Earlier this week, LucasArts along with BioWare had unveiled Star Wars: The Old Republic, which is basically a massively multiplayer online game. Star Wars fans are surely excited about it. Now Electronic Arts and LucasArts have mentioned that the Star Wars MMO will be bigger than World of Warcraft.
Tom Nichols from LucasArts was asked if Star Wars: The Old Republic would be bigger than World of Warcraft. He spoke to gaming news blog VG 247 and told them:
“I think this game has that potential, with a premiere developer behind it; with a clear differentiating feature being story and something that’s very compelling, and being a feature that’s true to BioWare’s expertise as well as the Star Wars brand; plus the power of the Star Wars brand, which is still doing very, very well 30 years after it started.”
Frank Gibeau, who is the president of EA pointed out that they plan to make use of the Star Wars IP to take on Blizzard. According to Gibeau, the reputation of Electronic Arts is wanting to win. They have very high expectations. He also pointed out how huge the base of Star Wars fans is and also the fact what BioWare can do.