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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. Battlefield: Star Wars by SirSlud · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Make it happen.

    --
    "Old man yells at systemd"
  2. xwing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Say goodbye to modding any star wars games, and hello to paying through the nose for DLC.

    Oh well. I just hope they re-make X-Wing.

  3. Re:Great... by 24-bit+Voxel · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Same here. For me, if it's not on steam it doesn't exist. And since EA isn't on steam... well... it's as if hundreds of games screamed out in isolation and were suddenly silenced.

  4. Who cares? by Animats · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Who cares? This franchise is way past its sell-by date.

    Looking forward to the new Honor Harrington movie.