BioWare picks up StreamBase engine for MMO
by Ross Miller 
{ Apr 2nd 2007 at 9:25PM }
To help with its upcoming MMO entry, BioWare has licensed use of StreamBase's Stream Processing Engine. Though a newcomer in the gaming world, StreamBase has previously provided Complex Event Processing software to financial institutions.Compex Event Processing, which is Latin for "we think we've got some fast stuff here," will purportedly help Bioware with server and virtual world maintenance. According to the press release, BioWare will be able to "monitor the game environment in real time and immediately offer fixes for any game oddities, and to identify and react to malicious player behavior in real time to ensure game integrity" (emphasis added)." We hope this means BioWare is setting a high standard for themselves regarding bug fixing, network latency and quickly banning cheaters.
No indication on the graphical capabilities of the StreamBase engine or if BioWare will continue using the Hero Engine in conjunction with Stream Base. Though BioWare has a history of creating and licensing out their own game engines, it has recently begun using other engines -- the upcoming Mass Effect was made with Unreal Engine. No other details are currently known regarding their MMO project.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Arés @ Apr 2nd 2007 10:04PM
Hopefully this is a Knights of the Old Republic MMO =D.
Briz9 @ Apr 2nd 2007 10:41PM
A BioWare MMO? AWESOME. Is this going to be a new IP?
Phillip @ Apr 2nd 2007 10:42PM
@1
*drooooooool*
elmer92413 @ Apr 3rd 2007 1:11AM
I do believe this is for the Star Trek MMO they are working on, unless they have 2 MMO games in the works.
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Ian O'Rourke @ Apr 3rd 2007 7:18AM
They are not doing the Star Trek MMO.
MC Hampster @ Apr 3rd 2007 11:18AM
"No indication on the graphical capabilities of the StreamBase engine or if BioWare will continue using the Hero Engine in conjunction with Stream Base."
Are you serious? Or was this a joke?
StreamBase is middleware for event management. It has no "graphical capabilities". It is not specific to games.