Disney Picks Electronic Arts to Create ‘Star Wars’ Video Games – Mashable
6 views - published on May 10th, 2013 in Disney News tagged Disney, disney star wars, movies, star warsWalt Disney Company has only tapped Electronic Arts to exclusively furnish destiny Star Wars video games for “mobile, social, inscription and online,” nonetheless Disney will keep some diversion origination rights within those categories.
Disney and EA announced a multi-year chartering understanding Monday — a month after Disney and LucasFilm shuttered long-time Star Wars diversion publisher LucasArts.
“Every developer dreams of formulating games for a Star Wars universe,” Frank Gibeau, boss of EA Labels, pronounced in a statement. “Three of a tip studios will perform that dream, crafting epic adventures for Star Wars fans.
“The new practice we emanate might steal from films, though a games will be wholly strange with all new stories and gameplay.”
“The new practice we emanate might steal from films, though a games will be wholly strange with all new stories and gameplay.”
EA studios DICE, Visceral and BioWare will be obliged for formulating a new games.
“Our series one design was to find a developer who could consistently broach a fans good Star Wars games for years to come,” Kathleen Kennedy, boss of Lucasfilm, combined in a announcement.
“When we looked during a talent of a teams that EA was committing to a games and a peculiarity of their prophesy for Star Wars, a choice was clear,” she said.
Not everybody is vehement by a deal. Some Star Wars fans are display disappointment. Just final month, EA was voted “Worst Company in America” by a far-reaching domain by Consumerist readers, after a botched launch of SimCity in Mar that led to players unable to entrance a game’s servers for several days.
I don’t consider I’ve ever felt so unfortunate @starwars. It sucks to watch something we adore be ruined. Thanks @disney @ea
— Patrick Ryan Kasprik (@PatKasprik) May 6, 2013
EA is creation Star Wars games?That sucks, Star Wars games use to be fun.
— Cody Stewart (@stewart_cody) May 6, 2013
So, they get absolved of LucasArts and give Star Wars to EA of all companies? we hatred Disney. starwars.com/news/electroni…
— Zachary (@Deinonychus_Z) May 6, 2013
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