KOTOR III Rumor News Thread, Part Two

Jedi Guardian · Post by **Jedi Guardian** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:52 pm

I heard on X-Play that Lucasarts plans to lay off 100 more workers

Desmond · Post by **Desmond** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:22 pm

BioWare made an announcement, the new MMO isn't KOTOR...thank God, if you ask me. MMO's just don't have the character development of standard games, and I don't play well with others heh.

That's just my 2 cents

bigredpanda · Post by **bigredpanda** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:49 am

Good - got a link?

If they were to make KOTOR an MMO, I would imagine it would be advertised to quite a new market of gamers. On quite a few forums I've seen limited support for the idea of having it as an MMO from KOTOR players. But K2 did come out quite a while ago now, so you can see that LA may think about "rebranding" it in that way for a wider appeal.

gingerkeir · Post by **gingerkeir** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:46 am

Hi all, I'm new to this forum.

Just hadn't seen anyone post these links but if this is just obvious info then I apologise.

Lucasarts and Bioware To Develop Ground-Breaking Interactive Entertainment Product - Press Release
BioWare: Games

Sounds to me like it could well be in production

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:57 am

Old news...date on the press release October 30, 2007 —

gingerkeir · Post by **gingerkeir** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:37 am

BlueSky wrote:Old news...date on the press release October 30, 2007 —

ah well. We can but hope

Thran Baill · Post by **Thran Baill** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:57 pm

Now that "The Force Unleashed" is being released for Xbox 360 and such, what are the chances KOTOR 3 will be made?

I'm actually replaying KOTOR and after that KOTOR 2 on my 360 because no other game release for the 360 has had that much depth and enjoyment to it. The only other one so far to date is Mass Effect...no need to explain why. But in my mind, Mass Effect proves that a KOTOR 3 would be absolutely fantastic.

If they don't make a prequel or sequel to this series...it'll be the biggest shame.

SA 128 · Post by **SA 128** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:34 pm

a third game wasnt made cuz lucasarts never really considered it. and right now, they are makingg indiana jones games and the force unleashed. But they MIGHT come back to the kotor series. its been like 2 years with no significant announcement......

Obi-Wan-Evan · Post by **Obi-Wan-Evan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:53 pm

here you go boys, hopefully this is a reliable source.

G4 - The Feed - Bioware Working On New 'KOTOR'

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:49 pm

Might be hope..
but release date on the source is February 13, 2008 8:14 AM....

JKmoney · Post by **JKmoney** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:33 pm

BlueSky wrote:Might be hope..
but release date on the source is February 13, 2008 8:14 AM....

yeah G4 is reliable but I wanted to check for sure so i went to the bioware page, went to their games tab and saw LucasArts/Bioware project in the works

Lucasarts and Bioware To Develop Ground-Breaking Interactive Entertainment Product - Press Release not much is listed there but.....we can only hope

Obi-Wan-Evan · Post by **Obi-Wan-Evan** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:06 pm

cool...
LucasArts Files for 'The Old Republic' Trademarks | News @ GameBanshee

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:52 am

JKmoney wrote:yeah G4 is reliable but I wanted to check for sure so i went to the bioware page, went to their games tab and saw LucasArts/Bioware project in the works

Lucasarts and Bioware To Develop Ground-Breaking Interactive Entertainment Product - Press Release not much is listed there but.....we can only hope

Date on that release is October 30, 2007 .....just a little dated...

Saicho · Post by **Saicho** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:38 pm

Hey everyone, new to the forums so forgive me if this has already been posted, but I saw this over on mmorpg.com and found it quite, f*cking awesome, to say the least

EA to Play in Knights of the Old Republic - Technology Blog - Tech Observer - Portfolio.com

SupaCat · Post by **SupaCat** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:52 pm

Oh god no, a MMORPG... If it's going to be one, I'm not buying it. I personally hate MMORPG's because they take, in my experience, everything out of rolepaying and they seem to be more about smashing and killing everything that moves. Also, the 'must get to a higher level' aditude annoys me. I mean, a level 60 fighter, how can anyone take that serious?

Also, has Ea taken over the PC gaming industry?

Invisable Man · Post by **Invisable Man** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:23 pm

oh bloody hell a mmorpg i h8 those things they utturly remove the fun in the game by removing good storyline plot and intrducing so much grind it could fill a swimming pool id by it but only to find out wat happened to revan but it wont be as enjoyable i bet you that

Lex.mkr · Post by **Lex.mkr** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:32 am

I hope this is only a KotOR MMORPG, not KotOR III.

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:49 pm

Lex.mkr wrote:I hope this is only a KotOR MMORPG, not KotOR III.

My thoughts exactly.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:43 pm

Well if it's an MMO then calling it KOTOR III would be false advertising, which would be typical of EA.

If it's a single player game with options to go online outside of the main game, then I'll be interested still, but if it's MMO only, they will have lost yet another customer!

bigredpanda · Post by **bigredpanda** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:24 am

SupaCat wrote: Also, has Ea taken over the PC gaming industry?

Essentially, yes. It drives me nuts that a company like Quantic Dream who produce imaginative, original compelling games can't get publishers or distributors for their work, while EA "rehash old titles badly so long as it's got a good soundtrack" have the monopoly.

I'd personally hate to see KOTOR as an MMORPG. But as I've said a few times, K2 is quite an old game now. You can imagine that a company like EA are going to want to maximise profit, which probably means appeal to a new audience takes precedence over satisfying us old-timers. Which sucks.