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Darmik 04/11/17 8:17:49 PM #1:	https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/04/that-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-rumour-isnt-quite-true/ By now you may have seen a rumour floating around about BioWare Austin developing a new Knights of the Old Republic game. Don't get your hopes up too much: It's based on old info. If BioWare ever does make a new KOTOR, it won't be for a very long time. The rumours originated from Liam Robertson, who helps operate the channel Unseen64 and said on a podcast last week that he'd heard BioWare's Austin-based studio was making a new version of the classic Star Wars RPG. As transcribed by a Star Wars fan site, Robertson said: "I've learned now that [BioWare Austin is] pretty much now exclusively working on Star Wars games and they're going to be doing that for the indefinite future. What they're currently working on right now — and I have this on good authority — is a sort of remake/revival of Knights of the Old Republic. I don't know when this is set to come out, but it has been in development for a little while now." Problem is, this is old info. What I've heard separately, from people familiar with goings-on at the studio, is that BioWare Austin did indeed play around with a Knights of the Old Republic prototype, but that it hasn't been greenlit and is not currently in development. I've also heard that the majority of BioWare Austin is working on the company's new IP, which is headed up by BioWare's Edmonton studio and should be officially announced at E3. That new IP is a Destiny-ish game code-named Dylan, as Liam Robertson correctly reported in a separate Patreon post. I reached out to Robertson this morning to clear things up and he sent over the following email: Going to hold my hands up here - I think I just misheard some of the Austin stuff when I was talking on Skype, so I may have misspoke there. There's also the element that I had no notes in front of me and just sort of rambled on from memory. I did not expect these few select statements to blow up (oops). I'm used to having the opportunity to just release follow-up notices on the Patreon with any updates and corrections. My bad there. Let me clarify that I don't think KOTOR's a current project. From the same people I learned about Dylan from, I did hear that they prototyped a KOTOR revival at Austin a while back. I believe it may have evolved into something else since then or fizzled out since then. I'm still confident Austin is doing something Star Wars related though and I'm confident in that. I actually did know that they were contributing towards Dylan since I originally found out about it when I was researching Austin's Shadow Realms, so if I said exclusively, then that was admittedly a mistake. BioWare didn't respond immediately to a request for comment. Don't let the headlines get your hopes up too much, though. And, yes, I apologise for delaying this game. Oh well --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:877012332] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote>https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/04/that-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-rumour-isnt-quite-true/ <quote> By now you may have seen a rumour floating around about BioWare Austin developing a new Knights of the Old Republic game. Don't get your hopes up too much: It's based on old info. If BioWare ever does make a new KOTOR, it won't be for a very long time. The rumours originated from Liam Robertson, who helps operate the channel Unseen64 and said on a podcast last week that he'd heard BioWare's Austin-based studio was making a new version of the classic Star Wars RPG. As transcribed by a Star Wars fan site, Robertson said: "I've learned now that [BioWare Austin is] pretty much now exclusively working on Star Wars games and they're going to be doing that for the indefinite future. What they're currently working on right now — and I have this on good authority — is a sort of remake/revival of Knights of the Old Republic. I don't know when this is set to come out, but it has been in development for a little while now."</quote> <quote> Problem is, this is old info. What I've heard separately, from people familiar with goings-on at the studio, is that BioWare Austin did indeed play around with a Knights of the Old Republic prototype, but that it hasn't been greenlit and is not currently in development. I've also heard that the majority of BioWare Austin is working on the company's new IP, which is headed up by BioWare's Edmonton studio and should be officially announced at E3. That new IP is a Destiny-ish game code-named Dylan, as Liam Robertson correctly reported in a separate Patreon post. I reached out to Robertson this morning to clear things up and he sent over the following email: Going to hold my hands up here - I think I just misheard some of the Austin stuff when I was talking on Skype, so I may have misspoke there. There's also the element that I had no notes in front of me and just sort of rambled on from memory. I did not expect these few select statements to blow up (oops). I'm used to having the opportunity to just release follow-up notices on the Patreon with any updates and corrections. My bad there. Let me clarify that I don't think KOTOR's a current project. From the same people I learned about Dylan from, I did hear that they prototyped a KOTOR revival at Austin a while back. I believe it may have evolved into something else since then or fizzled out since then. I'm still confident Austin is doing something Star Wars related though and I'm confident in that. I actually did know that they were contributing towards Dylan since I originally found out about it when I was researching Austin's Shadow Realms, so if I said exclusively, then that was admittedly a mistake. BioWare didn't respond immediately to a request for comment. Don't let the headlines get your hopes up too much, though. And, yes, I apologise for delaying this game.</quote> Oh well</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 04/12/17 11:36:01 PM #2:	hand it over to obsidian --- http://i.imgur.com/5UL2v5u.gif "Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too?" <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:877094428] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote>hand it over to obsidian</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 04/12/17 11:36:43 PM #3:	It would have been a disappointment anyway, whether it was a remake or a sequel --- Who fears to walk upon the grass? But it is the grass that hides the viper from his enemies and shelters him until he strikes. <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:877094469] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote>It would have been a disappointment anyway, whether it was a remake or a sequel</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doom_Art 04/12/17 11:40:22 PM #4:	awh peas --- Not removing this until Mega Man 64 is released on the Wii Virtual Console. Started on: 12/1/2009 http://i.imgur.com/mPvcy.png <cite>Doom_Art posted [p:877094646] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote>awh peas</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 04/12/17 11:46:07 PM #5:	Delirious_Beard posted... hand it over to obsidian Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point? --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:877094973] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote>hand it over to obsidian</quote> Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 04/13/17 12:11:11 AM #6:	Darmik posted... Delirious_Beard posted... hand it over to obsidian Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point? who cares it's easily some of the most interesting and well written work in star wars and i want more --- http://i.imgur.com/5UL2v5u.gif "Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too?" <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:877096246] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote>hand it over to obsidian</quote> Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point?</quote> who cares it's easily some of the most interesting and well written work in star wars and i want more</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 04/13/17 12:17:22 AM #7:	Delirious_Beard posted... Darmik posted... Delirious_Beard posted... hand it over to obsidian Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point? who cares it's easily some of the most interesting and well written work in star wars and i want more Disney does. They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly. I don't think Chris Avellone works for Obsidian anymore anyway. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:877096524] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote>hand it over to obsidian</quote> Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point?</quote> who cares it's easily some of the most interesting and well written work in star wars and i want more</quote> Disney does. They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly. I don't think Chris Avellone works for Obsidian anymore anyway.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RebelElite791 04/13/17 12:19:47 AM #8:	Darmik posted... They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly There's been lots of morally grey stuff and sympathetic Imperials in canon lately. As far as the Force, not really, but I'd argue that "grey" when it comes to the Force in Legends was always a big misstep. Someone like Asajj leaving the CIS and striking out on her own is probably as "grey" as Force-users can get. --- http://i.imgur.com/MS5SvzN.gif https://i.imgur.com/ahQpG57.jpg <cite>RebelElite791 posted [p:877096616] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly</quote> There's been lots of morally grey stuff and sympathetic Imperials in canon lately. As far as the Force, not really, but I'd argue that "grey" when it comes to the Force in Legends was always a big misstep. Someone like Asajj leaving the CIS and striking out on her own is probably as "grey" as Force-users can get.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 04/13/17 12:29:28 AM #9:	Darmik posted... Delirious_Beard posted... Darmik posted... Delirious_Beard posted... hand it over to obsidian Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point? who cares it's easily some of the most interesting and well written work in star wars and i want more Disney does. They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly. I don't think Chris Avellone works for Obsidian anymore anyway. avellone isn't the only one who makes obsidian great, although he's certainly the most notable --- http://i.imgur.com/5UL2v5u.gif "Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too?" <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:877097019] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote>hand it over to obsidian</quote> Eh stuff like KOTOR 2 wouldn't be acceptable in canon anymore so what's the point?</quote> who cares it's easily some of the most interesting and well written work in star wars and i want more</quote> Disney does. They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly. I don't think Chris Avellone works for Obsidian anymore anyway.</quote> avellone isn't the only one who makes obsidian great, although he's certainly the most notable</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 04/13/17 12:30:07 AM #10:	RebelElite791 posted... Darmik posted... They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly There's been lots of morally grey stuff and sympathetic Imperials in canon lately. As far as the Force, not really, but I'd argue that "grey" when it comes to the Force in Legends was always a big misstep. Someone like Asajj leaving the CIS and striking out on her own is probably as "grey" as Force-users can get. Yeah I was more referring to the stuff with the Jedi and the Force. The idea that someone hates that the Force handles their destiny and decides who is special was what made KOTOR 2 great. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:877097052] in Kotaku: Th... [t:75226751]...</cite> <quote><cite>RebelElite791 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>They don't want any morally grey stuff in Star Wars sadly</quote> There's been lots of morally grey stuff and sympathetic Imperials in canon lately. As far as the Force, not really, but I'd argue that "grey" when it comes to the Force in Legends was always a big misstep. Someone like Asajj leaving the CIS and striking out on her own is probably as "grey" as Force-users can get.</quote> Yeah I was more referring to the stuff with the Jedi and the Force. The idea that someone hates that the Force handles their destiny and decides who is special was what made KOTOR 2 great.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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