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EA Is the Game Company Disney Was Looking For 254

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:18PM from the may-the-force-pad-be-with-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Electronic Arts announced today it has landed an exclusive multi-year agreement to develop and publish games based on Lucasfilms' Star Wars universe. EA said the it will create and publish Star Wars games for a 'core gaming audience' across 'all popular platforms' and genres. The EA studios creating those 'core' Star Wars games are Battlefield developer DICE, Dead Space developer Visceral Games and Mass Effect house BioWare."

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Great... (Score:5, Insightful)

by SanDogWeps ( 2882399 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:20PM (#43648129)

Now all EA games will come with free misery AND a Force Choke...

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Re:Battlefield: Star Wars (Score:5, Insightful)

by doctor woot ( 2779597 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:26PM (#43648211)

Make it happen.
You've never played Battlefront?

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Mediocrity (Score:5, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:26PM (#43648219)

And so the lineage of mostly-forgettable Star Wars games continues unabated...

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Re:Great... (Score:5, Insightful)

by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:29PM (#43648249) Homepage Journal

EA promises to do for Lucas Arts what Disney pledges to do for Lucasfilm.
This is following the lead established by McDonalds - and what they've done for beef.

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evil + evil = (Score:4, Insightful)

by citylivin ( 1250770 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:39PM (#43648375)

Profit!
Time to buy some stock!

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Losing optimism on Disney and Star Wars... (Score:5, Insightful)

by runeghost ( 2509522 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:51PM (#43648509)

As a casual Star Wars fan, I've tried to stay upbeat about the sale of Star Wars to Disney. After all, as my friends and I keep telling each other, "It can't actually be worse than the prequels, right?" But I've watched announcement after announcement with trepidation. J.J. Abrams directing? Clone Wars unceremoniously canceled and the people making it let go? Now the universally-loathed EA is to be in charge of the gaming wing of the franchise? (I'm expecting Disney to cancel Dark Horse's comics license as soon as they legally can, if not sooner.) Star Wars has had a great many ups and downs over the years, but there have been some amazing stories along the way. I fear that the Mouse is going to steamroller that whole universe into bland commercialism for the rest of my life.

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Re:Great... (Score:5, Insightful)

by westlake ( 615356 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @07:04PM (#43648635)

EA promises to do for Lucas Arts what Disney pledges to do for Lucasfilm
You hear any Marvel Comics fan complaining about Disney? Didn't think so.

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Re:Great... (Score:5, Insightful)

by Dahamma ( 304068 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @07:06PM (#43648643)

Yeah, to be honest Disney will be hard pressed to mangle the Star Wars franchise any more than George Lucas did.

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X-Wing or TIE Fighter game, please (Score:4, Insightful)

by BTWR ( 540147 ) writes: <americangibor3@ya[ ].com ['hoo' in gap]> on Monday May 06, 2013 @09:03PM (#43649453) Homepage Journal

That's all I want, not another Star Wars: Battlefront game. KOTOR was great, but I don't need another one. XW and TF were 2 of the greatest games ever made. X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was a letdown and X-Wing Alliance, while good, wasn't as good as its predecessors.

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Re:Great... (Score:5, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @09:24PM (#43649575)

I don't have problems with DRM per se. I do have problems with DRM when it becomes disruptive. Steam isn't disruptive. Sometimes there are glitches in their system, but occurrences are few and far between nowadays, I can't really remember the last time I have had a problem. It allows people to install their games on an unlimited number of computers regardless of os. Game updates are reliable and unobtrusive. They give the little guy massive help by making sure indie games get as good exposure as the triple a titles. Not to mention the fact that they always have something on sale.

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EA is the game company (Score:5, Insightful)

by alteveer ( 979070 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @09:36PM (#43649637)

...that Disney deserves.

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Re:Great... (Score:2, Insightful)

by Totenglocke ( 1291680 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @11:37PM (#43650205)

But Steam (which yes, I own some games on) still has the fatal flaw of all DRM which means that they can take away your ability to play the games you paid for at any time they way. Since DRM means that you're only renting a game, the only games I buy with DRM are ones that are on sale for ridiculously low prices (such as $5 or less). I refuse to pay full price for something I don't own.

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Re:Great... (Score:5, Insightful)

by VanGarrett ( 1269030 ) writes: on Monday May 06, 2013 @11:39PM (#43650213)

If all DRM were implemented the way it is implemented with Steam, then we wouldn't be having such heated arguments about DRM.

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