Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)
Everyone ’s favorite publisher and the lonesome right - holder ofStar Warslicensed video games , EA , is rumored to have call off aStar Wars : Battlefrontspin - off plot in 2019 . This should come in as no surprisal to anyone who ’s been pay attention to the publisher ’s questionable treatment of the most sought after licensing deal in the industry , yet it ’s just as unsatisfying as ever .
To EA ’s credit , the publishing house did allowApex Legendsstudio Respawn Entertainment to flex its creative wings in the exploitation ofStar Wars Jedi : Fallen Orderin 2019 . That gameraked in the cash and praiseof millions of fans who had been waiting for the publisher to finally send a qualityStar Warsproduct , despite the fact that EA ’s exclusivity deal with Disney was signed back in 2013 . After two disappointingStar war : Battlefrontentries by DICE , this third - person military action megahit is all that EA has to show for itself seven years into a ten - year contract , and the incrimination lie solely with the company’scancellation - happy stranglehold on its studio .
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Kotaku’sJason Schreier , a lead industry insider , now cover that one moreStar Warsgame was tossed on the pile while no one was looking in 2019 . Given the moniker " Viking"during development ( much like its ill - fatten up pal , RagtagandOrca ) , this most recently tin project was go to be a twist - off of theStar war : Battlefrontseries concord to " six the great unwashed intimate with EA ’s inner working . “These somebody spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid reprisal from EA , and their corroborating floor paint the picture of a fledgling plot that passed hands between legion shuttered EA studio apartment , a tale neatly summarized in atweetby Schreier .
Ironically , Vikingturns out to have been the cause why theambitious open - worldOrcawas scrapped , as EA wanted to get a dissipated return on investment funds . After upshot between the developers , Criterion and EA Vancouver , made it clear that the projection would n’t ship at the closing of the preposterously short twelvemonth - and - a - half provide , Schreier says , " Viking was canceled in the first one-half of 2019 , although this newsworthiness has gone unreported until now , " as EA suit of clothes had " no pastime in extending the timeline . " apparently , EA also has little interest in publish more than one quality biz this decade before Disney is given an opening to reconsider its choice of a gambling partner . It ’s unjust to EA’shard - work developer , but virtually anyone besides EA seems like a better choice for theStar Warslicense at this point .
Whether or not Disney reevaluates its relationship withEA , this pattern of egregious cancellations outnumber released successes should worry anyone looking forward to the allegedreboot of theKnights of the Old Republicfranchise . For now , Respawn is still fake up aStar Wars Jedi : shine Ordersequel , while EA Motive ferment on an unknown project . Still , it seemsStar Wars : Battlefront IIwill be the last gamers see of the multiplayer series for quite some time .
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Source : Kotaku , Jason Schreier / Twitter
