With LucasArts gone, EA is now in charge of producing "core" Star Wars games

[CaptainJL]

[quote]BURBANK & REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--([URL="http://www.businesswire.com/"]BUSINESS WIRE[/URL])--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 [I]Star Wars characters and storylines.
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Under the agreement, EA will develop and publish new [I]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.
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[I]“This agreement demonstrates our commitment to creating quality game experiences that drive the popularity of the[I] 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 [I]Star Wars titles to our fans around the world.”

[/I][/I][/I][URL="http://ea.newshq.businesswire.com/press-release/company-news/walt-disney-company-and-ea-announce-multi-year-star-wars-games-agreement"]Press Release Here[/URL][/quote]

Not exactly ideal, but this could work out. Maybe we'll see Battlefront 3 finally; I can see EA being willing to spend the money on that.

EDIT: I was late by 30 seconds. Sonofabitch.

[The Baconator]

oh god

[Coolkiddo]

I forsee battlefront 3 with lens flare and a color filter.

[Venezuelan]

hey remember when I said that it was okay because we'll get new, better developers

I'm sorry, I was wrong, punch me

[Jeep-Eep]

This month is off to a fine start.

[Zeneros]

Always online social experience on rails with mountain dew ad campaigns

[cqbcat]

This is not good at all. I don't trust EA at all. I can imagine lots day one glitches, all online DRM, and Origin bullshit.