Blizzard rooting for Star Wars: The Old Republic to be a success

WoW competitor could give the MMO genre a shot in the arm

Blizzard co-founder, Frank Pearce, has been speaking very positively about EA's world of Warcraft rival release Star Wars: The Old Republic.

In a joint interview with Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime, Pearce explained that he hoped that Bioware's Star Wars MMO would be a success as it could provide the MMO market with the biggest boost since WoW if done correctly.

He explained: "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."

Mike Morhaime added: "It's certainly a strong franchise and BioWare's a great developer. 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."

Thanks MCV.

By Ewan Aiton