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Knights of the Old Republic MMO set for a 2010 release? photo

While we’ve already heard about the upcoming Knights of the Old Republic MMO – both from the leaked script and angry ex-employees – there’s been no word on a possible release date. Until now, that is.

Speaking to investors at a recent stock conference, EA CEO John Riccitello let slip mention of the upcoming MMO that they might be co-publishing with LucasArts.

"It's giving us strong new entries in online. For example, we're funding the MMO in Austin, which is helping us a lot."

As TotalVideoGames points out, the only EA-owned studio in that area is BioWare’s MMORPG satellite studio. BioWare is seen as the most likely candidate to be developing the game. Coincidence? Maybe, but it still seems somewhat likely. At least EA shouldn’t feel the need to include any ridiculously lame copy protection, since it’s an MMO.

[Thanks Jonathan!]


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kohelhunter's Avatar
kohelhunter at 06/18/2008 15:18
fucking awesome
Chocobo Knight's Avatar
Chocobo Knight at 06/18/2008 15:19
But... but... I want KOTOR 3, not a MMO. :(
PappaDukes's Avatar
PappaDukes at 06/18/2008 15:26
I've never, ever played an MMO. I'm with Chocobo on this one. Where the hell is KOTOR 3!?
pendelton21's Avatar
pendelton21 at 06/18/2008 15:29
My sentiments exactly, PappaDukes. If I don't get some more HK-47 soon, I'm gonna scream.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 06/18/2008 15:41
Remember, folks, there's rumored to be both KOTOR 3 and this MMO in development. You'll probably get both, so just relax.
bahss's Avatar
bahss at 06/18/2008 15:42
I loved the first one, Not so much the second. Not really looking forward to the third. And MMO sound nice though.
asyouburn's Avatar
asyouburn at 06/18/2008 15:49
i hate the idea of having to team up with douchebags online to play the game, but if the tradeoff is a kotor that never ends, count me in!
Paustinj's Avatar
Paustinj at 06/18/2008 15:52
No, Fuck this. Give me KOTOR 3.
Curious George's Avatar
Curious George at 06/18/2008 15:56
The Neverending KOTOR Story featuring a giant furry flying Hutt.

This reminded me I have to finish KOTOR II. My original Xbox died and I haven't started it yet on the 360.
Merry Ho's Avatar
Merry Ho at 06/18/2008 16:57
Hmm I just might actually play this MMO
YARLY's Avatar
YARLY at 06/18/2008 16:59
MMORPGS are killing PC gaming. Developers just aren't making good single-player RPGs any more...
MaximusPaynicus's Avatar
MaximusPaynicus at 06/18/2008 17:00
Homeboy in the other room is pullin' epic Aggro.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 06/18/2008 17:02
In a release date far, far away....
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 06/18/2008 17:29
@yarly

Lost Odyssey. Enough said.
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 06/18/2008 17:35
Great...all we'll see is Princess Leia look-alikes wearing steel bikinis
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 06/18/2008 18:21
LIIIIIIIIES.

I mean seriously, youl'd be kicking all the awesome plot elements out if it was an MMO =<.
RJG's Avatar
RJG at 06/18/2008 18:41
DaedHead8:

He was talking about PC games. Lost Odyssey is a 360 game...

Also, I bought KOTORII as a budget title, but never got out of the first little area place. I don't think I want to finish it, after hearing about how horribly broken it gets at the end. If KOTOR3 ever comes out, I might give it a shot, but I'm not investing 20+ hours in KOTORII only to have it turn to shit for the last 5 hours and not give me a proper ending.

THESE GUYS might finish their project one day. And then I will play it.
xe-cute's Avatar
xe-cute at 06/18/2008 18:53
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Tet at 06/18/2008 19:02
@Curious George
I'll show you how to recreate the ending. Stare blankly at the tv, set down your controller, and say "What the fuck sort of ending is that? What about the previous plot points? What the hell sort of last boss was that?"
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 06/18/2008 19:29
Three words: Star Wars Galaxies.
Dr Mike's Avatar
Dr Mike at 06/18/2008 21:22
I'm down. I'm a huge KOTOR fan (both I & the horribly flawed II) so I'd totally kill for some MMO action / griefing.

One thing I'm desperate to see for KOTOR III is the pre-Jedi stages being way more in depth and vastly more interesting so I stop thinking, "Jesus my characters sucks... where's my lightsaber?"
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Wexx at 06/19/2008 08:54
I'm pretty sure they could verify your account every 3 minutes on an mmo too, just to make sure you don't have 2 instances of yourself on your account at the same time, thereby bogging down the authentication servers and making it so no one can log in, ever. EA will fuck it up, somehow.

DO WANT though, no matter how much EA sucks.
PetiePal's Avatar
PetiePal at 06/19/2008 12:49
I smell failure. Does no one remember how hard Galaxies failed? They had to THROW free Jedi Knight status at people to even keep them playing.
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