It has been revealed this week that following on from the acquisition
of the Star Wars property by Disney from Lucas Film for a massive $4.05
billion.
Disney has licensed the Star Wars games development to EA in a
multi-year agreement, enabling EA to develop and publish new Star Wars
games across multiple platforms.
The agreements will also mean that Disney is able to developer
mobile, social and online Star Wars titles. EA labels president Frank
Gibeau explained:
"Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars
universe,”-”The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the
games will be entirely original with all new stories and
gameplay.”-”Powering it all will be the Frostbite 3 development engine –
guaranteeing incredible graphic fidelity, environments and characters,”
If still unclear at the present time whether any Star Wars games such
as Star Wars 1313 or Star Wars: Full Assault games will continue to be
developed after it was stopped due to the acquisition by Disney.
Source: Eurogamer |