Today on The MMO Report, Casey talks about Warhammer Online fixing problems before working on an expansion, Bioware touting their story-telling prowess in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and the Army's recruiting in another edition of WTF Second Life?
LucasArts and BioWare have just announced that their first video documentary for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be posted on that game's official website tomorrow, December 12th.
GameDaily Writes: BioWare has licensed the HeroEngine from Simutronics to help develop its much anticipated Star Wars MMO.
Publisher Electronic Arts today classified BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMO The Old Republic as a "microtransaction-based" title, indicating that the game will include alternative financial models other than a subscription fee.
This sort of brand synergy is what gets game industry execs very excited. The Old Republic is going to be "ground breaking" says Ray Muzyka, CEO of BioWare,. "it's a whole galaxy, it's a galaxy of Star Wars". One thing that is clear is that Star Wars has a host of reasons for being prime MMOG material, even though the less-than-stellar performance of Star Wars Galaxies means there should be no complacency about the licence. It is perhaps the most visually iconic science-fiction setting that exists, and one with incredible mainstream awareness.
BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic could well turn into a licensing juggernaut, if comments made to VG247 by LucasArts are anything to go by.
IncGamers are running the second part of their interview with Bioware's James Olhen, lead designer on the project.
Bioware's James Ohlen has told IncGamers about the combat system in the upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
In an interview with IncGamers, Bioware's James Ohlen has discussed the role of franchise creator George Lucas, and special effects heavyweight Industrial Light and Magic in the development of The Old Republic.
Bioware's James Ohlen, in an interview with IncGamers, has dropped some hints about the classes that will appear in the upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Blizzard COO Paul Sams has told VG247 that the prospect of a Star Wars BioWare MMO in the shape of The Old Republic isn't threatening to his firm.
LucasArts online boss Tom Nichols has told VG247 that the prospect of bringing Star Wars: The Old Republic to market is "overwhelming" at times, but that the triumvirate of EA, LucasArts and BioWare is big enough to successfully release such a high profile MMO.
It's "a fact" that BioWare's recently announced MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic will be great, Blizzard has said.
BioWare chief Greg Zeschuk reckons traditional MMO combat - with those involved "swinging through each other" - wasn't going to work for the newly announced Star Wars: The Old Republic, with the game needing a new, "choreographed" take on online fighting.
Recently, the folks from PC Gamer paid a visit to BioWare's Austin office for an exclusive look at Star Wars: The Old Republic. Now you can check out the Holiday Edition of PC Gamer and learn about the latest content developments, view exclusive screenshots, and read interviews with Creative Director James Ohlen, Principal Lead Writer Daniel Erickson, and BioWare Co-Founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk.
LucasArts MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is the biggest game BioWare's ever made. But what are you actually going to do in it? Company bosses Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk told VG247 that you're going to be rescuing princesses.
Star Wars' fan-base is in the "tens of millions," EA has said, and BioWare's MMO The Old Republic will take advantage of the weight of numbers by its commitment to quality.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is ambitious, but maybe you don't know just how much. Speaking in San Francisco last week, BioWare boss Ray Muzyka told VG247 that the Canadian firm had been planning an MMO for more than ten years.
Star Wars: The Old Republic's creative director at BioWare, James Ohlen, has made an interesting remark in a recent video interview about KOTOR 3 and any sequels thereof being part of the PC MMORPG.
Both EA and LucasArts have confirmed to VG247 that the target for BioWare's newly announced Star Wars: The Old Republic is to make an MMO with a larger userbase than World or Warcraft.