There is a rumor circulating today that Star Wars KOTOR 3 (Knights of the Old Republic 3) will be the new super top-secret MMORPG Bioware is working on. Bioware is known for its quality RPGs including Baldurs Gate Series, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, KOTOR, and the soon-to-be-released Mass Effect.
Its probably no coincidence that both Bioware and Pandemic studios (of MERCENARIES fame) were purchased last week by EA for $845 Million. The founders of Bioware had no comment about the new MMORPG, but they did say that the game was already in a
playable form.
The other bit of evidence that supports this rumor is that Star Wars Galaxies (which was always a disappointment) is waning have fewer that 20000 active players. With so few players and such a popular franchise its obvious LucasArts is interested in adding new juice to the series.
Nothing is know about the game except that it will take place during the Old Republic and that is currently planned for a 2009 release date.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_bl...stnews;title;0
My thoughts...
Oh please be true, Oh please be true, oh please be true, oh pl...
Galaxies was a disappointment. And the game itself was poorly managed, leading to a very ill-advised restructuring, that pushed away veteran players. In fairness, it was a very early MMORPG and didnt benefit from the easy gameplay styles of WOW and other games. The Star Wars Francaise...well there is simply no other franchise as lucrative, it only makes sense they make a new game as thats a huge market liable to peel off players from WOW.
The have been many good STAR WARS games, but there are only two that are truly exceptional. The X-WING series, and the KOTOR series. So the recruitment of BIOWARE (the authors of the original KOTOR) probabaly the best RPG makers in the business) is a no-brainer.