The future of Star Wars gaming will come through Electronic Arts

Small editorial digression with the official announcement by Disney of the arrival of Electronic Arts at the helm of the next "serious" games of the franchise, the so-called "core games".

Disney Interactive retains the "lead"for everything related to the so-called games"casual", notably with games intended for mobile platforms (iPhone, iPad, iTrucs, Andromachins, etc.)

As part of the contract which has just been signed, EA should surround itself with recognized development studios such as Bioware (SW: TOR), DICE (Battlefield) or Visceral (Dead Space) to carry out its mission during the next years. Everything will be done in close collaboration with the Lucasfilm teams.

The promise is there, it remains to be seen what will come out of Electronic Arts' hat in the years to come. However, we should no longer hear of Star Wars: 1313 or First assault. These two games seem to be definitely missing and sacrificed on the altar of change and renewal wanted by Disney.

The titles in development will be officially announced in the coming months.

As usual then, wait and see...