I don't like this. There are potentially good games that could come from this. The studios they mentioned are solid studios, and could easily cook up some solid Star Wars titles. Visceral's style of game would fit decently into the Star Wars universe, especially if they focused on a non-Jedi character. (a Visceral Star…
Interesting, they mentioned DICE, Visceral, and Bioware by name for making the next star wars games.. I mean, Battlefield: Star Wars could be pretty cool! Maybe a new KOTOR? How bad could it be.
http://news.ea.com/press-release/company-news/walt-disney-company-and-ea-announce-multi-year-star-wars-games-agreement Not sure how I feel about this, since I'm not much of an EA fan lately, but I'll wait and see how this evolves.
Yeah, that aspect of the business will remain the same. What worries me is that all PC Star Wars releases going forward are going to be exclusive to Origin. I don't want Origin. So even if they manage to release a kick-ass Star Wars Battlefield game, I'm not going to want it for my PC. EA already botched the Old Republic…
Well before this it sounded like the only Star Wars games we would ever see again would be on iPhone. Now some of the best studios in the world will be working on them.
Star Wars games are great when they aren't treading the same ground over and over again - that's why the reveal that 1313 was changed to feature Boba Fett as the main character was such a huge disappointment.
Didn't Disney have a studio that was already geared up to release a Star Wars game? Oh wait, they gutted that studio. This feels like a slap in the face and a boot in the ass to all of the ex-LucasArts employees.