Originally posted by kb056

From an article at Gamasutra:

 

"  Responding to EA's acquisition of BioWare/Pandemic, analysts from Citi, Oppenheimer, Lazard, and Wedbush Morgan have all reacted positively, saying the move was well worth the $860 million price, and speculating Bioware's "mystery MMO" will be Star Wars themed, calling it a "strong positive" for EA.

Citi's Brent Thill noted that the "industry is buzzing over [BioWare's] mystery MMO," predicting, "based on past development work" that Bioware is quietly working on the Star Wars MMO. As said, Thill calls the potential of the title a "strong positive" for the publisher, and one that "bolsters [its] MMO exposure." "

If this is real - you can guess how happy I am and know I wouldn't be alone - Thanks for posting that :D

The Article:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15841

Originally posted by DeaconX

Originally posted by kb056

From an article at Gamasutra:

 

"  Responding to EA's acquisition of BioWare/Pandemic, analysts from Citi, Oppenheimer, Lazard, and Wedbush Morgan have all reacted positively, saying the move was well worth the $860 million price, and speculating Bioware's "mystery MMO" will be Star Wars themed, calling it a "strong positive" for EA.

Citi's Brent Thill noted that the "industry is buzzing over [BioWare's] mystery MMO," predicting, "based on past development work" that Bioware is quietly working on the Star Wars MMO. As said, Thill calls the potential of the title a "strong positive" for the publisher, and one that "bolsters [its] MMO exposure." "

If this is real - you can guess how happy I am and know I wouldn't be alone - Thanks for posting that :D

The Article:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15841

Nice! I hope this rumour is true

Originally posted by Enforcer71

WoW.. Thats about all I can say to this, never seen it coming.

It all boils down to cold hard cash sadly damn shame really

Originally posted by AveBethos

I'm torn on this one...  EA is trying pretty hard to clean up their image so I am willing to give them some benefit of doubt on this acquisition.  Bioware now has more money to make games with, which is always good, we should also see more Bioware games as well, more frequently...

Here is an interesting part of GameSpots interview with the heads of Bioware/Pandemic discussing the EA purchase...  It doesn't sound like Bioware is making a Star Wars MMO anyways...

 

 

 

GS: Now one of the main reasons EA gave for acquiring BioWare/Pandemic was the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game you're developing in Austin. After listening to John's comments in the conference call, one walks away with the impression that said MMORPG is a wholly owned IP of BioWare--and therefore EA. Is that correct?

RM: We haven't revealed any details about the game. It's super secret right now. It's got all the characters and story arc that BioWare is known for, and I wish I could say more. It's the best of breed of MMO, with the magic BioWare's associated with, and our goal is to make sure people can't stop playing it.

GS: Right, but judging by John's enthusiasm, it sounds pretty safe to say the MMO is an all-original IP. Would that be fair to say?

RM: [Long pause] We haven't revealed any details about the game. It's super secret right now. It's--

GS: OK, OK, I get it.

GZ: I can say one thing: It looks awesome! [Laughs] We can say a second thing, too: It's really fun to play. We're already playing it. We were playing it just last week.

 

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180866.html <------Full Interview

So where's the "not sounding like a Star Wars MMO" part?  I missed it.

becareful, if you object to the buying out of a great company by EA MMORPG will delete your threads. Looks like there is alot of selling out going on

Originally posted by kb056

From an article at Gamasutra:

 

"  Responding to EA's acquisition of BioWare/Pandemic, analysts from Citi, Oppenheimer, Lazard, and Wedbush Morgan have all reacted positively, saying the move was well worth the $860 million price, and speculating Bioware's "mystery MMO" will be Star Wars themed, calling it a "strong positive" for EA.

Citi's Brent Thill noted that the "industry is buzzing over [BioWare's] mystery MMO," predicting, "based on past development work" that Bioware is quietly working on the Star Wars MMO. As said, Thill calls the potential of the title a "strong positive" for the publisher, and one that "bolsters [its] MMO exposure." "

oh please, oh please let this be true.  

I have always been wanting an online version of KOTOR, the crafting system and interaction are awesome.  As someone else said, games goes to SOE to die, and it is true; Matrix online, PlanetSide, EQ, EQ2, Vanguard and of course SWG all dies.  All these SOE games has a very very sharp drop in popularity, even the old age EQ.

I don't think EA is as bad as SOE is, but EA has a ridiculous reputition for bad marketting as well but at least they don't overhaul a subscription based game to something you don't want to pay for, SOE (or just Smedley) knows nothing about "the customer is always right".

Screw the mystery and waiting, I just want SOE to put a classic server back up, SWGEmu isn't developing fast enough for me. :)