EA loses exclusive Star Wars license

When EA signed a 10-year Star Wars licensing deal in 2013, it seemed as if the publisher was set up for massive success. EA—with its enormous financial backing and talented development teams—would not only be able to create AAA sci-fi games under the Star Wars banner for the next decade, but it would also be able to use that 10-year period as an audition for perhaps another licensing deal after that.

However, after less than eight years, Disney is already over the EA experience and ready to move on. In fact, Disney and Star Wars have brought back Lucasfilm Games and announced new projects such as an open world Star Wars game with Ubisoft and an Indiana Jones game with MachineGames. These projects that will seemingly be ready as soon as the 10-year EA licensing deal has expired. It is not all bad news for EA, as the publisher will still be able to work on games moving forward, but it no longer has exclusive rights to the franchise. When looking at the situation, it has been messy, confusing, and frustrating for many. There was no plethora of projects, no multitude of genres, and overall little investment (it seems) on this deal. Thus, the decision for Disney and Star Wars to pull the exclusive plug was an easy one.

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