EA is nearing an agreement to move the ongoing development and operation of MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare to third-party studio Broadsword Online Games, IGN has learned. The move is intended to allow BioWare to focus on Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
I am not sure that this really changes focus all that much. Sounds like there were only about 50 people working on swtor, and they are mostly sending them to Broadsword, so it isn’t like they are redirecting them to work on their other properties. I guess it frees up some budget for other things, but my understanding was that the old republic was mostly self sustaining (or it probably would have been shut down years ago).
I am not sure that this really changes focus all that much. Sounds like there were only about 50 people working on swtor, and they are mostly sending them to Broadsword, so it isn’t like they are redirecting them to work on their other properties. I guess it frees up some budget for other things, but my understanding was that the old republic was mostly self sustaining (or it probably would have been shut down years ago).