BioWare keen on more licensed IP News
PC Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
BioWare bossman Ray Muzyka has said the studio will be creating more games based on the works of others in the future.
He was discussing the ins and outs of licensed IP such as Star Wars versus original ideas like Dragon Age, and told Joystiq "you can expect both kinds from BioWare in the future".
BioWare, remember, signed a fresh deal with LucasArts back in October 2007. However, new owner EA rubbished emerging rumours that a third Knights of the Old Republic game was in development, or that the BioWare Austin MMO was based in a Star Wars world.
For now, the role-playing developer is hard at work on Dragon Age, the high-fantasy game said to be a spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate.
Muzyka promised to show us more of this later in the year; Dragon Age is still scheduled to release before April 2009. However, there's still no word on whether it will be on multiple formats, after the developer skirted confirming it as a PC exclusive earlier in the year.
But rest assured that BioWare will "continue to support our fans on both PC and Xbox 360 in the future" by tailoring the games for each user-base.
The developer hatred of porting its titles is evident in the imminent release of Mass Effect on PC, which has a hot-key feature, better inventory, individual squad commands and technological tweaks to avoid lengthy loading times, elevator rides, and texture pop-ups.
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the_dudefather
27/05/08 @ 11:01
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"EA assimilated BioWare therefore they don't exist anymore..."
it now follows the same rules as DICE / Harmonix, anything good the game developers do you credit dice/harmonix/bioware, anything negative and you blame EA examples: "wow Harmonix has returned to form and made an awesome new game" or "bah this game sucks, EA always makes terrible games" therefore EA can remain as the big meanies of the gaming world
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AphoticCosmos
27/05/08 @ 11:20
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+ 10^infinity for the KotOR 3 motion
I would also love said money-sucking MMO. If there's one dev I would trust to make a truly special MMO, it's BioWare. I'm holding off from wasting my money on Conan, LOTRO, WoW or anything else and sticking with Guild Wars until Bio releases details about it, at which point I will probably asplode with orgasmic joy.
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Wish I could play DragonAge... it is a game built for my tastes... but my PC is so sh*t! >_<
"KOTOR 3 shouldn't be an MMO. They should make a seperate MMO set in the KOTOR period of the SW Universe but leave number 3 a single player game!" Yes, totally agree. But you know what developers are like. They just love killing off their loyal fanbase.
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hiddenranbir
27/05/08 @ 17:24
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I think they realise they aren't as good with their own IP as they are with other's!
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