EA Wants to 'Double Down' on Star Wars License - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2020 / 2,202 Views
Electronic Arts has a licensed deal with Disney and Lucas Arts to develop Star Wars games. Some of the games they have developed with the license includes the rebooted Star Wars Battlefront games, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the upcoming Star Wars: Squadrons.
EA CEO Andrew Wilson in a conference call with investors said the company plans to "double down" with their licensed deal with the Star Wars IP.
"I would say again, we have a tremendous relationship with Disney [and] we have a tremendous relationship with LucasArts – we have a long-standing relationship with them going all the way back to Star Wars: The Old Republic, which we launched in 2011," said Wilson.
"We’ve had success in first-person shooters, in RPGs, in action-adventure, in MMORPGs, in mobile and I believe we’re going to have success in Squadrons as well.
"So again, I think that we’re going to double down on that partnership. Disney continues to be very, very committed to the IP and the canon, and continue to create new content."
Star Wars: Squadrons will launch for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Origin, Steam and the Epic Games Store, and Virtual Reality platforms on the PS4 and PC on October 2, 2020. The game will support cross platform play.
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As long as "double downing" means they want to support and give talented teams the time and resources they need to craft quality Star Wars titles and not step in to force dirty money grabbing tactics on them, then I'm all for it. I, however, don't think that's what they mean.
Please don't, Disney give someone else a try.
No thanks, I’d like to buy a Star Wars game again some time.
Jedi Fallen Order was very good, btu we really need that KOtor 3 imo or a spiritual successor. I know SWOTOR exists, but i'm looking fro that single player experience.
Squadrons looked so much fun on the gameplay trailer. Id imagine it will have alot of support if it sells well with alot more added modes. I've preordered.
Jedi fallen order was amazing and I would buy a sequel on day 1
So the article implies EA have made more Star Wars games than just the two Battlefronts, Fallen Order and the upcoming Squadrons. What games am I missing?
Could double down by giving us an actual Star Wars RTX EA, just sayin, rather than yet another FPS SW game, yet another racer, Souls clone.
Not shutting down some of the good ideas that wasnt filled with MTX isnt a good way to double down on SW.
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