Not even 24 hours after the announcement of an Indiana Jones game at Bethesda (and developed by the MachineGames studio, to whom we owe the recent Wolfenstein), LucasFilm Games unveils the existence of a new Star Wars game to the world open, entrusted this time to Ubisoft and in particular the studio Massive Entertainment, the developers of two opuses of The Division. It was the Wired site that had the first news and who specifies that development is still in its early stages and that the Swedish studio is currently recruiting to strengthen the team. We learn that Julian Gerighty is at the head of the project, he who took on the role of Creative Director for The Crew and The Division games, and who intends to offer us a game different from what has been done. until now. On the technical side, it is the in-house “Snowdrop” engine that will be used, the same one that made it possible to develop the two games The Division, very attractive in E3 demo, a little less when it comes to the real game, we are remember it.
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, does not hesitate to show his enthusiasm for having landed such a project, unlike Electronic Arts, which must be a little jerk, even if the exclusive contract which links the American publisher to the giant Disney is still in force. In this regard, Sean Shoptaw, who serves as Vice President of Games and Interactive Experiences at Disney, said that Electronic Arts remains a strategic partner in the Star Wars universe, but that there is ample room for the others, who can also bite into the gourmet biscuit. At least things are said.
