Star Wars: The Old Republic is now out and two of the main developers working on the MMO say that they know that it can reach the same success as the Knights of the Old Republic role-playing series that has managed to impress in the early years of the century.
James Ohlen, who is the game director working on The Old... |
22 December 2011
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In today's popular culture, there are quite a few franchises that have gained the status of iconic and which have a huge number of fans all around the world. One such series is Star Wars, a movie, TV series and even video game franchise that has turned a lot of people into loyal fans. One of the next big projec... |
13 July 2009
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This week, I've replayed a lot of Knights of the Old Republic, trying to point out what makes it a great game even almost 6 years since its initial release. But this space is for news, so let's see what we've written about these days.On Monday, Konami entered the teasing ring offering a countdown to so... |
23 May 2009
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One of the planets that you need to visit to get the Star Maps, which will lead to the final confrontation of Knights of the Old Republic is called Korriban (apparently, all the planets in the Star Wars universe need to have at least one letter pulling double duty).This world is one of the homes of the Sith where a l... |
22 May 2009
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One of the things that still impress me in the original Knights of the Old Republic is how solid combat still is. In 2003, it was outstanding. BioWare was very good at recreating in a believable manner the mechanics of fantasy combat based on the Dungeons & Dragons rules, translating both the way weapons worked and t... |
21 May 2009
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After leaving Taris to its rather horrible fate, you get to fly the Ebon Hawk to the Jedi Enclave housed by the planet Dantooine. The one problem getting there is in the horrible turret sequence that you must negotiate. You will learn to hate the times you need to defend the ship you fly in. It doesn't help that... |
20 May 2009
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In the first Knights of the Old Republic, the beginning of the game, featuring the main character with memory problems so often seen in role playing games, is pretty catastrophic. The ship you are in is boarded by Sith, pretty much everyone is killed, your own lonely companion dies and you get into a drop pod to go d... |
19 May 2009
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BioWare is a busy developer these days. It is working on Dragon Age: Origins, which will be released sometime this year and will undoubtedly quench my thirst for playing through Baldur's Gate 2 again. It is creating a sequel to Mass Effect, which basically rules out playing the original again, although it would ... |
18 May 2009
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The Star Wars game franchises are certainly quite numerous, but one of the most successful ones, the Knights of The Old Republic RPG (Role Playing Game) series, made by Electronic Arts' BioWare studio, has been under a lot of attention lately. This is because BioWare and LucasArts, the owners of the Star Wars IP... |
11 December 2008
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As was previously rumored and reported by our team, BioWare was indeed working on an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) based on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic universe. The studio, also responsible for the first two titles, has been working for quite some time with the owners of the ... |
22 October 2008
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The game Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic is deeply revered by its fans. It was the first RPG (Role Playing Game) which took place in the Star Wars universe and it captured people's hearts and admiration. It won many prizes and titles being dubbed one of the most influential games based on the Star Wars fr... |
3 October 2008
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John Riccitiello's talk at the William Blair & Company investor conference is still being scrutinized for snippets of information regarding the games that the biggest (until Activision and Blizzard merge) videogame publisher in the world is planning to develop and launch in the near future. Have I just said near... |
24 June 2008
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