Ubisoft is making Massive open world Star Wars game. Lucasfilm announced today that the studio behind The Division is working on a new "story-driven, open-world Star Wars game." Although they say they are working on new projects with EA, they have announced that they plan to work with more developers on Star Wars games, not just Electronic Arts. The news comes a day after Bethesda announced the Indiana Jones game in development by Wolfenstein studio MachineGames.
Douglas Reilly, Vice President of Lucasfilm Games, on the official Star Wars website, said, “Worked with a top-notch team of professionals to create great games for the exchange of our intellectual property. Through platforms, genres and experiences, all our fans can enjoy the IPs they know and love. Ubisoft Massive's mysterious open-world game is under the direction of creative director Julian Gerighty, who also plays The Division 2 and The Crew roles. also The Divisions, Mario Rabbids and South Park:
It confirms that it uses Massive's proprietary Snowdrop engine, which we've seen in previous games like The Fractured But Whole. Taking Star W. to the galaxy and navigating through richly detailed environments,” he said, “it's fun to imagine what the Massive team could do with Star Wars by demonstrating their innovation and commitment to quality.” said.
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Ubisoft is making Massive open world Star Wars game. Does this move mark a break in the relationship between Disney and EA, as some think? In 2013, Disney and Lucasfilm announced a "multi-year, multi-title, exclusive licensing agreement" with Electronic Arts, which EA executives said was then 10 years. Yep, it's since been the only Star Wars game in town apart from Lego Star Wars and a few mobile games.
EA's time with Star Wars has been rough with the cancellation of Uncharted Almunus, the Amy Hennig-led action-adventure game (reported to have been canceled twice) and Battlefront 2, which was released as Loot Hell. BF2 emerged as a game that diverted the public from disgusting loot boxes to angry loot boxes and was publicly condemned by some government officials.