Managers of the publishing house Electronic arts held an open conference for investors, during which they discussed the current state of the company and further plans for its development, including the development of games under license “Star wars”
As it turned out, shooter dilogy success Star War: Battlefrontmobile project Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroesas well as a fresh release Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order inspired EA to create more games in the legendary universe.
“We have a great relationship with Disney. We have a great relationship with Lucas. And this relationship has been developing since the launch of Star Wars The Old Republic in 2011,” said Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts.
According to announced data, to date, total sales Star War: Battlefront and Star War: Battlefront II got to the mark in 35 million copies, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order showed the result in 10 million, and mobile Galaxy of Heroes continues to develop and still attracts a lot of players.
Next major release Star wars from Electronic arts will become a simulator of space battles Star Wars: Squadrons, and the publisher has slightly less prospects for this title – the company understands that it will attract not the largest audience. Nevertheless, Andrew Wilson stated that he was extremely pleased with the projects that released EA, and agreements with the media giant Disney.
“We have been successful in first-person shooter, role-playing, adventure, MMORPG, mobile, and I believe Squadrons will perform well too. We are going to further strengthen our partnership. Disney is extremely confident in developing this intellectual property and works with her canon.
We have in our hands a combination of a beautiful universe, competent developers, extensive experience and success in a variety of directions, on a variety of platforms, with a variety of business models. AND [Star Wars] begin to love completely new generations of fans. Therefore, our expectations for the future of such a strategic partnership and this IP only increase over time, “continued Andrew Wilson.
Electronic arts stressed that she was very glad to be able to create within Star wars completely new stories and characters, thus developing and complementing the universe thanks to the support of creative teams Disney.
Output Star Wars: Squadrons will be held in autumn, October 2, at Playstation 4, Xbox one and PC. About future plans EA by “Star wars“one can only guess. According to rumors, now the studio Respawn entertainment started work on continuation Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
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