New Knights of the Old Republic (3) – CONFIRMED!!!!!

1up.com has been covering the LucasArts/Bioware event, where they finally announced their upcoming “Secret Project”.

The outcome:

There will most definitely be some type of Knights of the Old Republic. They talked about making it into an MMO as well as mentioning that there might be some type of Knights of the Old Repulbic 3 for Star Wars fans that don’t like MMO’s.

Companions will be available in the game and a HK-47 pet was mentioned. Apparently this game is supposed to make BG2 look small. According to the reporter at the event, the title came up as Star Wars: The Old Republic and then they introduced James Ohlen, who was the lead designer on KOTOR and Baldur’s Gate.

It’s supposed to take place 3500 years before movies, 300 years after KOTOR 1 and 2. They talked about about how the art is designed to run across ALL range of PC’s, so that’s a great sign.

According to the reporter at 1up.com have stated:

“So really, all that’s been said and shown is some choppy combat and talks about story stuff without specifics”

When asked about a release date, the answer was, “Some point in the near future”. Apparently there wil be an “Open Beta” at some point and when asked about the classes and races, the answer was:

“Unique ones on each faction, and what are cool things you’ve seen in the movies, and we’ll make classes out of that”

Stay tuned, we’ll be reporting more as it’s released!