BioWare has licensed the use of the HeroEngine development platform for use with The Old Republic. The Old Republic is the highly anticipated MMORPG based off of the Knights of the Old Republic titles.
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The HeroEngine collaborative design platform allows for development in real-time, enabling teams in different geographic locales to build and play in a game world live on the server simultaneously.
The platform is also designed to provide "instantaneous" updates and changes to game environments, potentially reducing long MMO development cycles by negating the need for nightly builds. (...)
"Our goal was to partner with a platform developer that knows online gaming and virtual world development, and the team at Simutronics has an excellent track record in that respect" says BioWare co-studio director Gordon Walton.
He continues, "Their HeroEngine was specifically created for building MMOGs and it allows for a great amount of flexibility in the way our entire team collaborates."
The platform is also designed to provide "instantaneous" updates and changes to game environments, potentially reducing long MMO development cycles by negating the need for nightly builds. (...)
"Our goal was to partner with a platform developer that knows online gaming and virtual world development, and the team at Simutronics has an excellent track record in that respect" says BioWare co-studio director Gordon Walton.
He continues, "Their HeroEngine was specifically created for building MMOGs and it allows for a great amount of flexibility in the way our entire team collaborates."
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