Star Wars fans are set to get three new games to play after EA announced it was working with Lucasfilm Games to develop a trio of titles set in the universe.
Respawn Entertainment, best known for Apex Legends, the Titanfall series, and the well-received Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, will lead development on the new games for parent company EA. The other piece of good news is that all three titles fall into different genres, so there will be something for everyone regardless of your gaming preferences.
Two games will be developed directly by Respawn, with the first being a new entry in the Star Wars Jedi series. The second is a new Star Wars first-person shooter (FPS). The new Jedi game is being headed up by game director Stig Asmussen, who previously worked on Fallen Order as both director and story writer.
For the FPS, Peter Hirschmann will act as game director. Hirschmann has a long history of working on Star Wars games including Battlefront, Lethal Alliance, Empire at War, The Force Unleashed, and Lego Star Wars. He was also director and writer on 2020’s Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, as well as a writer on 1999’s Medal of Honor.
The third game is a Star Wars strategy title and will be developed through a production collaboration with Bit Reactor and Greg Foerstch. Strategy game enthusiasts will know of Foerstch as he used to work at Firaxis Games and counts a mix of art and design credits on titles including Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, Alien Crossfire, Civilization III, SimGolf, Pirates, Railrods, XCOM, and XCOM 2.
Maryland-based Bit Reactor only formed as a studio earlier this month and counts a number of Firaxis veterans on its team. It would be hard to find a group of people more suited to producing a new strategy game set in the Star Wars universe.
There’s no word on when we can expect to play these three new titles, but work is already underway. Even so, it typically takes a couple of years to produce a game, but they could all still be released before the next Elder Scrolls game even though Bethesda had a four-year headstart.
