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According to Schreier’s sources:



After EA shut down Visceral and talked about the poor ROI on single-player experiences, I’ve been waiting for this shoe to drop.

Sounds like a “thud” to me.

Edit: I thought there was another cancelled EA SW game recently. Research isn’t bearing that out, but feel free to add your own info.

 

[Rotti]

You have one of the most lucrative Ips of the world and what do you do. Nothing !!

 

[GoldenEye98]

Wait I'm confused...there was another Star Wars game in development besides the Respawn one?

 

[Afro Republican]

Disney: "We saw Star Wars popularity declining on the charts and we we went to find out what caused the decline. The results that came up said "Battle Front" so based on this fact, we are removing EA's rights to Star Wars and we will be giving the Star Wars IP to a competent gaming studio: Activision"

 

[Alexios]

Game cancellations should be illegal, so anti-consumer, someone please force them to finish it.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Wait I'm confused...there was another Star Wars game in development besides the Respawn one?

This what ran through my head immediately as well

 

[Rotti]

Wait I'm confused...there was another Star Wars game in development besides the Respawn one?

Yes. At EA canda. And I think there is another one being directed by Stig Assmussen, but would not be surprised if that gets cancelled too.

 

[GoldenEye98]

Yes. At EA canda. And I think there is another one being directed by Stig Assmussen, but would not be surprised if that gets cancelled too.

The Respawn one is the single player one correct?

 

[EverydayBeast]

Big letdown.

 

[Rotti]

The Respawn one is the single player one correct?

Both, this and the Respawn one were single player, but this one was Open world, and the Respawn one was more linear like Uncharted.

 

[theHFIC]

I wonder what the next Star Wars project they are going to start and eventually cancel is.

 

[Gander]

The only one I'm concerned with is Knights of the Old Republic. If it's not that then meh

 

[Elenchus]

Obviously a lie. We all know the only video game ever cancelled in the history of video games is Scalebound! Nice try Phil. Trying to divert attention from the REAL cancellation. Close but no dice my felonious friend.

 

[Mooreberg]

How much longer will Disney put up with this? What is EA actually good at these days beyond squeezing money out of kids with Ultimate Team? This has been such a hilariously mismanaged mess of something that should have been a slam dunk. I know a KOTOR style game would never be a fit for their monetization goals, but can they not do better than cancellations and Hawaiian lawsuits?

 

[Codes 208]

bullshit. You wasted the dead space devs for nothing EA!

 

[Quixz]

Wonder what Sony could do with the starwars ip

 

[blackjon24]

Wonder what Sony could do with the starwars ip

Yep I also believe microsoft would have done great things with the IP as well. I can't believe we still have another 4 years of this ea exclusivity bullshit

 

[Codes 208]

Yep I also believe microsoft would have done great things with the IP as well. I can't believe we still have another 4 years of this ea exclusivity bullshit

I don’t know. Ms would probably keep delaying it and promise how cool it’ll be as. Or sit on the IP for a decade or two. Or buy another dev to work on it just to throw them into the halo/gears cycle.

 

[FranXico]

Game cancellations should be illegal, so anti-consumer, someone please force them to finish it.

 

[Alexios]

Oh well we can just replay this forever, who needs new games in any genre if they can't top the classics.

 

[CaptainSmirnov]

What the fuck is going on.

Can’t believe all we have is battlefront and that shitty mobile game.

 

[Pallas]

Someone else really needs to take the Star Wars IP away from EA, just don’t give it to Activision.

 

[Alexios]

What the fuck is going on.

Can’t believe all we have is battlefront and that shitty mobile game.

There's also the OCULUS QUEST (stand-alone snapdragon powered full 6DOF VR Set with twin tracked controllers) VR DARTH VADER series.


Dunno how much game there is going to be or if it's more like a VR TV show or something, didn't research as I won't get a Quest and I dunno if they'll release it for PC VR yet.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Can Disney fuck up Star Wars any worse at this point?

 

[-MD-]

Glad I have no feelings toward this IP, it's cursed.

 

[VertigoOA]

Blame Disney.

They’ve completely destroyed Star Wars it anyone actually giving a fuck anymore about it. And I thought that was impossible.

Designed by committee garbage in both games and cinema.

Nothing of value was lost

 

[Fbh]

Not so long ago I was super excited for the big return of star wars. Fast forward a few years and I'm finding it hard to care about both the games and movies of this franchise anymore

At least the Respawn one should be good but maybe they find a way to fuck up that one too

Wonder what Sony could do with the starwars ip

At this point I'm starting to wonder what pretty much any big dev/publishers (aside from maybe Activision) could do with the IP

 

[Vawn]

I wonder what the next Star Wars project they are going to start and eventually cancel is.

Star Wars: Planet Scalebound

 

[Northeastmonk]

EA fails at ripping off good ideas too. They could have easily taken this over and given themselves the credit. Smh

 

[Hendrick's]

It's kind of nice to see EA and Activision shitting the bed to be honest.

 

[SirKicksalot]

It's kind of nice to see EA and Activision shitting the bed to be honest.

Now that they got rid of Bungie, the other studios that were helping with Destiny could use the Star Wars license. Not to mention Raven...
I wish Ubisoft would get it though.

 

[Hendrick's]

At this point I'm starting to wonder what pretty much any big dev/publishers (aside from maybe Activision) could do with the IP

Imagine if CDPR was doing a SW rpg.

 

[DiscoJer]

The cancellation that always puzzled me was EA's The White Council, which was going to be an Elder Scrolls style game set in Middle Earth.

How would that not be huge?

 

[juliotendo]

According to Schreier’s sources:



After EA shut down Visceral and talked about the poor ROI on single-player experiences, I’ve been waiting for this shoe to drop.

Sounds like a “thud” to me.

Edit: I thought there was another cancelled EA SW game recently. Research isn’t bearing that out, but feel free to add your own info.

Probably because they couldn’t find a way to incorporate micro transactions.

 

[evangd007]

Ya'll remember when we'd get 2, 3, or even 4 Star Wars games in a given year in a wide variety of genres like flying, FPS, RPG, and strategy? Good times man, good times...

 

[Barakov]

Sheesh. What a mess.

Wonder what Sony could do with the starwars ip

You know, Most of Sony's output is at the very least solid. Having one of their internal studios or Insomniac taking a crack at isn't the worst idea.

 

[PsyEd]

Well might be a good decision if it was another quality product like ME:Andromeda or was infested with sjw cancer...someone with brains prolly got a whiff of it and pulled the plug early. Anyway nothing will be missed.

 

[Gamezone]

Just fucking break the contract, Disney. I wish Microsoft bought EA when they were looking at it.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Microsoft + Ninja Theory + Star Wars license = Best Jedi/Sith game ever

 

[suemrri]

There are tons of studios that may develop an awesome Star Wars game, I want to play a new Dead Space but I guess this is something that considering all the factors its not going to happen.

 

[ruvikx]

EA seem to have forgotten how to make video games. Seriously, when's the last time these imbeciles released a real popular well reviewed successful single player game? (Dragon Age Inquisition?) It just seems to be sports/multiplayer/microtransactions/shared online cheaply made cash grabs piled on top of each other. Even Fifa's single player career mode has gone to shit because they're obsessed with ultimate team.

They destroyed Dead Space (even insofar as they made the third a co-op game because some genius believed it would make more moneys), they destroyed Mass Effect & Battlefield is on the ropes. Meanwhile, actual single player games (not cheaply made co-op or multiplayer/shared online hub bullshit dictating game design) like God of War, Red Dead 2 & Spiderman are at the top of the sales charts.

Moral of the story? Stop treating the gaming industry like a shoe factory (cheapest investment & maximising profits) & start making actual real video games again.

 

[Inviusx]

EA execs probably look at the budgets for these projects and contrast them with Galaxy of Heroes and then wonder why the fuck the project was even greenlit in the first place.

 

[Gamezone]

They're probably trying to figure out how to integrate Star Wars into FIFA FUT.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

You can't see it, but I have my shocked face on, no seriously I have, I thought Visceral was dead?

 

[Gamezone]

You can't see it, but I have my shocked face on, no seriously I have, I thought Visceral was dead?

They are, and the game was cancelled. Parts of Visceral's game was handed over to another EA studio who was suppose to develop a Star Wars open world game. Suddenly Jade Raymond jumped the ship, and now the game is cancelled as well.

 

[bellome]

Yep I also believe microsoft would have done great things with the IP as well. I can't believe we still have another 4 years of this ea exclusivity bullshit

No please

 

[Gamezone]

No please

I love how the real guy lags behind the animation.

 

[Blacknocturno]

That's a sad news for me

 

[Orpheum]

Just fucking break the contract, Disney. I wish Microsoft bought EA when they were looking at it.

EA would have laid off all of Microsofts staff one way or another xD

 

[TeamGhobad]

is this the Amy Schumer game? How many SW games has EA cancelled now? How many are still in development? we need an Excel spreadsheet.

Only the Respawn one remains it seems.