Following the conclusion of the EA exclusivity deal withStar Warsand the establishment of LucasFilm Games last year, there has been no shortage ofStar Warsgame project announcements. The latest entry to this list is a newStar Warsgame in development by Amy Hennig’s interactive studio.Game director Amy Hennig is a prominent name in the gaming industry with accolades such asJak and Daxter,Legacy of Kain, andUncharted.In 2018, Amy left EA to start an indie development studio with EA veteran Julian Beak, which later became Skydance New Media. In October 2021, the studio stated that it’s working on a blockbusterMarvel game in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment. Today, the studio announced another equally ambitious project in the form ofStar Wars.RELATED:Massive Entertainment’s Open-World Star Wars Game May Still Be Coming to Last-Gen ConsolesAs per the announcement, Skydance New Media will join hands with LucasFilm Games to bring the upcomingStar Warsgame to life. It calls the project a “richly cinematic action-adventure game featuring an original story.” No specific details with regard to title, release date, the actual narrative, or anything else have been revealed in the announcement. The announcement also stated the studio has expanded sinceSkydance New Media’s creationin 2019 to include “a team of developers and artists with decades of AAA experience in action and adventure gaming”.
However, this isn’t Hennig’s first stint at aStar Warsgame. Back in 2016, Hennig along with Visceral Games worked on a single-playerStar Warsgame codenamed “Ragtag.” ButEA would later cancel theStar Warsgamewhich Hennig describes as the project being too linear and lacking in potential monetization mechanisms. It’s unclear if the newly announcedStar Warstitle will take any inspiration or reference from the canceled project.
This latest announcement is one of several ambitiousStar Warsgames currently in the works by various development studios. Alongside Hennig’s project, there’sStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2, Star Wars Eclipse,Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republicremake, and Massive Entertainment’s open-worldStar Warsgame on the way. There’s also a brand newStar WarsFPS coming from Respawn as well as Zynga’sStar Wars: Hunters, which is a free-to-play team-based multiplayer game. The addition of Skydance New Media’s Star Wars game adds to the already exciting lineup of gaming projects. Further, its upcoming Marvel project indicates that the studio is aiming for an ambitious future in the industry.
Skydance New Media’sStar Warsgame is currently in development.
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