Development of Star Wars: The Old Republic may be handed over to another studio

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Development of Star Wars: The Old Republic may be handed over to another studio

According to IGN, Bioware is said to be on the verge of abandoning its MMORPG. However, there's no need to panic, as development is set to be transferred to another studio.

So, after almost 12 years of hard work on the game, the Canadian firm is preparing to pass the torch to Broadsword Online Games. Broadsword Online Games is already very close to Electronic Arts, and was responsible for the development of both Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot. Some of the 80 people working on Star Wars: The Old Republic at Bioware are also likely to be transferred to Broadsword. Developers who don't follow suit or find a new role at EA may be fired.

All this in order to allow Bioware to concentrate fully on the production of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and the next Mass Effect.

Source: ign.com

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