BioWare is moving on from Star Wars: The Old Republic as game moves to new studio

For over a decade, BioWare has handled the development of Star Wars: The Old Republic, keeping it up to date with new content and expansions. Now, BioWare might be ready to move on, with EA planning to hand development over to another studio. 

According to an IGN report, EA is planning to move future development of the Old Republic MMO to Broadsword Online Games, a company headed by Rob Denton, a former BioWare VP. Denton had been at BioWare when The Old Republic project began.

Broadsword already handles some other MMOs, including Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot. With this studio taking over development of the MMO, BioWare will have more resources to dedicate to other ongoing projects, like the next Mass Effect or Dragon Age games.

Roughly half of the people currently working on SWTOR will move over to Broadsword to help out and lend their expertise and knowledge. Everyone else will need to apply for new positions within BioWare, while others may have to find new work elsewhere.

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KitGuru Says: SWTOR is still played by quite a few people to this day and there have been some excellent new campaigns. However, with The Old Republic now entering Star Wars canon, I think many of us are ready to see new games set in this period. 

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