EA and Lucasfilm Games Announce 3 New Star Wars Games Led by Respawn - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 25 January 2022 / 1,745 Views
Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games have announced three new games set in the Star Wars galaxy in development by Respawn Entertainment.
Game Director Stig Asmussen and his team are already developing the next entry in the action-adventure Star Wars Jedi series.
Two new teams have been set up to create new Star Wars gameplay experiences across multiple genres. Game Director Peter Hirschmann is leading the team to develop a new Star Wars first-person shooter game and Games industry veteran Greg Foerstch and the newly formed studio Bit Reactor is developing a new Star Wars strategy game, while Respawn will produce the title.
"We are excited to continue working with the superbly talented developers at Respawn," said Lucasfilm Games VP Douglas Reilly. "They have demonstrated excellence in telling epic Star Wars stories along with best-in-class gameplay across different genres and we are looking forward to bringing more amazing experiences to the galaxy far, far away."
Walt Disney Games SVP Sean Shoptaw added, "Building on the previous successes of our EA relationship, this new collaboration highlights the trust and mutual respect shared between the world-class teams at EA, Respawn and Lucasfilm Games. Fostered by the expertise and passion within each team, we will create thrilling original games for diverse audiences across the Star Wars galaxy."
Respawn Game Director Peter Hirschmann added, "Working with Lucasfilm Games on a new FPS in the Star Wars galaxy is a dream come true for me, as this is a story I have always wanted to tell.
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Great news for Star wars fans!
My only concern is a potential oversaturation of the market with SW titles.
That being said I am excited for Quantic Dreams' take on the Star Wars universe as well as Fallen Order 2.
Respawn showed many with Fallen Order that they could carry the SW name despite not having everyone's favorite characters at the helm and I think the excitement for the follow up is more than warranted.
-THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THESE GAMES NINJA APPROVED-
I know there are plenty of SW fans, but over the last years they have been flooding the market.
Having been even worse in the past doesn`t make it something of a flood right now. But as I said there is a lot of fans so probably they all sell quite well.
Strategy game? Like RTS? I'd like a Star Wars game modeled after Battle for Middle Earth 2, please and thank you!
I'd also like Star Wars: Total War, but I don't think I'll ever get that :'(
I can't remember where but I watched a video once of someone who said that 40k Total War wouldn't work as it would just mostly be armies shooting each other from a distance (outside of Tyranids), Star Wars might have the same problems but that doesn't mean an RTS in generally isn't needed. Battlegrounds was a great game even if it was just a mod of Age of Empires.
Well, seems like EA has found their next prestige studio to make their prestige games now that BioWare is on probation. Hope they do well. Cause there's a number of tombstones in the EA graveyard to demonstrate what happens when you don't.
Holy shiz,
Alls faith in respawn entertainment coz they made an absolute legend of a game in fallen order!
Could that FPS be a Dark Forces/Jedi Knight game? A person can dream. I'd be shocked if eventually we don't get a reboot of that franchise.
After Disney bought both Marvel and Star Wars it seemed like many projects for games seemed to dry up, they were more interested in the films and toy than games but I'm glad they are starting to realise the medium of gaming has more to offer than just f2p mobile games. EA might not be the best publisher (their loot box issues with Battlefront 2 is not a success, Disney) but Respawn have my faith, they are a great dev.
I hope many of the projects have lots of freedom to explore the extended Star Wars worlds and tell good stories too.
EA. Then no, sadly.
Man EA really leaning hard on Respawn.
EA's calculation was likely that they own Battlefield, but have to licence SW Battlefront.
So it could be that a poorly performing Battlefield might actually be more profitable than a better performing (but licensed) SW Battlefront 3. Sad, but possibly true.
