Lucasfilm Games' New Partnerships Mean the Galaxy's the Limit - Ubisoft working on Star Wars IP

From Wired: "TODAY, LUCASFILM GAMES announced that it’s entering a partnership with Ubisoft to create an open-world Star Wars game. The title will be developed by Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment, marking the first time that a company outside of EA has produced a Star Wars game since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, ending nearly eight years of exclusivity. Also in the works is a new Indiana Jones game, to be developed by Bethesda Game Studios, a newcomer to Lucasfilm’s and Disney’s properties."

[VenomUK]

Massive news. Star Wars would lend itself so well to an open world game and Ubisoft obviously have experience with this. There were hints of how it could work with Disney Infinity 3.0 which was aimed at younger ages but still had some great moments. Also, I personally love Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic such a great RPG that gave you a sense of the universe. Now we also know Bethesda/Machine Games is making an Indy game I hope the new Lucasfilm Games is scouting for a developer with experience to make RPGs.

[NeoGamer232]

I do like that Star Wars is letting other publishers/developers take on Star Wars games.

But, lets just hope they don't that the theme is quality over quantity.

[RaidenBlack]

Massive Entertainment. Love them since the World in Conflict days.
Division was a nice effort from them and hence I just hope this Star Wars game is not a live-service based one.

[UltraNova]

Let's be honest here, it probably will be live service.

[RaidenBlack]

Yea, given how UbiSoft has been using Massive but ....
"brand-new, story-driven, open-world Star Wars adventure!" - I just wish its a single-player one.

[UltraNova]

You and me both brother...

[mgszelda1]

From the developers of such glitch fests as assassins creed unity to your favorite meh open world titles comes a generic open world star wars game.
Why the hell does every game have to be open world. Look at God of war 2018. It's got a fleshed out hub area and kind metroidvania but everything flows great and has depth.

[CosmicTurtle]

It’s not the developer of Unity.

[SmokinAces]

Not every game is open world.

[CrimsonWing69]

I just hope it won’t be blatantly formulaic like most Ubisoft games.

[Rainbowcookie]

I got a feeling it will be and probably Gaas too

[talocaca]

That was my first thought.....another generic open world game with a billion glitches and a Star Wars theme.

[StoneyYoshi]

Ubisoft stated they need to rethink how open worlds are made for nex-gen systems, so heres to hoping this will be one of those open world games that isn't the same basic setup like their current open world games.

[mgszelda1]

They have a bs excuse for everything. They lack any big creatives. They pushed modern gaming towards cookie cutter game design. They think they don't need inventive people to helm projects. They see a hole in staffing and put anyone there. That's most studios today though.

[-Foxtrot]

The problem is...and I doubt anyone will want to admit this because it's Star Wars, I honestly want the best aswell, but it probably will be just that.

It's going to be like every open world game they've done and they are going to try and shove online stuff in there with MTs somehow.

[CobraKai]

I wouldn’t be surprised if we see assassins creed or far cry engines and gameplay reskinned as a Star Wars game.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

EA’s Star Wars exclusivity deal must of been renegotiated awhile back without being publicly disclosed.

[Blastoise]

Nothing drains my enthusiasm for a game more than learning it's being made by Ubisoft

[Eamon]

While I also don't really expect any great SW games from Ubi, I think this was a necessary first step. The exclusivity deal with EA really was destroying the potential of amazing SW games being made.

We're talking about the most popular franchise on Earth and only ONE great game to come out of it in over 10 years - Fallen Order.

If LucasFilm/Disney can open the franchise up to more talented developers, may of whom are huge fans, the possibilities are endless.

[Rebel_Scum]

Agreed, but Immortals was pretty good. It's still Ubi formula but reined in a bit.

[ScootaKuH]

Ubisoft: Europe's answer to EA

[BattleCat]

Omg pls no. Ubisoft??? Again a 0815 ubi game.
There are so many great studios outside and the most boring publisher/studio gets it.

[ufo8mycat]

Delightful

Ubisoft make the most uninspired, lazy open worlds.

Lets fill the open world with generic, repetitive fetch quests...

[neutralgamer1992]

Don't forget XP boosters

[DaveZero]

That I do not agree with.

The division 2 is amazing now. People forget how long it takes to make open world games good. Alot of people play at the start and after an hour chuck it in because of a good many reasons, like it's to hard, they lack concentration to go through it or the best one after half an hour say its crap without properly playing it through to get to the best content. The division 2 now has so much content that you just cant do it all in a day, you really are spoilt for choice at character building and content.

[Nodoze]

FINALLY!!!! Thank you Lucasfilm Games! Get this IP out of the hands of utter morons at EA. Recent games aside they squandered this opportunity.

I love Massive titles and cannot wait to see what they put together with the strongest license in existence!

[CrimsonWing69]

What about Jedi Fallen Order? I was really hoping that would be a series to continue.

[PS-Gamer-1986]

Ubisoft? Really?

[Relientk77]

Probably besides EA cancelled all the single player Star Wars games (besides Jedi Fallen Order) because they can't milk microtransactions and loot boxes in them.

[Relientk77]

*Probably because

Is what I meant, dumb phone.

[boing1]

So I guess Avatar game is on the last stretch.

[TheGoodestBoi]

Ubisoft not the best choice but at least they areore single player game focused . Hash tag anyone but EA

[wenaldy]

I have a faith in Massive since The Division 2 turned out better than its predecessor.

[FUBAR09]

EA and Ubisoft are terrible publishers. Look at the body of work over the last few years. Uninspired copy and paste formula works for them. Please let other companies have a chance to make great licensed games. Madden and Watch Dogs are the new normal. Low effort maximum profit. Disgusting

[Inverno]

What an absolute embarrassment for EA. To pay so much and have a hold on the franchise for so many years, only to come out with 2 decent games. Really shows just how poorly they're running their business

[autobotdan]

Assassins Creed Tatooine, Assasins Creed Hoth

[Thundercat77]

I would love to get exited about this but Ubisoft for me is synonymous to endless grinds and micro transactions.

I hope to be wrong.

[neomahi]

Now the NFL needs to do the same. The NFL just sees gaming as a whoopity do and not anything serious. They make money off of licensing fees annually and that's about all they care about, not their brand. THEYRE NOT EVEN DEVELOPED BY AN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY! Here's irony for you, Madden is developed by a Canadian corporation..... Drive Chevy, ride a Harley, eat apple pie, and.... play Canadian videogames? Sure 2K has basketball, Sony has MLB, Konami virtually has soccer, EA has hockey and football.... And golf, 2K has "professional wrestling" WWE. But, NFL needs to get wise and open things up to others, make more money. NHL, well, 2K had an opportunity and just backed out but diehard NFL fans will tell ya Madden sucks, because of no competition barely changes every year, and that 2K and Visual Concepts were the football kings.

[FUBAR09]

I agree 💯 but unfortunately nothing will change until the consumer stops buying this garbage every year. I stopped buying Madden 2 years ago and it's the same game as it was then. Worse actually.

[toyzombie]

Oh boy.. I bet they will release an awesome trailer and promise all these features. Then when the game comes out stuff is missing and game doesnt look near what they showed. Months later... They add the features they talked about.

[CobraKai]

8 years and EA squandered a gold mine. Sure Fallen Order and Squadrons were great, but with all the devs under EA, they coulda had more than just those and Battlefront.

[nibblo]

As long as Ubisoft doesn't turn it into "Assassins Creed: Star Wars", if they do I'm out

[anast]

Indiana Jones is my favorite Lucasfilm's character. He could kick Luke Skywalker's a#$ in a fight. I hope Bethesda doesn't muck it up.

[Atticus_finch]

Ubisoft is probably worst than EA.

[Darthpaul84]

Hopefully this doesn’t get in the way of Fallen order 2

[BlackIceJoe]

In my honest opinion, I'm not expecting much, because Ubisoft makes the most boring games around. I'd like to be surprised and to see this game being fun, but I know better, unfortunately.

[DaveZero]

Ubisoft Frost bite engine could do well with star wars..

After playing the division 2 I am absolutely delighted to hear this news. I had said to some xbox online players along time ago that i always thought StarWars would be best in the hands of another developer, then I got asked well who, to which I replied Ubisoft. I could just imagine this Bounty Humter game open world and also an MMO, allowing you to start as a low hunter and having to build your armored and weapons up. I could also imagine the worlds you could visit and I hope that they implement off world and galaxy exploration, not just keep it to one world. It would be amazing to see Mandalore, or Tattooine, Hoth, Naboo, Endore and so on. If they can make the game that big then Lucusfilm and Ubisoft would have a game on there hands and millions of fans supporting. That being said it's not just about visiting those planets, there has to be an amazing story told on this journey. They also need to be able to keep players gripped with lots of bounty hunting.

Really I think the world is in Lucasfilms and Ubisoft's hands with this one, I shall keep my eye on this till we get to play it, I am excited..

[ScootaKuH]

Assassin's Creed: Skywalker coming soon

[SaveFerris]

This is big news for sure. But personally, I'm not a fan of Disney Star Wars.

[GoodGuy09]

Oh yay... Another generic open world by ubi. Better than ea tho lol.