GameCenter - January/February 2018 - 8

GAME ON
GAMING NEWS, NUMBERS & GOSSIP

BY GAMECENTER STAFF

EA'S UPCOMING STAR WARS
ADVENTURE UNDERGOES SOME
MAJOR CHANGES

W

hen EA revealed the first video
clip of a mysterious new Star
Wars game at E3 2016, fans
around the world were enthralled by the
impressive - if short - tease.
Though we never got an official name for
the game, details came out that it was being
worked on by Visceral Games (Battlefield Hardline, Dead Space series) and creative director
Amy Hennig (Uncharted). The story was said
to be set between A New Hope and The Empire
Strikes Back, centered around a new character
named Dodger, an Imperial draft dodger who
later became a bounty hunter. Dodger would
have been equipped with a light whip and a
blaster - think Nathan Drake combined with
Han Solo and Indiana Jones.
Now, however, EA has announced that some
major changes will be coming to the game,
pushing its expected release from late in the
company's 2019 fiscal year to an unannounced
later date. The reason for the shift in the game's
development? The continually changing video

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pivot the design."
While Söderlund promises that the game
will still offer players stunning visuals and a
sense of authenticity in the Star Wars universe,
the gameplay will shift to a "broader experience" that will offer up "more variety and player
agency" along with "greater depth and breadth
to explore." The project will now be in the hands
of EA Worldwide Studios, with a team from EA
Vancouver already heading up its development.
For now, all we can do is wait to know
more about this latest chapter of the gaming
side of the Star Wars saga. Keep a lookout for
further updates on the game in future issues of
Walmart GameCenter.

LOST SPHEAR

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All the great new games
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game market and the evolving tastes of gamers.
"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,"
explained EA Executive Vice President Patrick
Söderlund, as part of the announcement.
"Throughout the development process, we
have been testing the game concept with
players, listening to the feedback about what
and how they want to play, and closely tracking fundamental shifts in the marketplace. 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

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