KOTOR III Rumor News Thread - Page 2

Bastila_Shan · #16 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 06:43 AM

Hello again

I have found more KOTOR III speculaton/rumor posted by someone on gamespot I believe they posted it just recently. Here it is:

KOTOR 3 is confirmed

Came with an ominous - and rather high quality - 'Confidnetial' case file presented in a 'top secret dossier' kinda way

23 360 games to be fully unveiled in 2006-2007

In a somewhat alphabetical order

Avalon
BC
'Secret Bioware Game' (most likely Mass Effect)
Brute Force 2
Chronicles of Rid**** 2
Fable 2
GTA6
Half-Life 3
Forza Motorsport 2
Halo 3
Hitman 5
'The Man With no Name' game (Clint Eastwood)
Jade Empire 2
Ninja Gaiden 2
Outrun : Coast 2 Coast
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Rallisport Challange 3
The Sims 3
Splinter Cell 5
Star Wars : KOTOR III
Turok Next
Unreal Tournament 2007
WWE Wrestlemania 360

source: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/union...?union_id=SWBFU

Unbrow · #17 (**permalink**) 11-02-2005, 04:58 PM

i don't know if it worked before but the link has expired or something i wanted to see it. so may be it was deleted but i don't know. so check it maybe for me if you could so i can see it please. u don't have to but its just that id like to be able to see where you got it

klesk · #18 (**permalink**) 11-11-2005, 01:12 PM

"LucasArts has laid off a small team attached to the early stages of development on Knights of the Old Republic 3, according to a report on GameSpot, as part of what the Californian firm has described as "a major restructuring" of its development studio.

The developer confirmed that as a result of the restructuring effort, "31 people from the development studio were laid off as the company will be concentrating on fewer titles." Some reports suggest that all but one of the developer's internal projects have been canned.

LucasArts has yet to confirm that, although many of its key games are now in the hands of external firms - such as the new Star Wars Episode III title, which is being composed by Indiana Jones And The Emperor's Tomb developer The Collective.

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Predictably, the company was unwilling to focus on the issue in any detail. Its Friday statement was actually built around the appointment of a new vice president of product development - Peter Hirschmann, a two-year veteran at the company and former architect of EA's Medal of Honor series.

However, this isn't the first time in recent months that LucasArts has been in trouble. Back in April the company laid off 29 staff, and in mid July a leaked memo allegedly from president Jim Ward announced to staff that there would be no bonuses for the current year."

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=56319

klesk · #19 (**permalink**) 11-11-2005, 01:13 PM

hmmm bad news huh?

yoyopogo104 · #20 (**permalink**) 11-11-2005, 09:07 PM

come on! getchyo act togetha, LA! this is messed...i dont get it. are they goin outta business, or what? goodness gracious...

Suicide Girl · #21 (**permalink**) 11-12-2005, 01:24 AM

I don't know whether this is relevant, but I followed klesk's link; correct me if I'm wrong, but the date of the article seems to be 16/08/2004. Maybe I'm just being very very optimistic, but a lot could have changed since then.

klesk · #22 (**permalink**) 11-12-2005, 01:37 AM

I found a few more articles about this and they were dated 2005, but I can't find them anymore. I could say from the other news that KOTOR3 is still in the que.

Hill-Shatar · #23 (**permalink**) 11-12-2005, 02:34 AM

@ Bastila_Shan: The only 'unknown' Bioware (making a stab, but it is the only one that comes to mind anyways) game coming out for the Xbox 360 is most likely Mass Effect. I can also say with a fair amount of certainty that I came across something confirming Jade Empire II as well, along with, I believe, Fable 2.

Some seem a little before there time, but perhaps it is possible that they are releasing soem games early. Does this make me any more optimistic? Not really. Not until the newsletters that I read say that KotOR III is in the making.

Some of the other titles on that list look familiar, but I think many feel that way due to the first names.

By the way, your souce link is broken.

Bastila_Shan · #24 (**permalink**) 11-14-2005, 11:35 PM

UPDATED 15TH NOVEMBER 2005

Hello I was just browsing Obsisidian and I came across this. thought you might like to read this:

More KOTOR III hints? here you go...

But while Obsidian is hard at work trying to finish up Neverwinter Nights 2 for a summer release, they're also hard at work on another unannounced project. All we have at the moment is speculation based off of some concept art of dwarves resembling those popularized by Snow White but we do know is that this new game will use Unreal Engine 3. Urquhart also mentioned their desire to do a Knights of the Old Republic 3 should LucasArts desire it in the future. I'd be surprised if they didn't.

source:

http://pc.ign.com/articles/666/666403p3.html

enjoy

-Bas

Phreddie · #25 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 04:03 AM

It looks like Obsidian is making a LOTR type fantasy game... unless those dwarves were green, carried light sabers and had hair growing out their ears...

However that is GRRRRRRRRREAT news (FROSTED FLAKES THEY"RE MORE THAN GOOD!

), apparently all we need is the go ahead from lucas arts... and enough time to say... finish... the game. I would much rather bioware make the game, but thats for another thread. Hopefully the big daddy (LA) will give the o.k., and i would prefer it happened say, yesterday. But now we may have a little less time to wait since obsid's intentions are out in the open, the eager public might take into ther own hands to convince LA to start soon.
soon... soon... i can almost taste it!

Hill-Shatar · #26 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bastila_Shan

Urquhart also mentioned their desire to do a Knights of the Old Republic 3 should LucasArts desire it in the future. I'd be surprised if they didn't.

Well, it is good to see this, however, this confirmation could be no more than a team member voicing his opinion on the subject, not whether or not the entire group wishes to.

Besides, it said should Lucasarts desire it in the future. I using this to be diplomatic in the ways I say things... basically, we are ok with it, if they are, but will not do anything more on the subject unless they ok it.

Anyways, this was in, well, an Neverwinter Nights preview, which does not help my opinion. It would if anyone, including myself, came across something similar to this in an announcement... although these are getting closer together. Guess this means looking around for a bit... see if anything pops up.

Bastila_Shan · #27 (**permalink**) 11-23-2005, 05:06 PM

Hello

Just went back to starwarsknights.com and and found this.

POSTED 24th NOVEMBER 2005.

heres some talk about KOTOR III (again)

posted by Com Raven from www.starwarsknights.com

Kotor 2 Yes? No? Maybe..

Since I am getting a lot of e-mails asking about any news on the KotOR 3 front, I will just post it here for everyone to read:

From everything I know, there will be a KotOR 3 at some point in the hopefully not too distant future. We know that LucasArts already had an internal team do some prototyping for the game, but then that team (along with some other employees) were laid of in the summer of 2004. Since then, the only official word from LucasArts has been that they still consider KotOR as a franchise with potential (read: their most successful series after Battlefront I+II).

Who will develop it? An internal team? Possibly. However, in a recent interview on IGN about Neverwinter Nights 2, Obsidian's president Feargus Urquehardt (in case you forgot, Obsidian created The Sith Lords) mentioned that they would be very interested in getting another stab at the Star Wars universe (thanks to Gregg Eschenbrenner for letting me know via mail!).

So, to make a long story short: There should be a KotOR 3, but we have no clue about it so far

enjoy the chat From Com Raven.

Cheero

Bastila_Shan · #28 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 02:03 AM

Hello

More KOTOR III Talk?

I hope you guys don't mind me posting more KOTOR III stuff I just can't help it . OKay I was just browsing www.teamxbox.com and it just very briefly said something about Star Wars KOTOR sequel. I'm not sure if they mean't KOTOR II or not but I think they are more likely refering to KOTOR III. But any way take a lookie for you self.

Xbox360 In Bad Need Of RPG's

We know that sometime in the future, the Xbox 360 will have RPGs like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Jade Empire sequel, Fable sequel, Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic sequel and the like. But Microsoft should not give up getting established RPG franchises and if they have to make big deals with the respective owners of them, then they should go for it!

Linkie: http://community.teamxbox.com/xbox/1...e-Xbox-360/p1/

I just stumbled upon this by accident. Of course I was looking for KOTOR III in the list and they did mention somethnig about a KOTOR word.

any way

Enjoy

Bastila_Shan · #29 (**permalink**) 12-01-2005, 02:55 AM

I was just surfing another Kotor fourm and this person *claims* Kotor III is anounced but I just take it as a rumour. Have a look for yourself any way.

Just take this as a rumour because I can't see any offical source from Lucasarts.

This person claims:

Kotor III Rumour

Kotor 3 Rumors: Well its true! There are announcements from lucas arts of a new knights of the old republic game. They are already at a finish for the game and is planning for a release in 2006. It will hit the new big X Box 360 with all the new amazing graphics. You will be able to have more features in the game as such as ruling your own empire. More Kotor 3 games news will be announced whenever Lucas Arts does.

source:

http://www.starwarsclub.tk/

Phreddie · #30 (**permalink**) 12-01-2005, 03:58 AM

Well, I dont know about empires, but owning ones own bussiness wouldn't be bad.

Too bad Lucas Arts hasn't anounced to the public, I do believe GB wouldnt have missed that one. although a late '06 release is feasible if they have been secretly working on it for a while and are almost done with it.