As previously reported, EA decided to skip E3 this year and held their own conference in downtown Los Angeles, EA Play Event. One of the focal points of their presentation was their plans for getting the most out of the Star Wars IP. As evidenced in the video below, there are a number of EA subsidiary studios developing various titled including:
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DICE (Stockholm) and Motive Studios (Montreal) collaborate on Star Wars Battlefont.
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Respawn (Los Angeles) is working on a mystery Star Wars project.
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Visceral (San Francisco) is also working on a separate, mystery Star Wars project.
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Capital Games (Sacramento) works on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.
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Bioware (Austin, TX) works on Star Wars: The Old Republic
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Criterion (United Kingdom) works on a Star Wars PlayStation VR mission.
In just looking at the location of the studios involved, you really get a sense of the global effort underway to bring fans new and varied Star Wars gaming experiences. Development on everything from strategy, to RPG to adventure games is currently underway across a multitude of countries and cultures. Which of the projects teased below caught your eye?
Take a look at what’s going on with some of the amazing Star Wars projects our teams at EA are working on now, including DICE, BioWare, Motive, Visceral Games, Capital Games and our partners at Respawn Entertainment. These experiences will explore different Star Wars eras in different gaming genres on different platforms.
Star Wars™ Battlefront™ is available now on PS4, PC and Xbox One. Purchase the Season Pass and get access to all four digital expansions two weeks early: http://x.ea.com/7918
Download Star Wars™: Galaxy of Heroes on the App Store or Google Play.
Download Star Wars™: The Old Republic on PC and play through the episodic Knights of the Fallen Empire storyline.