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Visceral / EA Vancouver Star Wars game may be cancelled
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Hudo
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I really hope that Disney will license out Star Wars on a per-project basis after this whole deal with EA finally expires. I know that game dev is hard but come on... At least there's still the game by Respawn Entertainment. I hope that it will scratch my Jedi Knight itch. (Will probably also get cancelled and we will get a Battlefront III instead, as mediocre (and littered with microtransactions) as the previous ones...)
PSFan
Member
Couldn't agree more. Everything Star Wars needs to be cancelled. It just sucks so bad since Disney bought it, especially the movies. They never should have purged the entire extended universe, so much good stuff in there.
Thiagosc777
Member
Is it any surprise? Companies like EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc, are going multiplayer only with lots of microtransactions.
VertigoOA
Banned
For 40 fucking years Star Wars stayed strong. Lucasarts was incredible. Its Star Wars output was always something to get excited about.
Shadows of the Empire, the super Star Wars trilogy, rogue leader, republic commando, mother fuckig kotor 1 and 2. And that’s just the console Star Wars stuff. Let’s not forget mercenaries, Indiana Jones: date of Atlantis, full throttle and the like.
It took Disney two soulless piece of shit movies to take a giant shit on it all. Don’t blame the games. Don’t blame EA. Don’t blame solo for ip fatigue because episode 8 did that and anyone who denies otherwise is lying to themselves big time.
You didn’t need movies every year. And the games weren’t creatively restricted by some bullshit canon rules when it should’ve stayed how it was. The books, the games... everything was fan fiction if not written by Lucas.
I guess the kids like new Star Wars but I will just call you a retard for thinking that
Javthusiast
Banned
So many years and all EA has to show for are two mediocore at best battlefront games?
The star wars ip is completely wasted in their hands.
Just do it like marvel and license the ip out to sony etc., maybe we then can get spider man like quality single player games, and avengers like multiplayer titles. If the avengers game is actually multipayer and most importantly, good.
The star wars ip is completely wasted in their hands.
Just do it like marvel and license the ip out to sony etc., maybe we then can get spider man like quality single player games, and avengers like multiplayer titles. If the avengers game is actually multipayer and most importantly, good.
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Thiagosc777
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I don't. ND would probably turn Han Solo gay. ND should stay away from Star Wars.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
What established character did they change the sexual orientation of for you to worry about anything like that and bring it up in an otherwise completely unrelated topic? That's just an irrational... phobia.
That was what Viscerals game was originally going to be. Minus the Han Solo part.
Guileless
Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
I think that's basically it at this point.
Fox Mulder
Member
I don't even care anymore.
EA fucking sucks and has done nothing with the license since 2013 but two divisive Battlefront games. They can't even do the slam dunk Bioware kotor.
Even if Disney took the license, they'd probably just give it exclusively to Activision or Ubisoft and we'd likely get the same kind of stuff.
EA fucking sucks and has done nothing with the license since 2013 but two divisive Battlefront games. They can't even do the slam dunk Bioware kotor.
Even if Disney took the license, they'd probably just give it exclusively to Activision or Ubisoft and we'd likely get the same kind of stuff.
JoeyWestSide
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It didn't even have a name, I don't think this is uncommon
No. Her involvment more or less ended when the original version got cancelled.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
No she had left EA just about a full year ago.
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Fake
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What a blast from the past.No please
DeepEnigma
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"Before the dark times, before the EAmpire."
iconmaster
Banned
Dr.brain64
Member
Next gen.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Clearly shows how HORRIBLE of a company EA is. The devs are very very talented, yet the suits managing those teams are THE WORST!!!!
LucidFeuer
Banned
So basically EA has killed Battlefront, Mass Effect, KoTOR, Sim City, Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, SSX, Burnout, Need for Speed, Command&Conquer and more recently Battlefield. What else?
That's why we should really stop finding excuses for those who still buy their crap games. Let the degenerate couch potatos waste money on Fifa and EA go bankrupt so they have to sell all their other franchises and assets to better suitors.
That's why we should really stop finding excuses for those who still buy their crap games. Let the degenerate couch potatos waste money on Fifa and EA go bankrupt so they have to sell all their other franchises and assets to better suitors.
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DeepEnigma
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Wing Commander, Ultima, etc., etc..
SirKicksalot
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https://kotaku.com/ea-s-troubled-decade-of-star-wars-games-1831807493
Oh man, I thought EA also had the exclusive license for mobile games.
They bought the PC/console license and only released the Battlefronts
Oh man, I thought EA also had the exclusive license for mobile games.
They bought the PC/console license and only released the Battlefronts
Lionel Richie
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You have some weird priorities if you think an obviously exaggerated example like that is worse than whatever the fuck EA is doing.
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
This is not surprising. Any property owned/involved with Disney should be no-go territory for developers unless you're super-rich and have that licensing contract locked down. The Star Wars property is being pushed in other directions and it would be a risky venture for a developer to guess what that direction might be.
Thiagosc777
Member
Why? It'd be comparable to the new Solo movie where they turned Lando into a pansexual. They are weirdos who want to push their politics whenever they can. After that point it stops being Star Wars and it is just propaganda.
Plague Doctor
Member
And this adds to the list of why I will never buy another EA product in the foreseeable future.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
In a world that have aliens and talking robots. And in a prequel no less. And on top of that they barely even mentioned his pansexualness.
Lionel Richie
Member
He was pansexual? Holy shit I didn't even notice. They fumbled Lando's character and that's not the reason why. And besides, we can't accuse ND of "agenda driven" poor writing as it just hasn't happened and even if we could, that would still be better than the lootbox hell and myriad of cancellations EA has given us. Dying a very slow and painful death would probably be better than the EA-Star Wars partnership.
Baron Samedi
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In my humble opinion, giving the entire Star Wars IP to a single publisher has proved to be fruitless They should create a new Lucasarts publisher in charge of collaborating with studios from across the globe to create the best games possible, even if it means more work and higher costs... is not like the current model is bringing a lot of revenue.
ExpandKong
Banned
“Stay tunes for news of this rumored new game’s cancellation.”
Indeed, the management at EA this gen has been a mess. Bad release dates, closing studios, a LOT ofcancelled games. Its baffling.
HaveButOneLife
Banned
When EA acquired the license, I thought they were a nice fit because they had already made a ton of Star Wars games and those IP's all had potential. But the evidence is there, all they have to show for themselves in the past 6 years are only 2 very problematic Battlefront games that are missing tons of content compared to the old ones.
Just fire EA already.
Just fire EA already.
Amy Schumer lol. You mean Amy Hennig?
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Caffeine
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so ragtag was cancelled which was sent to EA vancouver/motive and now that is canned. I dont see them even attempting a battlefront 3 after 2 tbh at dice. swtor mmo at bioware has slowed to a crawl. so that literally leaves respawns jedi fallen order? gg with the starwars license.
LOLCats
Banned
monetization man... EA only wants games that have a steady post purchase revenue stream. SP games dont do that. Story DLC income is not enough for them.
They probably also realize all the writing talent these studios had is long gone now and they cant make any good SP games... so they are just giving up.
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Microsofts Hunert Smoke
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The current state of Battlefront doesn't make sense. Didney brought Lucas Arts and their staff, they couldn't make their own? They had to give it to EA who before the first Battlefront reboot, already had a bad rep with licensese? Couldn't give it to Activision that actually had good licensed games? Or someone like Epic games which had a stronger shooter track record?
SirKicksalot
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Galaxy of Heroes is about as good as a gacha game can get. I would actually play it if it had no energy system..
It has an absurd amount of content and the visual design is incredible. The whole cantina with hologames thing is brilliant. It's worth checking out for the presentation and interface design.
It has an absurd amount of content and the visual design is incredible. The whole cantina with hologames thing is brilliant. It's worth checking out for the presentation and interface design.
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