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Star Wars: The Old Republic: EA Scores Multi-Game Publishing Rights to Star Wars Titles
SBFord
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Kotaku is reporting that EA has scored licensing privileges to publish and develop games based on the Star Wars intellectual property. According to Kotaku, both EA and BioWare will work on games based on the IP.
“Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe,” said EA Labels president Frank Gibeau in a statement. “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.”
Read the full report at the link above.
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WHAHAHA! I just don't know if I can't stop laughing........... or crying really.
I guess this marks the end of Star Wars for gamers at least. /sad
Bit melodramatic, I think. Who else could you have realistically seen this license going to?
Personally, I'd love to see Battlefront 3 finally get made as a Frostbite-powered game. As for future Star Wars MMOs, I'm not going to touch that one (today
).
Still play Star Wars Rebellion and love X-wing vs TIE fighter series, but that's about it as SW games are concerned for me...all that came after it incl swg were major letdowns.
"going into arguments with idiots is a lost cause, it requires you to stoop down to their level and you can't win"
Like someone in the Joystiq thread said: "What was UBISOFT too busy?"
But, you're probably right. EA has the monies and the peeps to churn out games.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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As much as I love the Star Wars IP, I think this is the worst thing Dinsey could of done in giving EA to make games for the IP.
Based on past history that EA has in making games and SWTOR, I do not think that I will be buying any Star Wars games they make over the next few years.
I love the Pavlovian responses when EA is mentioned, "EA has a license for Star Wars games."
"EA?!?!...
"
That Guild Wars 2 login screen knocked up my wife. Must be the second coming!
Jeez! Rebellion, eh? Pretty old school. Try Empire at War. It's actually a pretty decent SW RTS.
I checked it out, but nowhere in the shops anymore, and many shady links ^^ were riddled with viruses, totally missed out on that game, didn't know it even existed.
"going into arguments with idiots is a lost cause, it requires you to stoop down to their level and you can't win"
Crap! I forgot about Empire at War. I picked up a bundle that contained that game and haven't even tried it out yet.
*ponders free time
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of angry nerds suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Oh, come on, someone had to do it...
But, really, is anyone surprised by this?
They could have begged Blizzard to do it. Anyone else they gave it to Ea would have just bought and put Bioware- in front of their name.
Grab it on Steam at the link above. I think you may have just missed a sale, though.
Activision
They have done some Star Wars games already
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Do you realy think you will enjoy a EA : Battlefront 3 game whit a assortment of dlcs for long before the cow starts to scream coz its milked to mutch?
BUY!!!!!!
Red 5's Tatooine pack!
Buy the new weapon pack! and own the field whit your own red 5 red saber! incl the awesome Map that lets you fight in jabba's palace
Can you pwn the Slug!?
For me its just a other game to ignore / boycot
Step in the arena and break the wall down
/fixed
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Do you not realize every developer with the cash to pay for the SW license is moving towards DLC and cash shops in their games? Do you think Activision under Bobby Kotik would have been better with the yearly releases for watered down same old games with a new number on the end, or Ubisoft with their DRM?
Considering how awesome Battlefield 3 is....
If they made Battlefront 3 with the new engine, the game would just be unreal and amazing.
I'm hoping for a new Xwing vs Tie. That'd be awesome.
I think i just cried a little.
I doubt this will affect the PC crowd very much, much less anything in the MMO space.
EA is much more likely to start churning out console games to go along with their regularly scheduled FPS and sports franchises.
(At least those make money)
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