Star Wars: The Old Republic Unveiled

In a San Francisco press event, LucasArts and BioWare officially announced that they are collaborating on a Knights of the Old Republic MMO. The long rumored title was mentioned (though not confirmed) by EA CEO John Riccitiello earlier this year, though BioWare Austin's Gordon Walton was unwilling to disclose the title he had been working on more recently to GameDaily BIZ.

"Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is the most critically acclaimed Star Wars game in LucasArts history and a preeminent example of our company's interactive storytelling heritage," said Darrell Rodriguez, President of LucasArts. "For a long time, we've wanted to return to the franchise in a grand way, and we felt that the best setting for it was an online world that would allow millions of people to participate in the experience together. We knew that the developer capable of working with us to deliver an engrossing story with a fully-realized online world was BioWare."