By Jason Fanelli | Source thinfilm.no
1/13/2021

The Force is awakening.

LucasFilm Games, continuing its week of major announcements, has inked a collaboration deal with Ubisoft for a new Star Wars game.

News on the project first broke via the LucasFilm Games Twitter account, which refers to the game as a “brand-new, story-driven, open-world Star Wars adventure.” No other details on the project have been revealed.

“We’re really excited about an opportunity to work with the team at Massive, led by David Polfeldt and the creative director, Julian Gerighty,” LucasFilm Games vp Douglas Reilly said in a StarWars.com blog post. “I’m a huge fan of them, personally. I think we’re really excited about where that project is going, because they have a unique vision for the story and the game they want to deliver.”

The Ubisoft, LucasFilm partnership also signals the end of Electronic Arts’ 10-year Star Wars exclusivity agreement first signed in 2013, which produced only two Star Wars: Battlefront games and 2019’s Jedi Fallen Order. The blog post confirms that while the exclusivity deal is ending, the partnership with EA is not.

“We’re really proud of the games we have created with EA,” Reilly said. “We will continue working with them and our relationship has never been stronger. While we may not have a lot of details to share at the moment, we’ve got a number of projects underway with the talented teams at EA.”

Wednesday's announcement follows the news that Bethesda will be collaborating with LucasFilm Games on a new “original story” game within the Indiana Jones franchise. MachineGames, developer of the 2014 Wolfenstein reboot The New Order and its sequel The New Colossus, will be heading development of Indiana Jones.

Photo courtesy of Respawn Entertainment

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