EA just signed a publishing deal with Disney:
http://tinyurl.com/c9nachc <--- Gameinformer article
Also, you can
click here for the official press release on Starwars.com,
So basically, this caught my eye:
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney Interactive are entering into a multi-year, multi-title exclusive licensing agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) for the creation of new high quality Star Wars games spanning multiple genres for console, PC, mobile, and tablets.
According to this little snippet it would seem that they will be making console and PC games, which is very promising. However, Disney Interactive will be working on the mobile/tablet games only.
As part of the agreement, EA studio teams DICE (Battlefield series) and Visceral (Dead Space series) will join BioWare (Mass Effect series, Star Wars: The Old Republic) in the development of new Star Wars games.
This is also VERY good for us, as this is a really strong team up now. I can easily see DICE working on the planet side aspect of Battlefront and Viseral working on the space setting. Though, after Battlefield 3 and the lack of ingenuity seen Battlefield 4 I am a bit iffy about DICE.
More information, including titles in development, will be announced in the coming months. Continue to check StarWars.com for updates on the future of Star Wars gaming.
Overall, it would seem that this is actually a really good move for Star Wars and I can foresee that some really good games will come out of this. Hopefully, if the above statement that is underlined is correct, we will get a glimpse of what is to come this summer!!!
p.s.
I'm guessing the speculating can begin anew?!
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Edited by: vadersdemise on May 6, 2013 4:51 PM