BioWare Could Do the Next Lord of the Rings RPG
By Chris on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 4:13 PM PST In Bioware, Computer, Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Lord of the Rings, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony
See, acquisitions aren’t all bad – while most moaned and groaned over the recent acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic by EA, it’s opened some new potential avenues. One that I find particularly interesting, which analyst Michael Pachter speculated on was that BioWare could be given the reigns to do the next RPG based on the Lord of the Rings license, which EA owns the rights to. Given the lack of success prior attempts EA has made at it, BioWare could certainly bring some credibility to the table.
From Business Week:
According to Michael Pachter, a Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst, BioWare’s prowess at designing and producing role-playing games—both original and franchise-based—could help jump-start EA projects that have so far been stuck in the mud. A prime candidate is Lord of the Rings: the White Council. “EA hasn’t been able to get it right for two and a half years now,” says Pachter. “But if BioWare takes it over, it should do very well in the marketplace,” he adds, citing the company’s previous hits with titles based on the Star Wars films, which could prove helpful for taking on Tolkien.
Well, I guess it is good that Bioware has all these licences to work with due to Empire Arts. I wonder which they are going to base their MMO on, I do hope it will be in the Knights of the Old Republic universe. They do seem very carfull in choosing which atmosphere to build their games off of so I am sure whatever they do choose it will be quite inovative. Just as long as EA doesn’t bugger things up.
this is so silly.
next thing you know ‘Bioware could do the next Final Fantasy MMO.’
‘Bioware could do the next Guildwars’
‘Bioware could win the superbowl.’
C’mon people. ‘Bioware could be making the Stubbs The Zombie MMO.’