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A former SWTOR lead once proposed a top-down revamp that was shot down by EA
What if an MMORPG in a galaxy far, far away got a huge top-down revamp in the middle of its run? This is the alternate history of what could have been with Star Wars: The Old Republic, as revealed by former lead designer James Ohlen during a recent interview. Ohlen told IGN that he heavily […]
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EA shot down ‘New Republic’ overhaul for Star Wars MMO
Star Wars: The Old Republic didn't end up becoming the biggest MMO ever, but it has stood the test of time. As it turns out, the former director for the game had plans to completely overhaul it and right some wrongs from early on in development, he even managed to get Disney approval, but EA … EA...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic lead told BioWare bosses "I hate massive multiplayer games" before agreeing to run the MMO and becoming a "highly paid, completely useless person"
He left in 2018
Steam NewsStar Wars: The Old Republic lead told BioWare bosses "I hate massive multiplayer games" before agreeing to run the MMO and becoming a "highly paid, completely useless person"
He left in 2018
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Star Wars: The Old Republic's original director hadn't played a single MMO before launching its development studio: 'How the hell did they trust me with this much money?'
"The next day, I created a WoW character."
PC Gamer
BioWare had a plan to reboot Star Wars: The Old Republic and make it more KOTOR like, but EA's board of directors shut it down
Former BioWare lead designer James Ohlen has revealed there was once a plan to reboot the studio's massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it would have made it more like 2003's single-player RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, had the project been...
Eurogamer
Star Wars: The Old Republic Director Wanted To Do A New Republic Reboot Until EA’s Board Stepped In To Kill It
Star Wars: The New Republic was a real possibility at some point
Kotaku
EA Shut Down Plans To Reboot And Improve Star Wars: The Old Republic
Like other MMOs, BioWare wanted to give Star Wars: The Old Republic a big reboot, but EA shot it down - after initially greenlighting it.
TheGamer
Star Wars: The Old Republic Director James Ohlen Discusses BioWare Exit After EA Killed New Republic Reboot
James Ohlen, the former director of BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, has discussed his exit from the storied RPG maker in 2018 — after an attempt to reboot the game that ended up squashed by publisher EA. Ohlen was a BioWare veteran of 22 years, with a string of high profile credits on...
Steam NewsStar Wars: The Old Republic Director James Ohlen Discusses BioWare Exit After EA Killed New Republic Reboot
James Ohlen, the former director of Star Wars: The Old Republic, has discussed his exit from BioWare in 2018, after an attempt to reboot the game that was squashed by publisher EA.
IGN
'It nearly killed me': Why studio head James Ohlen left sci-fi RPG Exodus mid-development—and why EA crushing his Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot was the 'beginning of the end' at BioWare
"I just needed to step away."
PC Gamer
The Daily Grind: Where is the line between an expansion and a DLC in MMOs?
This one might seem a little weird, so bear with me, but I was thinking about Star Wars: The Old Republic’s expansions the other day. They’re called expansions, anyway, but in my mind they’re much more like DLC. They’re paid content (so they don’t qualify as regular old patches) but they’re far too...
Massively OverpoweredStar Wars: The Old Republic – Update 7.9 "Legacy Reborn"
Star Wars: The Old Republic revealed a new update, Update 7.9 — Legacy Reborn, which brings the finale of the Legacy of the Sith storyline
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