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EA Secures Exclusive Rights to Star Wars Games
Walt Disney and Electronic Arts announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines. In other words, there is still hope for a new Battlefront game, as well as the completion of Star Wars 1313.
It will be interesting to see what EA will do with the Star Wars franchise, and whether Star Wars 1313 will be back on track.:
Today it was announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney Interactive are entering into a multi-year, multi-title exclusive licensing agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) for the creation of new high quality Star Wars games aimed at the core gaming audience and spanning multiple genres for console, PC, mobile, and tablets.
Industry leaders and creators of best-in-class blockbuster games, the development and publishing teams at EA will collaborate with the creative teams at Lucasfilm to provide audiences with all-new gaming experiences set in the ever-expanding Star Wars galaxy. As part of the agreement, EA studio teams DICE (Battlefield series) and Visceral (Dead Space series) will join BioWare (Mass Effect series, Star Wars: The Old Republic) in the development of new Star Wars games.
"Our number one objective was to find a developer who could consistently deliver our fans great Star Wars games for years to come," said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. "When we looked at the talent of the teams that EA was committing to our games and the quality of their vision for Star Wars, the choice was clear."
While EA studios will develop for the core Star Wars gaming audience, Disney Interactive will focus on delivering new Star Wars games for casual audiences on mobile, social, tablet, and online gaming platforms.
"This agreement demonstrates our commitment to creating quality game experiences that drive the popularity of the Star Wars franchise for years to come," said John Pleasants, co-president of Disney Interactive. "Collaborating with one of the world's premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to fans around the world."
"Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe," said EA Labels President Frank Gibeau. "Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay."
More information, including titles in development, will be announced in the coming months. Continue to check StarWars.com for updates on the future of Star Wars gaming.
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#4592445 Posted on: 05/08/2013 11:30 AM
I rest my case.
JJ's Star Trek wasn't bad, just be thankful it was watchable; 'hollywood' could have really messed that one up.
'Watchable', that's debatable and more importantly subjective, so I won't quibble
I just don't find it has a lot to do with ST and the ideas it was trying to put forth (although that was largely the same issue with some of the newer TV series).
I do think Karl Urban does a brilliant McCoy but the rest of it is kind of meh afaiac and I still maintain that JJ is entirely the wrong choice for SW.
Although I'm sure he'll be perfect for the kind of dross that Disney has in mind
I rest my case.
JJ's Star Trek wasn't bad, just be thankful it was watchable; 'hollywood' could have really messed that one up.
'Watchable', that's debatable and more importantly subjective, so I won't quibble
I just don't find it has a lot to do with ST and the ideas it was trying to put forth (although that was largely the same issue with some of the newer TV series).
I do think Karl Urban does a brilliant McCoy but the rest of it is kind of meh afaiac and I still maintain that JJ is entirely the wrong choice for SW.
Although I'm sure he'll be perfect for the kind of dross that Disney has in mind
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#4592472 Posted on: 05/08/2013 12:11 PM
Star Wars gaming just died for me...
It just had to end up with the trash company Evil Arts.
And you just know they are going to milk as much money they can out of it via microtransactions and selling the games in pieces as DLC.
Star Wars gaming just died for me...
It just had to end up with the trash company Evil Arts.
And you just know they are going to milk as much money they can out of it via microtransactions and selling the games in pieces as DLC.
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#4592483 Posted on: 05/08/2013 12:32 PM
Star Wars game? Seriously, is there still people hyped about anything star wars related?
Star Wars game? Seriously, is there still people hyped about anything star wars related?
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#4592485 Posted on: 05/08/2013 12:35 PM
Apparently, some people are even still fussing over Jesus...not to mention some other guy...
Star Wars game?
Apparently, some people are even still fussing over Jesus...not to mention some other guy...
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Bahahahaha.
In a word, No KotoR, No SWG 2, No SW:BF3 - no nothing to do with the original 3 films or the Original KotoR license.
This deal was inked so that they could make games that pertain to the JJ Abrams SW films and just the fact that they gave the job to that hack is enough for me to avoid at all costs.
You want to see what's in store - Check out the new ST game.
SW began at Episode 4 and ended at episode 6 - Hell, Ewok Adventure - The Battle for Endor was better than anything since, from those poxy cartoons to Episodes 1,2 and 3.
The last decent SW game was Empire at War and before that it was SWG (Pre NGE) which was almost 10 years ago
They could have hired a decent director and used the Zhan books but instead they are going with a writer whose only real experience is children's animated films (Michael Arndt) and a director (JJ Abrams) who already buggered up ST and turned it into a Michael Bay 'esque' disaster.
SW is long dead, let it RIP.
/rant off
I rest my case.
JJ's Star Trek wasn't bad, just be thankful it was watchable; 'hollywood' could have really messed that one up.