New projects are in the works at Respawn, EA’s CEO says
Andrew Wilson has praised the studio’s recent work on Apex Legends and its Star Wars Jedi series
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Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has hinted at new secret projects in development at Respawn Entertainment.
During the recent Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference (that happened on September 6) Wilson spoke about EA’s success with the acquisition of Respawn and celebrated the studio’s recent work on theStar Wars Jediseries andApex Legends(via VGC).
“We haven’t done that many acquisitions, we’ve done a few,” Wilson said. “Respawn of course was maybe one of the most incredible acquisitions ever done in the industry”.
“They’re an incredible team and they’ve created incredible value for us, for our shareholders, and certainly for these global communities of players across Apex and the Jedi series. And you should imagine that there’s some other things going on at Respawn that we’re very excited about, that we’re not going to talk about but that we’re very excited about just given the quality of that group.”
Respawn has confirmed that it’s currentlyhiring for the nextStar Wars Jedigame, but it was reported back in 2022 that it also plans to createtwo additional games set in theStar Warsuniverse; a first-person shooter and a strategy game.
Development has already begun on the untitled first-person shooter, which is being helmed by Peter Hirschmann, who is known to have previously contributed to the originalStar Wars: Battlefrontgames,Star Wars: Force Unleashed, and the firstMedal of Honor.
Meanwhile, the strategy game is expected to be a collaborative effort with Bit Reactor, a studio founded by developers of theXCOMandCivilizationseries.
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It’s unclear at this time if the new projects hinted at by Wilson during the conference could be the untitledStar Warsgames, although it is a possibility. However, there was also news ofa “brand new IP"that was teased back in 2021 by Respawn programmer Steven Kah Hien Wong. There’s no new word from the studio, so fans of theTitanfalldeveloper will have to wait and see.
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