BioWare's ongoing success in the games industry is something that can't be argued, but the company is anxious to keep things moving forward.
BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk spoke at the Develop Conference this morning, and had some very interesting things to say about what the minds behind BioWare have been up to. They explored some options that didn't work so well, and some other options that they were very pleased with: "We learned the hard way. The learning there was you have to iterate. The team went back and made some more games that we never released that were way better. Large scale MMOs. Small scale MMOs. We're going to continue to do triple-A console, but we're also going to be exploring pretty aggressively."
The fact that BioWare has created both large and small scale MMOs that were "way better," combined with the company's plans to continue exploring beyond the range of consoles raises the possibility of great things to come for MMO fans. From the sound of things, BioWare plans to remain one for the MMO community to keep an eye on well past the launch of SWTOR.
Reader Comments (31)
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 7:17PM DevilSei said
All I can say is
"I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite clone on the Citadel..."
"I'm Commander Sheperd, and this is my favorite clone on Citadel"
"Im commandah shepar, and dis be my favorite clone up in this Citadel"
"Lawlz, Im Commander Sherpad, and thiz iz my favoritz clone in Citadel"
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"I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite clone on the Citadel..."
"I'm Commander Sheperd, and this is my favorite clone on Citadel"
"Im commandah shepar, and dis be my favorite clone up in this Citadel"
"Lawlz, Im Commander Sherpad, and thiz iz my favoritz clone in Citadel"
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 5:02PM (Unverified) said
I really enjoy Bioware games but I think the gaming world as a whole is taking a big leap of faith when it comes to them and SWTOR.
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 5:56PM Kunikos said
I dunno so far it looks decent, but I would like to see gameplay footage of the NPCs and going through their quest-lines. I think as long as that stuff works out OK and that they have some crafting and PvP systems that aren't bad then they will do well enough to stay out of F2P conversion or server implosion territory.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2010 6:30PM (Unverified) said
Yeah that's the thing, we don't know much about the nitty gritty with this game.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2010 9:03PM Mystal said
I agree. It seems to be taken as an article of faith that SWTOR will be successful, simply because Bioware has made some good single player RPGs. I've seen nothing in terms of the actual game mechanics, graphics, etc that leads me to believe that TOR is any thing special.
Maybe the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts, but how can any one know that without playing?
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Maybe the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts, but how can any one know that without playing?
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 5:38PM (Unverified) said
We should start a petition to make bioware create a Shadowrun MMO ;)
Cause you know....internet petitions get things done!
Cause you know....internet petitions get things done!
Posted: Jul 14th 2010 9:06PM Mystal said
I would sign this petition, simply because I think Shadowrun has all the elements to be an awesome MMO fit, and because Bioware has a track record of taking good IP and actually making it better, as opposed to the general industry trend of taking an IP and removing its soul (See: Shadowrun "action" game that has nothing at all to do with Shadowrun).
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Posted: Jul 15th 2010 9:30AM (Unverified) said
This is taken completely out of context and shame on Massively.com for reporting it as such. The quotes in question can be found in context at http://www.gamespot.com/news/6269016.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B4
"By way of example, Zeschuk admitted the iPhone game that bridged the first and second Mass Effect games, Mass Effect Galaxy, was not one of the developer's best products. "The team [that produced the iPhone game] went back and made a lot of games that were way better," he said."
"By way of example, Zeschuk admitted the iPhone game that bridged the first and second Mass Effect games, Mass Effect Galaxy, was not one of the developer's best products. "The team [that produced the iPhone game] went back and made a lot of games that were way better," he said."
Posted: Jul 15th 2010 7:20AM MrsAngelD said
I would love to see an NWN MMO, it could be fantastic!!!







