These are days absolutely full of news for all fans and enthusiasts of the videogame sector. After the surprise announcement of a new game dedicated to Indiana Jones produced by Bethesda, in the last few hours it has always been confirmed by Lucasfilm Games the arrival of a new game open-world set in the Star Wars universe, who announced the collaboration with Ubisoft for the creation of this new ambitious project. The French publisher has entrusted the development to the very talented Swedish team Massive Entertainment, which in recent years has published the two chapters of The Division.
In a lengthy Wired article, Disney and Lucasfilm Games executives said they were thrilled to announce this new project, which highlights how the studio is looking to change their approach to the video game industry, trying to entrust their projects to capable studios who intend to develop quality titles using the brands that belong to Lucasfilm. Also Yves Guillemont, CEO of Ubisoft, said he was particularly happy to be able to contribute to the expansion of the universe and the Star Wars lore with a new game that will certainly motivate the development team a lot.
The Star Wars galaxy is a great source of inspiration and motivation for our team as they aim to push the boundaries of our medium. Building new worlds, characters and stories that will become part of the immense Star Wars lore is an incredible opportunity for us, and we are very excited to allow our Massive Entertainment team to work closely with Lucasfilm Games to create a original Star Wars adventure that will be unlike anything seen so far.
This move, therefore, will go to terminate the exclusivity contract previously held by Electronic Arts in the last 8 years, although it will not sanction the end of the collaboration between Disney and EA, which will be able to continue publishing games dedicated to their flagship franchises. For now this is all that has been announced regarding this new project, which is currently at very early stages of pre-production, but which will surely be deepened more and more in the coming months.
