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• • Interesting Lucas Arts / Bioware article from April 2008. They don't rule out a Starwars MMO

  • They didn't rule out Bugs Bunny Online either!

    Wait, I'd play Bugs Bunny Online...

     

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  • Posted: 5/18/08 9:10 AM
    Star Wars Galaxies
• • BioWare MMO FACT: KOTOR MMORPG

  • Originally posted by admriker4 

     The MMO will be Star Wars themed and will tie in with the new television series. Its not set in the same timeline as Kotor, thus the reasons for denying its a Kotor MMO.

    Read my post here for your proof. Ive also talked with people whove intereviewed and been to Bioware Austin, im 100% positive its Star Wars MMO but the story is set after episode 3 and before episode 4.

    Leave it to George Lucas to use market tactics to tie games in with movies / tv.

    http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=5582

     

    Ive reported since Feb 2006 some information about Bioware's project. A few here know where I got my information from and have kept quiet because theyve used the same sources.
    
    Anyway I got my info from two ways...
    
    I had a brother-in-law that had worked in the industry for several years. He gleemed quite a bit of info for me about Bioware and its pet project over the years both from direct knowledge and from 3rd parties. He is now out of the industry and has is own business in another field. I do have one final bit of info to report from him...
    
    The MMO is going to be big. Im basing this on the the amount of money Ive been told is being spent on the project. Bioware is spending a fortune on the game. Ive been told that Bioware is spending over 50 million dollars on development alone. This isnt counting advertising, marketing, pr, and packaging. To put this number into perspective, this amount is more than the total net revenue earned by Bioware over the past 3 years combined. In short, its a big risk by Bioware but they assume it will pay off.
    
    My second source of information...
    
    I will be omitting some information here to protect him from possible legal or civil ramifications. I will also be giving genral data and nothing too specific.
    
    I have a "friend" that lives in South Texas. He has visited the Austin studio on several occasions. He has gotten access to trash legally as once it "hits the streets" to turn a phrase, its public domain. On most occasions the trash is has clearly gone through a shredder but sometimes it hasnt. Some of the stuff he has seen...
    
    stuff labeled "conceptual art - mostly drawings of characters. My son recognized a few of the characters he's shown me. One my son says is a sith apprentice from the clone wars cartoons, she has two lightsabers that are bent. The other was an apprentice of Anikan Skywalker (i had no idea he had one). There was an interesting set of Anikan drawings, one had Anikan with no skin covering his robotic arm, another with Anikan holding two lightsabers.
    
    The point is whatever Bioware is working on in Austin, its clear it has something to do with Star Wars.
    
    Another interesting point, the software was microsoft all the way. I thought the artsy stuff was always done on Macs but everything seen was Microsoft stuff. I just put this information in if it helps someone with a different source to verify mine.
    
    Some of the other trash that didnt get shredded...spreadsheets with hours accounted for. They were very detail oriented. A person didnt just put down 8 hrs on their time card, it was broken down by the minute. for example what I saw for one person was 8:00 to 8:05 am - calls for supply requests, 8:05 - 9:15 code a124556 (im guessing on the numbers but it was something long like that). 9:15 - 9:20 personal break, etc. Not very useful info probably for our purposes but it was interesting to see how Bioware tracks time for employees.
    
    Theyre working 24 hrs a day. A chinese takeout place down the road does a lot of business with Bioware studios. They arent 24 hrs but they typically do a large order for Bioware right as they close at 11pm on weeknights. My friend has seen the lights on 24/7 and seen cars parked throughout the night many times.
    
    Due to a recent change in the way Bioware disposes of its refuse, my friend no longer has access to any more information in this manner.
    
    I wont be getting any new information anytime soon unfortunately. At least until I get another source. Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed we'll hear an announcement from Bioware soon

     

     

    Do you expect people to believe a long, convoluted story about some "friend" who is supposedly watching a parking lot, digging through garbage and finding detailed information, including top secret concept art?  And you try to convince people by telling them about how large a Chinese take out order is?  WTF?

    I've been seeing so many of these "friend of a friend of a friend" stories that they are seeming generic, invented, overly creative, and vaguely familiar from previous forums.  I call BS on this and all other stories of that type.  I only wonder what kind of cracked, bizarre thrill you people get from making this stuff up.  Is it the same as the weird thrill people apparently get from making up urban legends and forwarding them all over the Internet?

    There are some disturbed individuals in this country.

     

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  • Posted: 5/18/08 8:48 AM
    General Discussion