By Nick Pino
Star Wars games, especially those of the ambitious variety, are no strangers to development hell – the term that audiences and developers give games that are in limbo with on again/ off again production schedules and indefinite ‘TBA’ release dates.
It happened to Star Wars 1313, a cancelled action-adventure game from now-defunct developer LucasArts, and now it looks like it could happen to Visceral Games’ still-untitled foray into the Star Wars universe.
It’s happening because its developer, the aforementioned Visceral Games, has officially been scheduled for closure as of this morning.
So, what’s to become of the Star Wars game? According to EA executive vice president Patrick Söderlund: a complete re-design.
“Our Visceral studio has been developing an action-adventure title set in the Star Wars universe. In its current form, it was shaping up to be a story-based, linear adventure game … It has become clear that to deliver an experience that players will want to come back to and enjoy for a long time to come, we needed to pivot the design,” Söderlund said in a blog post.
“A development team from across EA Worldwide Studios will take over development of this game, led by a team from EA Vancouver that …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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