Obvious news alert! EA will be wanting to make the most of its 10-year licensing deal with Disney with Star Wars: Battlefront sequels and other Star Wars titles in the pipeline, including Visceral's upcoming action game. With Star Wars: Battlefront launching this week, sequels are already planned, and they'll expand beyond the hallowed original trilogy.In fact, with a new Star Wars trilogy and a host of spin-off movies in the offing, it's likely that the next Star Wars: Battlefront will take The Force Awakens and its sequels as inspiration. "It's a big effort for us, and I don't think there's a human being in the world who hasn't heard of the Star Wars movie coming. And so, [it's a] great opportunity," said EA CFO Blake Jorgensen."We struck a licensing deal with Disney a few years back that's almost ten years in length. The game that comes out tomorrow, Star Wars Battlefront, is a traditional first-person style shooter game. Our goal is to make future Battlefront games as well as other style games around the Star Wars franchise, both on mobile as well as console and PC. It's a huge opportunity for us."As part of the Disney deal, EA has access to the entirety of Star Wars' historical content and anything new being created, and while future Star Wars games will make use of the established lore and films, it's likely that the new movies will form the basis for future titles. However, there won't be any direct movie tie-in games."We get access to all of the historical content as well as all the new content developed," Jorgensen added. "The beauty of the Star Wars franchise is it's almost unlimited in what you can do with it. We know Disney has done a great job with other franchises and we believe they'll do the same with Star Wars over time in delivering new worlds, new characters, new vehicles, all the things that make great video games. Our goal is not to make video games directly about the movies, it's to use the IP in the movie to make great, exciting games."Star Wars: Battlefront is out today for Xbox One, PS4 and PC in North America and launches in the UK, Europe, Australia and other regions later this week.
