Blizzard Wishes The Old Republic Well
EA has been lashing out at Blizzard in recent weeks, taking several swipes at the company and its hugely popular MMO World Of WarCraft. Frank Gibeau, the head of EA Games, said playing World of Warcraft was like “doing a shopping list,” and claimed that the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic will be much better in just about every department.
Blizzard, however, has not seen fit to hit back at its future rival. On the contrary, it has wished EA and its new MMO all the luck in the world.
Blizzard’s co-founder, Frank Pearce, told MCV that his company hopes The Old Republic does well.
“This is a game that has an opportunity to grow the MMO market if done right and therefore is very important to the industry as a whole, not just EA," he is quoted as saying.
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime echoed his sentiments.
"It's certainly a strong franchise and BioWare's a great developer," he added. "We've talked about this internally and from our perspective we hope they make an enjoyable game because they're going to bring in a lot of new players to the MMO genre, and those players' idea of whether or not they like this type of game is going to be determined by that experience."
Blizzard certainly has no reason to worry, as countless other MMOs have come and gone claiming to do the same things as The Old Republic. None of them, however, had any impact on WoW’s long-term numbers.
The Old Republic is due out later this year.
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