LucasArts-Bioware announcement coming Oct. 21

By , GameSpotPosted Oct 6, 2008 2:40 pm PT

Publisher and EA subsidiary say "wait will be over" for first info on "rumored game"--pegged as the KOTOR MMORPG--in two weeks.

Last week, Nintendo denied it was working on a DS redesign...72 hours before it announced that it was working on a DS redesign. Electronic Arts has been doing a similar publicity pas de deux about the " next-generation entertainment product" that its BioWare studio announced last October.

Whatever could this be?

Despite rumors pegging the project as being a massively multiplayer online role-playing sequel to its acclaimed RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, BioWare kept its wall of silence clamped firmly down for over a year. Speaking with GameSpot after the EA buyout, studio cofounders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuck deflected questions about the game in development at their new-ish Austin studio. "We haven't revealed any details about the game," said Muzyka. "It's supersecret right now."

That secrecy evaporated this past July when EA CEO John Riccitiello casually revealed that, yes, a KOTOR MMORPG was in the works. Since then, details on the project--which other EA executives still refuse to speak of--have been nonexistent, with its platforms, price, and exact launch date still unknown.

"LucasArts and BioWare invite you to attend the official unveiling of the game that's been rumored about for years," reads the invite before providing event-locale details. The gathering will be held in San Francisco on the afternoon of October 21, just more than a month after the release of the latest Star Wars game, The Force Unleashed. At a presentation at the Game Developers Conference this past March, producer Hayden Blackman said that the fast-selling game was settled on after a proposed third single-player KOTOR game was ruled out.

532 Comments

  • GDawg333

    Posted Nov 1, 2008 1:21 pm PT

    I cant wait! I hope its as great as KOTOR 1 and 2. I still play those!

  • CarlitosWay

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 2:27 pm PT

    Where is it at??

  • WeWerePirates

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 2:22 pm PT

    Online KotOR, just announced

  • Jka333

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 2:00 pm PT

    I hope this isn't KOTOR 3 but a MMO set in KOTOR era. By making a KOTOR MMO they have made the end of the story become a lot more fragile.

    Also, my isp sucks (high speed fx anyone?) so i will lag horribly not to mention a subscription fee.

    I'm willing to wait longer as long as they do a good job! This has the potential to be beyond amazing but theres more ways that they can screw up.

  • CarlitosWay

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 1:44 pm PT

    Last time i waited this anxiously for news was when KOTOR was first even rumored... I couldnt shut up about it... Deja Vu anyone?

  • Moop25

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 12:57 pm PT

    AWH YEAH!

  • etmaul

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 12:47 pm PT

    This announcement had better be freakin' awesome! Anytime now Lucasarts-Bioware!

  • DarthJared27

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 12:37 pm PT

    We have to wait till 5 o clock because its in Pacific Time those West Coast Bastards!

  • WeWerePirates

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 12:24 pm PT

    For those spamming F5, the event is scheduled for 2pm in San Francisco. For those wondering what that means their local time: at time of writing this comment it's 12:20PM in San Francisco.

  • GamerX-treme

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 11:33 am PT

    where is the news????
    Cant wait!!!

  • Katiff

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 8:19 am PT

    WHATS THE NEWS? IVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 8AM!

  • Genesiiss

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 3:25 am PT

    All I wanted was just 1 more kotor for the 360, then maybe a mmo

  • seriousjoker93

    Posted Oct 20, 2008 6:21 pm PT

    it shouldnt be too bad if they stick the elements that made this such an awesome game in the first place.

    just pray they dont screw it up...

  • 99tim

    Posted Oct 20, 2008 8:53 am PT

    I agree with Carlito's earlier post, we need to put all of our current thoughts and views on MMO's aside and remember that bioware is making this. If it truely is a mmorpg, why give up the franchise yourself when you would have never given it a chance.

  • littlewolf12

    Posted Oct 20, 2008 7:58 am PT

    Personally I cant fracken wait. I think I might need a new pair of underwear if they actually announce KOTORO. GIGIDI Star wars fans are in delight

  • CarlitosWay

    Posted Oct 19, 2008 7:43 pm PT

    Man soo many things are gonig to happen on tuesday. Sooo many releases, and now this adds to the suspense. God i wish i didnt have a Midterm to turn into for my Religion Analysis class on weds lol. i do agree with you Itcbhouse, about EA. ITs monopolizing everything now, and we all know what happens to good companies that get swallowed by guys like these Still, the Force is strong with Bioware.

  • ltcbhouse

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 7:17 pm PT

    I don't have a problem with MMO's and I am not afraid of change but I am still a little pissed. KOTOR fans have been begging for a third instalment and the powers that be have ignored their fan base by refusing to release another single player campaign. Knowing their fan base they should have made a single player campaign that would be used to introduce the new worlds and conncept of their MMO. To make matters worse the awsomeness of Bioware has been bought out by the anti-creative thinking EA. I will wait to see what other people think of this game before I run out and buy it. That being said, I cannot help but feel pumped about it's release.

  • CarCrazy709

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 12:16 pm PT

    MMO? There goes the franchise.

    Further proof that LucasArts caters to the 12-yr old demographic.

  • GriffinLord602

    Posted Oct 18, 2008 6:55 am PT

    Well I'm glad there's gonna be new info. But it better be good information, cause if they only show little snippets of gameplay or whatever, then im gonna go crazzy! After all this time! .

  • Nemesis_x2

    Posted Oct 17, 2008 12:48 pm PT

    This is taking forever to wait even if im sick on top of it,.

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