EA Gets Star Wars License

ThestigGT999 · 7 May 2013 at 18:23

EA said:
BURBANK & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines.

Under the agreement, EA will develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience, spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres, while Disney will retain certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet and online game categories.

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 worlds premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to our 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. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

http://ea.newshq.businesswire.com/p...announce-multi-year-star-wars-games-agreement

now make Star wars battlefront 3

dannyjo22 · 7 May 2013 at 19:25

ThestigGT999 said:
now make Star wars battlefront 3

Yes please.

TALON1973 · 7 May 2013 at 19:54

or even BattleField - Star Wars ( whole new franchise )

ThestigGT999 · 7 May 2013 at 20:01

I hope they don't just make star wars themed skins/dlc for BF4 or star wars effect

Adsta · 7 May 2013 at 20:39

oh good god

Randomface74 · 7 May 2013 at 20:45

in b4 error 37

ps3ud0 · 7 May 2013 at 22:24

Could this actually mean KOTOR3?

ps3ud0 :cool:

andshrew · 7 May 2013 at 22:36

ps3ud0 said:
Could this actually mean KOTOR3?

ps3ud0

They already released KOTOR 3 through 8 they called it The Old Republic.

ps3ud0 · 7 May 2013 at 22:39

Take that back :mad:

, youve been mind tricked!

ps3ud0 :cool:

biron_w · 8 May 2013 at 10:28

We can now look forward to Star Wars 14/15/16(depending on which year it is).

Skyboat · 8 May 2013 at 10:41

ps3ud0 said:
Take that back , youve been mind tricked!

ps3ud0

Play the Jedi Knight storyline in SW:TOR and that's pretty much where they were gonna take KotOR3.

ps3ud0 · 8 May 2013 at 13:01

Skyboat said:
Play the Jedi Knight storyline in SW:TOR and that's pretty much where they were gonna take KotOR3.

Havent played TOR, but might do if it works on my PC now its F2P...

ps3ud0 :cool:

neoglow · 8 May 2013 at 13:02

R.I.P Star Wars videogames

MrMarvelous · 8 May 2013 at 13:12

Is this a good or bad thing? I've never had any interest in Star Wars games but it doesn't look good lol.

4737Joker · 8 May 2013 at 13:28

Battlefield 3 is a great game, don't see why they won't be able to make a decent star wars game.

Yeah we might have to put up with a bit of dlc or whatever but so what. I don't think EA are a great company and i'm certainly no fan boy but it pains me to see people moaning about games that haven't even been released.

ic1male · 9 May 2013 at 11:44

Does that mean Star Wars 1313 could be on the cards again?

dannyjo22 · 9 May 2013 at 12:18

neoglow said:
R.I.P Star Wars videogames

Yeah because prior to Ea they have been awesome?

R088ieS86 · 9 May 2013 at 12:24

Jedi Academy & Battlefront 2 were great!
I loved the physics in TFU but the 2nd one was far too short story wise!

ThestigGT999 · 9 May 2013 at 12:42

dannyjo22 said:
Yeah because prior to Ea they have been awesome?

of course

Star Wars Republic Commando was good as well the games posted above

dannyjo22 · 9 May 2013 at 13:23

R088ieS86 said:
Jedi Academy & Battlefront 2 were great!
I loved the physics in TFU but the 2nd one was far too short story wise!

ThestigGT999 said:
of course

Star Wars Republic Commando was good as well the games posted above

Yep I enjoyed all of those games but apart from the force unleashed they are years old and their have been 5 times the turkeys for those ones mentioned above. EA cannot do a worse job.