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The MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic will change developers, still being the creator and responsible for its livelihood Bioware, who has a long history with the Old Republic era of Star Wars. In fact, they were the ones who shaped the main events of that era, making it so momentous that now, even when Disney renewed the canon, they have relevance in the Star Wars universe.
As reported by IGN, Electronic Arts is in talks with a developer specializing in MMORPG games so that they can take over The Old Republic. The reason is that Bioware has many important developments on its hands, and the publisher EA is looking favorably on removing a constant weight (being the Star Wars game one as a service) to optimize resources.
Star Wars: The Old Republic will change developers in favor of Bioware’s big AAA projects
Those responsible for keeping this veteran MMORPG current would be the workers of Broadsword Online Games, who have a lot of experience in games as a service, especially in massive games like this one. His two active games to date are Dark Age of Camelot and Ultima Online. The latter belongs to a mythical franchise, in addition, the game itself has been running since 1997, being one of the longest-running MMORPGs.
Electronic Arts wants to transfer this project launched in 2011 to the studio where Rob Denton is, former Vice President of Bioware, who saw the birth of the Star Wars Game-as-a-Service from its earliest remnants of development. Star Wars: The Old Republic will change developers, but Electronic Arts will remain the responsible publisher, so it will continue to oversee the future of the game.
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The 70-80 workers involved in the development of The Old Republic will break up, half going to Broadsword Online Games, while the other half will look for a space in Electronic Arts itself. It is known that the desire of Electronic Arts with this move is leave Bioware focused with Dragon Age Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect title, and thus the rumors of delays and problems in development will end.