News EA lands near-exclusive Star Wars licence

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 7 May 2013
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  2. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    Well the Star Wars franchise has been going down the pan for years, teaming up with EA seems suitably apt to me.
     
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  3. amdavies

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    Oculus Rift compatible X-Wing please.
     
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  4. ev1lm1nd666

    ev1lm1nd666 What's a Dremel?

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    Well, that seals it, no more Star Wars games for me then
     
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  5. loftie

    loftie Multimodder

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    Battlefront 3 plx Mr EA sir!
     
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  6. rollo

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    Struggle to name the last good star wars game that was not knights of the old republic 1 or 2. EA can hardly do worse than lucas arts and there friends have managed in recent years.
     
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    "You must be connected to the Force at all times"

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  8. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    I don't care who makes it now, as long as a proper successor to XvT turns up.
     
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  9. Bhuvsta

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    I think this is chance for a EA to do what it always does - release the same game but with slightly better graphics. If they would do that with all the SW flight sims, not touch any of the story or gameplay, but just get Tie Fighter etc looking nice and working on Windows 7 they could be onto a winner.
     
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  10. Lenderz

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    Man I hope they set DICE to work on that, using Frostbite.
     
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  11. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    Hell yes! and finish off 1313 as well
     
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  12. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Yeah, if Battlefront reappears I'll be happy.
     
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  13. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    Just going to wait and see, although I'm also someone who wouldn't mind seeing some game refreshes :D

    Battlefront 3 would be awesome.
     
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    "Where the exclusion of 'online-category' games leaves BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, however, is unknown - it's perfectly possible that the title will be allowed to wind down in favour of a reborn MMO under Disney's direction."

    I highly doubt this would happen. SWTOR is now the 2nd largest Western MMO (in terms of subscription numbers), and is making a lot of money off the Cartel Market as well. This game is making them a lot of money, and I can't see them closing it down any time soon.
     
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  15. Cheapskate

    Cheapskate Insane? or just stupid?

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    Grand Theft Auto: Tattoine?
    Mofo's be usin' da foce n' sh*t! Poppin' caps in Jawas and runnin' from da stormtroopers.

    -Be right back, Me an' my Wookie homie gotta bury Greedo.
     
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  16. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    Fine by me. Can we have KOTOR 3 please?
     
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  17. Sentinel-R1

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    ^ awaits pay to win model Star Wars games with dread...
     
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  18. GeorgeStorm

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    +100000000000000000
     
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  19. PlayLoud

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    Apparently, in the conference call today, EA said BioWare is already working on a new Star Wars game.
     
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  20. ZERO <ibis>

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    The end is here
     
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