EA has responded to reports speculating on the existence of a BioWare-developed third game in the KOTOR series, essentially saying 'don't get excited'.
Hopes that a new Star Wars RPG title is in the pipeline were raised by a slide shown by EA CEO John Riccitiello to analysts that listed newly-owned BioWare attached to Mass Effect, KOTOR, Dragon Age and 'New MMO'.
In response, EA has now told Shacknews, "The slide in John's presentation is titled 'Best Creative Talent' - it addresses future and past titles.
"KOTOR, Black, Boogie, Skate and some other titles on the slide speak to past portfolio releases and the pedigree of the studio but do not specifically address future sequels."
Fair enough, but if KOTOR 3 isn't announced in the future - which would surely actually be done by LucasArts anyway - we'll eat our replica lightsabers.
I don't really think the series needs a third, I was really disappointed by the second one, and actually stopped playing it, the first was good enough, can't we just leave it at that?
I don't really think the series needs a third, I was really disappointed by the second one, and actually stopped playing it, the first was good enough, can't we just leave it at that?
Hell no! The first was awesome, the second even more so, but now they need to wrap up the story entirely! One of the major complaints about KotOR II was the lack of satisfying ending. No way can they leave it the way it is.
Ha ha knowing EA they'll make KOTOR into a yearly franchise. Roll on Knights Of The Old Republic 2009 turbo edition.
Thankfully, they don't own the rights.
Lucasarts has the potential to be a really powerful independent developer actually, especially since the chances of them being bought out are zero.
They used ot be, didn't they? I seem to recall a fair few Lucasarts games coming out on the Spectrum way back when. One set in a factory was expecially good - not that I recall what it was called now...
As i said in the thread that announced this story there would no chance that EA would allow Bioware to create a game for a rival publisher, Lucas arts has the Kotor license and that wont change.
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