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Disney has announced a multi-year deal with Electronic Arts that grants the video game publisher rights to develop and publish video games based on the classic science-fiction franchise Star Wars. Financial terms were not disclosed.
EA would have rights to develop Star Wars titles for a "core gaming audience" across all interactive platforms, says a joint statement from both companies. Disney would retain the right to create certain games for mobile, social, tablet and online.
Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe," says Frank Gibeau, president of EA Labels, in a statement.
Gibeau says studios DICE (Battlefield), Visceral Games (Dead Space) and BioWare (Mass Effect) will all develop Star Wars titles. BioWare already has experience with the Star Wars universe through massively multiplayer online titles such as Knights of the Old Republic and The Old Republic.
"The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay," says Gibeau.
The announcement comes one month after Disney shut down long time studio LucasArts in favor of a licensing model involving Star Wars and other properties.
Several projects, including the action title Star Wars 1313, had been halted, according to a LucasFilm representative.
Disney has announced a multi-year deal with Electronic Arts that grants the video game publisher rights to develop and publish video games based on the classic science-fiction franchise Star Wars. Financial terms were not disclosed.
EA would have rights to develop Star Wars titles for a "core gaming audience" across all interactive platforms, says a joint statement from both companies. Disney would retain the right to create certain games for mobile, social, tablet and online.
Every developer dreams of creating games for the Star Wars universe," says Frank Gibeau, president of EA Labels, in a statement.
Gibeau says studios DICE (Battlefield), Visceral Games (Dead Space) and BioWare (Mass Effect) will all develop Star Wars titles. BioWare already has experience with the Star Wars universe through massively multiplayer online titles such as Knights of the Old Republic and The Old Republic.
"The new experiences we create may borrow from films, but the games will be entirely original with all new stories and gameplay," says Gibeau.
The announcement comes one month after Disney shut down long time studio LucasArts in favor of a licensing model involving Star Wars and other properties.
Several projects, including the action title Star Wars 1313, had been halted, according to a LucasFilm representative.
Producer Bryan Burk revealed in a recent interview with Collider that he and director JJ Abrams are planning on getting things started in the New Year.
"We’re progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin next year, or the beginning of next year," he explained.
However, Burk was less keen to talk about the location of the upcoming filming - despite there being rumours that it could be shot on the Isle of Skye in Scotland."The location is still kind of floating around in the air all depending on script and a whole bunch of other issues," Burk said."Everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when we feel like the story level on this script and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, we [will] prowl ahead."
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are all rumoured to be reprising their roles in the highly-anticipated film.
Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt has been hired to write the script and the film is scheduled for release in 2015.
"We’re progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin next year, or the beginning of next year," he explained.
However, Burk was less keen to talk about the location of the upcoming filming - despite there being rumours that it could be shot on the Isle of Skye in Scotland."The location is still kind of floating around in the air all depending on script and a whole bunch of other issues," Burk said."Everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when we feel like the story level on this script and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, we [will] prowl ahead."
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are all rumoured to be reprising their roles in the highly-anticipated film.
Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt has been hired to write the script and the film is scheduled for release in 2015.
Producer Bryan Burk said that the location is still floating around in the air and everything depends on script and a bunch of other issues.
Filming for the latest Star Warsfilm is set to begin in early 2014, according to the reports.
Producer Bryan Burk revealed in an interview with Collider that he and director JJ Abrams are progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin filming next year, or the start of next year, the Daily Express reported.
However, he was less keen to talk about the location of the filming — despite there being rumours that the new Star Wars movie could be shot on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
He said that the location is still floating around in the air and everything depends on script and a bunch of other issues.
Burk asserted that everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when they feel that the script’s story level and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, they will go ahead.
Filming for the latest Star Warsfilm is set to begin in early 2014, according to the reports.
Producer Bryan Burk revealed in an interview with Collider that he and director JJ Abrams are progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin filming next year, or the start of next year, the Daily Express reported.
However, he was less keen to talk about the location of the filming — despite there being rumours that the new Star Wars movie could be shot on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
He said that the location is still floating around in the air and everything depends on script and a bunch of other issues.
Burk asserted that everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when they feel that the script’s story level and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, they will go ahead.
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