The thing is surprising with LucasFilm Games , which was the mythical LucasArts, which after changing its name and announcing a new logo , has not stopped releasing bombshell after bombshell like someone who doesn't want the thing. Just yesterday they announced a new Indiana Jones game with Bethesda , and now it's the turn of the studio's most powerful franchise: Star Wars . And no, it is not with Electronic Arts. As the company reports, LucasFilm Games has reached an agreement with Ubisoft to develop a new open world Star Wars game .
The agreement, first announced by Wired, will lead The Division 2 studio to spearhead the development of this new Star Wars adventure, which is currently in its early stages of development. In fact, they point out, Ubisoft Massive continues to recruit staff for the production of the game. What is known is that it will be an open world game directed by Julian Gerighty (The Crew, The Division 2), and that it is being developed with the Snowdrop Engine from the Malmö studio.
At the moment, neither Lucasfilm nor Ubisoft offer more details about the setting of this new Star Wars game, nor its location within the universe of the saga, or the characters that we will see in it. What follows from this announcement is that the exclusive agreement with Electronic Arts has come to an end, although it seems that Lucasfilm will continue to count on the North American company in some games: "EA has been, and will continue to be, a strategic and important partner for us going forward, "said Sean Shoptaw, vice president of interactive games and experiences at Disney.
But we feel there is room for more people, " adds the executive. That is, at Disney they seek to diversify the offer of their franchises within the world of video games, collaborating with different studios to offer new Star Wars games and the rest of the sagas. "If you look at the landscape of video games, it has such a diverse population of people making games throughout the world ... To capture all that quality that there is in the world, and to go out fast, would be a great challenge for us to do it internally, "Shoptaw explains.
Of course, and as in the EA deliveries, the new Star Wars games that they develop with other studios - like Ubisoft Massive in this case - will be part of the Star Wars canon, like the rest of the movies, series, and products from the acquisition by Disney. In this, the president of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot has been very excited by the agreement, and by the opportunity to contribute his grain of sand to this franchise: "The Star Wars universe is an incredible source of motivation for our teams, to innovate and expand the limits of our environment ".
" Creating new worlds, characters and stories that are a lasting part of Star Wars history is an incredible opportunity for us, and we are excited that Ubisoft Massive is working closely with Lucasfilm Games to create an original Star Wars adventure that is different from anything that's been done before. " With Lucasfilm linked to the project, and those responsible for The Division 2 at the helm, we will see what the universe of the saga in video games surprises us with now. Of course, this was not the only major announcement from the company this week, and in this video we go over everything we know about the new Indiana Jones .