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[ShadyK54]

Damn, this sucks. I was really looking forward to the Star Wars game, too.

Fucking EA. Hope all of the team land on their feet.

 

[sems4arsenal]

If this was anyone else, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt about the state of the state of the game .......... IF.

 

[Harshkane]

I wanted uncharted star wars game...dammit

 

[Kaiken]

Rot in hell EA. I was really looking forward to this because of Amy. I hope her talent gets scooped up very soon.

 

[YuriLowell]

I bet respawn gets the star wars game

I bet respawn shuts down in the next 18 months.

 

[ViviOggi]

Business as usual

 

[Traumnovelle]

Man, I feel really bad for Amy Hennig. Having her game taken away from her twice in a row. Hopefully things will turn around for her.

 

[Scotia]

Fuck EA

 

[Erevador]

Uncharted 4 sold 9 million copies.

No market for Uncharted Star Wars? I don't think so...

 

[Rocketz]

:/

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/920367813826699264

This is going to be wind up being an open world GaaS title, won’t it...

EA staring at Battlefront and saying to themselves "How can we make a GaaS BR Lootbox Online Only MP-gimped SP-pimped Star Wars game with an inflatable fuckdoll Deluxe Edition?!"

 

[josecitoxnyo]

After Mass Effect Andromeda failure, just imagine how to justify doing a 100% single player game for a big publisher like EA.

Not even using the Star Wars universe is worth the risk, it simply doesn't make sense for them.

 

[KillLaCam]

I wonder why though

 

[jacobeid]

I bet respawn shuts down in the next 18 months.

Mother fucker I hate that you're right. Fuck all of this

 

[Obliterator]

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/920367813826699264

This is going to be wind up being an open world GaaS title, won’t it...

Yes it will

 

[NullPointer]

I think its fair to say the EA business model relies upon blood sacrifice for its sustenance.

 

[strafer]

Poor Amy though, she lost Uncharted 4 and now she's losing Star Wars.

 

[MegaSackman]

Amy should go to Eidos or Readyatdawn.

Also, wasn't Battlefront II our online Star Wars game to go? We surely didn't need another one...

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

The double whammy of LucasArts' shutdown and 5 years of Star Wars games being almost totally squandered, despite the movies being on top of their game, has to be one of the biggest tragedies this generation. Man.

 

[sirap]

Hey, want this cool purple lightsaber crystal? Buy a loot-crate for a chance to win one!

 

[Peru]

Not often I get pissy about gaming news but a linear, story-driven AAA Star Wars game is exactly what I've dreamt of and a potentially brilliant way of seeing that universe. Not like the super-linear Uncharted games do poorly.. damn you EA.

 

[PIMPBYBLUD]

DEAD SPACE

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

what the ...



"We had to find a way to add loot boxes"

oh god, I want to vomit

 

[cyba89]

Dead Space 1 and 2 were such great games.

And GaaS Star Wars? Well that's another EA game I won't buy then. That company really doesn't cater to my personal tastes anymore. The last time I truly enjoyed a game published by EA was when they had stuff like Dead Space 1&2 or the first Mirrors Edge. Really sucks they hold the exclusive Star Wars licence.

edit:
Oh wait. They had Titanfall 2. That game was good.

 

[dpunk3]

2 years after Jim Sterling predicted it, sure enough.

 

[Ydelnae]

Can Disney take Star Wars exclusivity away from EA and give it to someone else please.

Fund another studio within CDPR and have them develop a quality game. I don't know. But I simply don't understand how happy could they be with the mishandling of the franchise in the games department.

 

[Xiao Hu]

This sucks so much. I hope that all of the developers can land somewhere safe.

That being said, is Amy moving away now or is she staying with EA? I would love seeing her land a job with either Nintendo or Microsoft tbh.

 

[LukeSkywater]

100 Gungans parachute on to an island on Naboo...

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Also, I take this as the first definite example that teens who grew up on apps asking for loot boxes, games as a service.

It's fine. I've played plenty of great single player games, and that style is pretty much behind us. Incredible stuff like Horizon is a pretty fleeting experience these days. Gone in a few weeks time.

 

[yuraya]

Bioware put on notice.

If Anthem doesn't bring in FIFA money they are next.

 

[Starfield]

Meanwhile Need for Speed franchise is still allowed to exist

 

[Leatherface]

Ugh. :\

 

[Fluloco]

Only Hennig. The other two are at Motive, which are also creating a Star Wars game, but are unaffected

Spoiler

for now.

Are they working on another Star Wars game apart from the Battlefront II campaign?

 

[Y2Kev]

Man, I feel really bad for Amy Hennig. Having her game taken away from her twice in a row. Hopefully things will turn around for her.

Maybe it wasn’t taken from her?

 

[DJwest]

Holy fucking shit. Rip, Dead Space

 

[Enduin]

EA needs to get their shit together. How do they let a veteran studio like Visceral fall apart? Especially when working on such a huge IP?

And this is not long after they let BioWare Montreal flounder about and fuck up ME: Andromeda and then shuddered them immediately after. At least there it was mostly a new team working on their first full game, but Visceral has been around for a while now and delivered several big games pretty consistently.

 

[Neff]

And goodbye to the one reason I ever kept an eye on EA

 

[The Last One]

:/

This hurts so much.

 

[SRTtoZ]

I'm upset about the Star Wars shift but I'm really upset that if another Dead Space game gets made it won't be by Visceral. Fuck this. Almost sounds like theyre transitioning a single player Star Wars game to more of a shared world game...fml

 

[Kinyou]

It's weird that the very same EA is cool with publishing such a linear and story focused looking title like "A way out"

I guess they want maximum profit with the Star Wars license.

 

[Reedirect]

Oh fuck this. One of the few studio closures that actually hurts. RIP Dead Space and Amy's Star Wars

 

[Fat4all]

rip in space

 

[General Lee]

EA desperately trying to grab some of that sweet GaaS market by destroying their SP franchise studios...

 

[Moggelicious]

"Visceral, EA sends you their regards.”

 

[DKHF]

This is depressing cos this was the one AAA Star Wars game in the new EA wave that I really wanted. Also now years of Amy's time has been wasted.

 

[Dabi]

Amy and ND reunion incoming...

 

[Vital Tundra]

Poor Visceral.

Also I still can't fucking believe EA has exclusivity to the Star Wars IP. We are gonna get jake shit for Star Wars games.

 

[Son Of Sparda]

Fucking hell.

Dead Space is now forever dead. FUCK!

 

[Philippo]

FUCK NO

ITS 1313 ALL OVER AGAIN

 

[Ray Down]

I doubt Dead Space would have ever came back guys.