LucasArts, BioWare announce alliance

I still don't understand why people have such an aversion to paying a monthly fee... it's like this people, w/ most games you pay $50-60 and get what, 40 hours MAX of content out of a AAA-game these days? But w/ an MMO you pay $40-50, get a single month in the box, then pay (usually) $15 a month to keep playing and get THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of hours of content to enjoy. You aren't paying $15 a month to continue playing only what you got in the box, you pay that monthly fee and you continue to get regular content updates, and to continue to develop as many characters, and experience, and explore as much (or as little) of the world as you want. So.... $50-60 = 40 hours of content and done? or $40-50 + $15/month = thousands of hours of ongoing content It really isn't that hard to figure out. I personally can't freakin wait for SW:TOR, this game looks great. I'm also glad it isn't coming out for awhile as by the time it's out, I'll probably be ready to move on from WAR :)

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KoToR3 would be much better yes. Even so, I'm unsubscribing to World of Warcraft if the KoToR MMO ever comes out immediately.

I don't like mmos

KoTOR3>KoTOR MMO but I'm getting either of them:P

To hell with a KOTOR MMORPG! I want KOTOR 3!! No more wait, I say. A KOTOR MMORPG would be cool, but KOTOR 3 would be better.

This pretty much bugs me :P

It could be KOTOR 3 and be an MMORGH. It could be World of KOTOR or World of Indiana Jones.

Well i would rather see KOTOR 3 (i wanna know how the story ends) i would also like a MMO, but not as much as KOTOR 3

If anyone can pull off a successful Starwars MMO then it would be Bioware. I really doubt that they are working on a Mass Effect MMO. The IP is just too young.

I'm not really into MMO's because of the stand-and-swing fighting, but if bioware can make the fighting anitmations like how they were in the KotOR's, then I would definitely check it out. Also I think a KotOR 3 should come out along with Mass Effect for the PC. Mass Effect for PC would be wonderful since Bioware's game engine has been very easy for people to mod, as in KotOR and NWN.

I agree with Wpmiller78. If BioWare can pull out that magic and craft an MMO that could weave story-telling, RPG and addictiveness, I'm in.

This Wiki has more information about a possible KotOR MMO.

Hopefully, if it is a KOTOR MMO, it will minimize stat management and the leveling-for-the-sake-of-leveling processes that bog down MMORPGs, kind of like Mass Effect and Jade Empire did for the single-player RPG. I would be interested to see how they plan on bringing a compelling story into an MMO, though. Any immersion that can be found always seems to be ruined by someone named "epicbawlz" who jumps alot and only speaks text message.

I'd be happy with either a KOTOR MMORPG or KOTOR 3 I'm just happy Bioware is developing it :)

Some of yall are ridiculous. KOTOR mmorpg will do fine. If you only want single player than all you have to do is the PvE and you dont have to meet up w/ other ass pirates if you dont feel compelled to. And for those star wars fans who are dying for a good epic multiplayer and solo game, like me, this could be perfect. Yall haters might just find yourselves more than satisfied w/ KOTOR mmorpg and if not, just play the Force Unleashed

Some of yall are ridiculous. KOTOR mmorpg will do fine. If you only want single player than all you have to do is the PvE and you dont have to meet up w/ other ass pirates if you dont feel compelled to. And for those star wars fans who are dying for a good epic multiplayer and solo game, like me, this could be perfect. Yall haters might just find yourselves more than satisfied w/ KOTOR mmorpg and if not, just play the Force Unleashed

Some of yall are ridiculous. KOTOR mmorpg will do fine. If you only want single player than all you have to do is the PvE and you dont have to meet up w/ other ass pirates if you dont feel compelled to. And for those star wars fans who are dying for a good epic multiplayer and solo game, like me, this could be perfect. Yall haters might just find yourselves more than satisfied w/ KOTOR mmorpg and if not, just play the Force Unleashed

first of all, KOTOR is an awesome series, first one was better, second was just as good but almost a carbon copy of KOTOR 1... and alot of people don't know that KOTOR 2 was developed by Obsidian not bioware. MMO KOTOR could be fun, but in the end it would just be a bunch of lightsaber wielding avatars running around with no real diversity in the character selection. even if you had other classes of warriors everyone would choose sith or jedi, cause that is star wars... a MMO of KOTOR would have to be supplemental to a single player game and i think bioware knows this, this will either not be a KOTOR game or it will be KOTOR but Bioware probably has the best grasp on the RPG these days and can very possibly make a good MMORPG

kotor 3 mmorpg won´t work, i´m not interested in paying monthly! Do yes kotor 3 but single player, now that will work!!! Lord raven 4ever

i actually thought swg was good until they panicked when wow came along. from there it was straight downhill. they should make kotor 3 both an mmorpg and an rpg. kinda like diablo but having the online way bigger and more in depth like wow.

LucasArts owns more then just Starwars, as much as i hate soe for ruining galaxies, who says the mmorpg will be starwars? could be Bladerunner, or alot of things, i want Bladerunner... that'd be sweet.

I do hope that a single player KOTOR III is released to finish the story. However, I will certainly play a KOTOR MMORPG if it is made. Bioware always delivers a quality product.

kotor 3 HAD BETTER not be a MMO. That would freaking suck. Who wants to pay monthly to play a game that already SHOULD of been made?

Why? Please BioWare, please jot make it KOTOR 3 MMO.

kotor III = mass effect

mmorpg's are getting old... from runescape to WoW... and Everquest.... just same crap when it comes down to it.

Forget it, just forget all of this. Do you know what people want? Kotor 3. That's it. Come together, bring some great talent together, make Kotor 3. Hey, go a step further and make it better then the first two games. Maybe give me some new concepts or advance the battle system. Maybe use a thing or two from Mass Effect. But just keep it as is. You don't need a heavy, story driven CRPG becoming some crappy MMO.

kotor mmo wont work

kotor mmorpg with all the same bs elements of every over mmo... grind grind and more F****ng GRIND!!! ultima sucked, swg sucked.. and now i guess kotor is next on the bonfire. money talks.. this will suck big!!

No KOTOR MMO!!! I hate MMOs but I love KOTOR!

wii kotor mmorpg! a wii mmorpg! do it..... XD

themidgethotel, I agree with you strongly. They need to make KOTOR III, not another sink hole MMO project...

An MMO of the incredible KOTOR games would be a credit to lucas arts, i think this game will be awsome, and id buy it when it comes out :D

BioWare is makin a lot of headlines recently

I hope it's Knights Of The New Republic.

stupid hype

LucasArts already has Star Wars: Galaxies, and look how that turned out! KOTOR is best left single-player - better story experience in my mind.

If it really is a new MMO, I'm probably going to have to wind up subscribing to it. I trust BioWare to make a good game, regardless of the EA deal.

I've never played an MMO in my life so I don't know what to expect if it is an MMO they're making. I loved KOTOR though.

Knights of the old republic wouldn't be as good online!

If it IS a new MMO, let's hope it does better than the taken-over hunk of crap that is SW:G.

If it is an MMO the only way Ill play it is if its free and on the 360. I am DONE with paying for computer MMO's. It blows.

isnt there any possibility of being Kotor 3 instead of Kotor Online?

If it is a good as WOW then I will happily play it!

I hate LucasArts. Reference: No Monkey Island 5.

"A kotor mmo sounds awesome! But everyone should note they have been refering to it as a mmo not an mmorpg. Usually the case proves an mmo is an mmorpg but the fact that they seem to be refraning from saying the letters rpg make me think it isn't going to be an rpg...at least not in the traditional mmorpg sense." Thats what I'm hoping for. Bio-Ware's last two games have been blending action games with heavy RPG elements. Its like they aren't really true "RPGs" in the traditional sense, but they are action games that equally focus on story and combat. Rather than have the gamer play "scenes" from a story, like traditional action/adventure titles, they follow the RPG tradition of letting the gamer make the story and play the scenes. If Bio-Ware continues the trend they're on, I think this Star Wars game could end up playing like Jedi Knight/Academy with the the player controlled story of an RPG. That would be awesome. I sometimes hear people say, "technically every game is a RPG" but there has always been a distinct difference between "RPGs" and other genres. I feel that Bio-Ware is really trying to make that "technically every game is a RPG" statement into a reality. I'm eagerly anticipating this game. Especially if Mass Effect turns out to actually have good action/shooting gameplay along with the great story Bio-Ware is known for.

WOW!! I love both these companies games now they are going to be working together!! I feel like I have a golden ticket!!! Can't wait to see what awesome game they are going to come up with! I hope it is a MMORP! The 360 is missing alot of RPG's and an MMORPG by these companys would be just heven on the 360!

sounds great but, i dont really have time for an MMO. im a busy father with a full time job

this could be one of the greatest games ever both blizzard and bioware always make high class game whwere as blizzard made wow think about what bioware could make it in myopinion being one of the greatest rpg makers of all time do with an mmorpg it could be as epic as spore if bioware spend eneough time with it think about a glaaxy of kotor that would be insane if game inquestion is absed in ktoor unvierese eeither way whatever it is if its made by biwoare is will be very high class and polished