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http://www.theoldrepublic.com/


look at up-right side of the page:

"Coming Soon!
This site is under construction"

Does that mean anything, you think?

Here an interesting statement by a Bioware employee about Riccitiello's announcement:

"We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," said Riccitiello. The first title, based on the Warhammer property, will launch soon. "And the one that people are dying for us to talk to them about -- in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it."

Does Riccitiello mean the oft rumored Knights of the Old Republic Online?  "Yes," he said.

Shortly thereafter, everyone at BioWare received an e-mail from marketing noting that there have been recent rumors about what we may or may not be doing for the MMO, and instructing us to have no comment on any of these rumors, because the title is still confidential and has in no way been announced yet.

Per company orders, I most certainly have no comment on what MMO we are making, and will not respond to any questions on such.

That said, when the guy in charge of the company explicitly answers yes when asked about the identity of the MMO, one might question whether something is actually still confidential. One might consider that, say, trying to make semantic arguments about what has or has not been announced is perhaps not the kind of spin control that is most germane to the situation at hand. Giving a flat "yes" is often taken in casual circles as confirmation.

LINK 

Originally posted by lovecraft0Z

http://www.theoldrepublic.com/


look at up-right side of the page:

"Coming Soon!
This site is under construction"

Does that mean anything, you think?

This is just a generic cybersquatting site. The design is not professional enough for LA or Bioware.

Originally posted by Teiraa

Here an interesting statement by a Bioware employee about Riccitiello's announcement:

"We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," said Riccitiello. The first title, based on the Warhammer property, will launch soon. "And the one that people are dying for us to talk to them about -- in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it."

Does Riccitiello mean the oft rumored Knights of the Old Republic Online?  "Yes," he said.

Shortly thereafter, everyone at BioWare received an e-mail from marketing noting that there have been recent rumors about what we may or may not be doing for the MMO, and instructing us to have no comment on any of these rumors, because the title is still confidential and has in no way been announced yet.

Per company orders, I most certainly have no comment on what MMO we are making, and will not respond to any questions on such.

That said, when the guy in charge of the company explicitly answers yes when asked about the identity of the MMO, one might question whether something is actually still confidential. One might consider that, say, trying to make semantic arguments about what has or has not been announced is perhaps not the kind of spin control that is most germane to the situation at hand. Giving a flat "yes" is often taken in casual circles as confirmation.

LINK 

Awesome thank you for the link Teiraa :) I knew of this but hadn't read it before now.  Thanks! :D

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/37296.html - JR's slip up was mentioned in the latest Star Wars retrospective video.

Some more interesting invormation fromt he BioWare forums:

Rebes Joined: 12 Jun 2007	Posted: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 04:47AM
	Have some fun with this one guys: www.swtor.com Registered 25-Jul-2007 to: Cortez, Ruben rcortez4169@yahoo.com Bigfoot Networks Inc. 3306 Snead Path Round Rock, Texas 78664 Round Rock, Texas is basically on the outskirts of Austin... and we all know what's going on in Austin these days... And with some searching, I find: Click Here "In the process of centralizing its IT infrastructure for several years, EA discovered that not enough emphasis had been placed on performance. "People wanted to force [centralization] to save X amount of dollars," said Ruben Cortez, chief network architect at EA." And if you Google "Ruben Cortez" EA together, second hit is a dead page, but the cached version says this: "Ruben Cortez was the Lead Network Engineer for Ultima Online, the massively multiplayer, persistent state world game by Origin Systems, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, Inc. Released in Sept. of 1997, UO continues unto this day with network & server presence in 6 countries, on 4 continents, and almost 200,000 active subscribers. Ruben left Origin at the end of 1999 to join EA.com, the online venture of Electronic Arts and AOL. As Sr. Manager of Network Infrastructure, he is currently architecting and building the largest online gaming network in the world." Here's my question... What are the odds that someone with the name Ruben Cortez from right near Austin, Texas would register the domain swtor.com, and also be the name of an EA network engineer that was the Lead Engineer for Ultima Online? Hmmmm R
Rebes Joined: 12 Jun 2007	Posted: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 04:53AM
	Additionally: Click Here World Class Networking Infrastructure Speaker: Ruben Cortez (Service Director, Bioware Austin) Track: Online Games - Technology and Services

Plus,

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Bigfoot Networks, founded in 2004, is a company specializing in the development of various solutions for reducing the lag that computer gamers experience while playing online. Headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Domain Name: SWTOR.COM
Created on: 25-Jul-07
Expires on: 25-Jul-09
Last Updated on: 25-Jul-07

 

That domain expires on July-2009. Does that means SWTOR.COM might be transfered to Lucasarts or Bioware? I hope they make an official site then.

Ummm can this thread be moved out of the rumor room yet?