EA Acquires Exclusive Star Wars Game License

[Berzerk]

Well look ting...


http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/06/ea-acquires-star-wars-game-license


http://ea.newshq.businesswire.com/press-release/company-news/walt-disney-company-and-ea-announce-multi-year-star-wars-games-agreement


Hope for a Battlefront 3 on Frostbite 3?

BURBANK & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced a new multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish globally new games based on Star Wars characters and storylines.

Under the agreement, EA will develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience, spanning all interactive platforms and the most popular game genres, while Disney will retain certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet and online game categories.

“This agreement demonstrates our commitment to creating quality game experiences that drive the popularity of the Star Wars franchise for years to come,” said John Pleasants, Co-President of Disney Interactive. “Collaborating with one of the world’s premier game developers will allow us to bring an amazing portfolio of new Star Wars titles to our fans around the world.”

“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” said EA Labels President Frank Gibeau. “Three of our top studios will fulfill that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans. DICE and Visceral will produce new games, joining the BioWare team which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise. The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay.”

[VirtueTT]

Oh gawd no... Another DRM infected game with servers unable to handle the traffic on launch date as well as the month after....

G- F'ing-G

[Arcmanov]

.....Battlefront 3 on Frostbite 3?

^^^THISSSSSSSSS...oh GOD YES, most certainly, definitely this.

EA shenanigans aside...this deal is big.  VERY big.

I can't help but be sobered by what VirtueTT said there though.  I really do hope the Dead Space 3 and SimCity controversies
have taught EA some very valuable and pertinent lessons.


Battlefront 3... Do it.

[Reaper2051]

-stands by an waits for more worthy announcements-

[Arcmanov]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/06/star-wars-battlefront-3-footage-leaks-online/

*cries big, manly tears*

DICE...... PLEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSE make this!!!




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[shivanandrs]

I like where this is going.

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[Arcmanov]

'That's no moon'. 

[Reaper2051]

all style no substance, sad that Pandemic Studios went under