168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Wars: The Old Republic has been going for a number of years now, as developer BioWare has been steadily supporting the MMO since it launched way back in 2008. However, it seems like the days of BioWare working on the title may be over, as it's being reported that publisher EA is nearing an agreement to shift development to a third-party studio so BioWare can focus properly on the next 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Age and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mass Effect games.
This is according to a report from , which states that EA is planning to have Ultima Online developer Broadsword Online take over development. Broadsword Online is currently being run🌊 by former BioWare vice president Rob Denton, with his experience working on the titlein its early days likely one of the reasons for the s🔜witch.
IGN also states that Star Wars: The Old Republic has a team of between 70 - 80 developers currently working on the title, and that roughly half of these people will join Broadsword Online to continue development. The other half are apparently being offered other roles within BioWare and EA, although layoffs haven't been taken off the table. It's worth noting that this agreement hasn't been made just yet, but we'll likely hear some more official information about the switch in the coming weeks.
For now, EA has issued a slightly vague statement regarding the situation, claiming that it only wants "to do what is best for the game and its players" and that "includes conversations with Broadsword." It hasn't confirmed that Broadsword Online will take over development just yet, but the statement doesn't deny the claims either.
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As for BioWare, it's pretty clear from these events that development is ratcheting up on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 5, although we still don't have release dates for either titles. The former is apparently a lot closer to release than the latter, although a recent financial report from EA revealed that the publisher doesn't expect Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to be ready until March 2024 at the very least.
It's possible that we could see Dreadwolf appear in some capacity during Summer Game Fest later this week, though industry insider Jeff Grubb has claimed that we're more likely to see the game showcased during next year's not-E3 week instead. Still, it sounds like BioWare is fully committed to making both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 5 as good as they can be, but let's hope that EA is giving them enough time and resources to do it without crunch.