Back in December, it was announced that Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson is working on a new Star Wars game at Arcanaut Studios called Fate of the Old Republic. Though its name is similar, it won’t be a direct continuation of BioWare’s legendary Star Wars RPG. However, the studio has now announced some of the creative leads working on the game, and it’s basically a big BioWare reunion.
Arcanaut Studios’ website has been updated with mini-profiles of some of the company’s leadership, and several folks are veterans of the RPG studio that made Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and the original KOTOR. Hudson is heading up the team as CEO and game director, but others have experience working on games like Mass Effect and Neverwinter Nights.
- CTO Ryan Hoyle worked on KOTOR and the original Mass Effect trilogy.
- Production and performance director Caroline Livingstone was with BioWare on Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.
- Director of external development Melanie Faulknor was at BioWare for Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age II, and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
- Dan Fessenden, the senior technical designer, had a hand in the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- The only one listed on the site who didn’t cut their teeth at the RPG studio is Pascal Blanché, who previously worked at Ubisoft, Behaviour Interactive, Wizards of the Coast, and Warner Bros.
That’s a lot of folks from a time many consider to be BioWare’s “golden era.” At the moment, we still don’t know much about Fate of the Old Republic beyond the fact that Arcanaut says it will be out before 2030. By that point, it may be a game for the PlayStation 6 and Project Helix.