game's official announcement, Star Wars: The Old Republic is set thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader, with the galaxy divided by war between the Empire and the Sith. That's about 300 years after the events of KotOR, a time frame that, according to Zeschuk, 'is completely unexplored in the lore.' Players can take the role of either a Jedi, a Sith or other classic Star Wars characters -- and, as perhaps can be expected from BioWare, Muzyka says story will be a major component, underlying and driving all of the player's actions."
Noooooooooooo!!!!
Anyone ever see those anonymous death threats directed at random people online? Well, I'm going to do the opposite. I vow to track down the parent poster, where ever he is, drag him kicking and screaming out of his parents' basement, bathe him, put him in the sun until he gets a tan, teach him to speak English (as opposed to Trollish), set him up with a real job and girlfriend, and give him a life.
I wonder if there would be a class whose sole purpose is to spam laser blaster fire all over the battleground during the entire fight.
Isn't star wars galaxies still around? How does it compare?
Here's to hoping that they don't let Raph Koster anywhere near this game. In fact, can we get a restraining order against him for the entire dev team?
I take it that you don't like Star Wars or proper grammar.
Easy...just have larger squadrons: "We're a go, Red 37..."
You mean like Lewt Warz
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The Old Republic is so last millennium... didn't anyone see this game coming back then?
Most people don't get why the integral of "e to the x" is so funny. Most math majors don't have a sense of humor.
I hope it brings back the fantastic Dancer class.
I can't wait to do me some dirty dancing, Wookie style!
BLARRRHHAHHDHDDDDDDDDD!
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
ANH +3: Empire - Arguably the high point
ANH +0: A New Hope - Pretty good
ANH -19: Revenge Of The Sith - Bad
ANH -22: Clone Wars - Very bad.
ANH -32: Phantom Menace - Terrible
ANH -1000...?
If we extrapolate the level of suck achieved as the canon goes back in time, there is the potential for a vortex of such terrible suck to be created that it sucks us all in long before the LHC ever comes close.
Our only hope is that the existing KOTOR games weren't just flukes and estabished the timeline vs. suck rule only applies to Lucas penned movies. We can but hope.
Yeah, like there is a Highlander 2.
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I thought that in the end, there can be only one?
Have you seen the arrow?
Where do we sign up for your program?
I am squeeing in fanboyish delight. Hopefully I can stop before I have to catch the train; this is probably a disturbing thing for a 30 year old software developer to be doing on public transport.
Yeah, I had a sig once; I got bored of it.
WoW had more story emphasis than Super Monkey Ball.
Always tack on demands, and if they're fulfilled you tack on an additional one. Yeah, that's the way to make game companies want to do something for you. People like YOU are the reason we don't get linux clients, you always have to whine and place demands.
Your ideas fascinate me and I'd like to sign up for your jewsletter.
The kicker? No one's twisting your arm to buy them!
Seriously. Go read a book.
I think that's called ERP.
"Little is much when little you need."