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EA Is the Game Company Disney Was Looking For

Posted by samzenpus on from the may-the-force-pad-be-with-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Electronic Arts announced today it has landed an exclusive multi-year agreement to develop and publish games based on Lucasfilms' Star Wars universe. EA said the it will create and publish Star Wars games for a 'core gaming audience' across 'all popular platforms' and genres. The EA studios creating those 'core' Star Wars games are Battlefield developer DICE, Dead Space developer Visceral Games and Mass Effect house BioWare."

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  1. Re:Merchandising within merchandising by White+Flame · · Score: 4, Informative

    The full Episode 4 using Disney iconic characters with the witch from Sleeping Beauty as Darth Vader

    Her name is Maleficent, which is a pretty cool villain name to know.

  2. Re:Great... by Totenglocke · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out Good Old Games (gog.com). They're all DRM free and that's where almost all of my game purchases are anymore, because I despise companies punishing people for buying their product.

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