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EA gets Star Wars license

The good news? Dice, Bioware and Visceral will take the lead.

The bad: It's still EA.

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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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http://starwars.com/news/electronic...ars-gaming.html


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DICE - Battlefront 3 using their Frostbite 3 engine developed for Battlefield 4!

BioWare - A new Star Wars RPG, KotOR III or something new!

Visceral - This one screams Star Wars 1313, Visceral have solid experience with third person shooters, just as 1313 was supposed to be.

Let's see if this is what we get


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EA... Well we can be optimistic...


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EA Acquires Exclusive Star Wars Game License

EA has struck an official deal with Disney to publish Star Wars games. The Games will be Star Wars projects for the core gaming audience.

Devs include BF3's Dice, Dead Space 3's Visceral and Mass Effect 3's Bioware.

All will be using BF4's Frostbite 3 engine.


http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05...rs-game-license


What do you guys think? Is it a win-win or not? EA was just named America's worst company recently but when they shine they really do. Is this deal a hit or miss?

And what games Star Wars games would you like EA to make?

Me personally, I like the deal and Dice's Battlefront 3 with the power of the Frostbite 3 engine, the best graphics engine out there and my favorite engine, as well, = Win, i'd say...


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There's been a time in the past decade where EA shined?

(in other words - they only "shine" when they are completely hands off and let their studios work on their own.)


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It'd be amazing if EA focuses on sports games, and lets the companies be good without their input.

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Well I guess I'm done playing Star Wars games for a while.


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Yeah, my bad. I should've used search instead of a quick gloss over of the last few C/VGD forums since it's new news. I missed yours and did this one.


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There's been a time in the past decade where EA shined?

(in other words - they only "shine" when they are completely hands off and let their studios work on their own.)


EA sports is king.


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Merged threads.

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EA sports is king.


Easy to be king when you have no competition!


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Knights of the Old Republic III now with co-op and online matchmaking and you can't enter the campaign for it requires internet. Pre-order now and you get an exclusive Zillo Beast Armor set only at Gamestop and downloadable side missions will be available on Xbox Live and PSN for $4.99 each at day one. EA: We do it because we care.


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Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Yeah, my bad. I should've used search instead of a quick gloss over of the last few C/VGD forums since it's new news. I missed yours and did this one.




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Knights of the Old Republic III now with co-op and online matchmaking and you can't enter the campaign for it requires internet. Pre-order now and you get an exclusive Zillo Beast Armor set only at Gamestop and downloadable side missions will be available on Xbox Live and PSN for $4.99 each at day one. EA: We do it because we care.


To be fair, TOR is already under that banner.

Then again, it's EA.

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PES > FIFA, btw.


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Originally posted by Peach
Merged threads.



Easy to be king when you have no competition!


2K.


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Only makes basketball (which EA does not do anymore) and baseball (which EA does not do anymore).

So no, EA faces no real competition with their sports games.


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For years EA's had "Live" until '11. And the series is about to get rebooted and released by 3/14 as NBA Live '14. And Both do Tennis, so. There's comp. Not much, but it's there. Which is a good thing.


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They've been saying they were going to restart Live since 2011. It hasn't happened yet.

There's no actual competition at all.


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EA can't do MLB. 2K Sports can't do NFL ,FIFA or PGA Tour. (but I don't think 2K has ever made a soccer game or golf game).

But for basketball and hockey, both EA and 2K have rights. EA is going to release Live on next gen and 2K stopped making NHL games because they sucked.

But the fault lays with the leagues who sell the rights. Is EA/2K at fault for wanting to make money from a sports game? Nope. It's the league that sells it. NHL doesn't allow a company to have exclusive licenses to their games. NFL, FIFA, PGA Tour, NASCAR and MLB do. (not sure about basketball but I think it's in the same boat as NHL)

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EA hints that a new Star Wars Battlefront game is in development.


Good news, everyone! We may yet see Star Wars Battlefront 3! At least, according to Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen, who today teased that the publisher may well have the title in development.

http://www.gamedynamo.com/article/s... in_development



alas.


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