BioWare to Develop Games for DS 44
VonSnouty writes "The revered RPG specialist Bioware is setting up a special handheld division in Edmonton, and it's revealed their first creation will be for the Nintendo DS. Neverwinter Nights? Mass Effect? Erm, Jade Empire? Place yer bets!" It's also possible this could tie in to their as-yet-untitled MMOG. From the article: "The new handheld group will be led by project director, Dan Tudge, former president and founder of indie studio Exile Interactive, who has previously worked for major publishers such as Nintendo, Microsoft, THQ, and Sega." Hey, I liked Jade Empire.
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From The Source (Score:5, Informative)
Since the link given in the story seems to have been hit simultaneously by thousands of drooling gamers, here's the press release [bioware.com] from Bioware itself.
Neverwinter nights on handheld would rock (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Neverwinter nights on handheld would rock (Score:5, Interesting)
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I'm hopeful they go with ... (Score:3, Insightful)
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touching (Score:4, Funny)
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Hey Blizzard, make a "virtual pet" with a female night elf from World of Warcraft!
Hum, on a second thought... not perverse enough...
Hey Square Enix, make a "virtual pet" with a female Mithra from Final Fantasy XI!
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Dragon Age (Score:5, Interesting)
I bet Dragon Age will be the setting for the MMO as well. The big-wigs at Bioware have put years and years into creating this world. They will showcase it.
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Since being bought by Microsoft, Rare has made more games for Nintendo handhelds than for Microsoft's consoles. Why would this be any different?
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What could MS do? Cry loud and stomp their feet on the ground? MS is just the distributor. MS does NOT hot any rights to Mass Effect or Jade Empire. Check http://www.bioware.com/legal/copyright.html [bioware.com] if you don't believe me. (The page says: ''JADE EMPIRE © 2001-2003 BioWare Corp. Jade Empire, the Jade Empire logo, BioWare Corp., and the BioWare logo are trademarks of BioWare Corp.'' / ''MASS EFFECT © 2004-2005 BioWare Corp.
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Bioware doesn't want to deal with Atari or LucasArts again, and no one wants to deal with EA. Bioware isn't going to needlessly piss Microsoft off when they have such a great working relationship.
Trust me, the game will be in their new Dragon Age setting.
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I play the SWG MMORPG. Yes, it is dying. Rumors are beginning to spring up in different places just in the past week that Bioware is possibly going to do the developing for a KOTOR type MMORPG and SOE would host it. Is this still possible? If not, does anyone have any links to an official statement from Bioware either for or against this? My understanding is that Bioware had hired a few of the original devs from the SWG MMORPG.
Last year when the SWG MMORPG 'upgraded' to it
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However, as much as I would love to see a good Star Wars MMO in the KOTOR-era with plenty of Jedi and Sith, Bioware was vocal that they have not been happy working with other companies telling them what they can and can not do. Th
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That ain't nothin! (Score:2)
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"Good Gravy! That's Edmonton!"
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MDK2 is one of those games I put in the list of best-games-you've-never-played for most people. I love it though.
Great gameplay, great visuals and sound, great presentation, very funny, and it's old school HARD. There simply aren't enough hard games these days that don't resort to just being cheap.
Thanks (Score:2)
Thanks. I like Slashdot.
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Jade Empire showed great promise. Here is hoping that unannounced Jade Empire 2 we all know you're working on for the 360 delivers on those promises!
I liked Jade Empire too (Score:1)
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(In other news I was just stuck at the toilet for 50 minutes playing Mega Man ZX. DS isn't good for your sleep.)
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Meh... (Score:1)
Oh, and, no a few bits of different da