EA heeft enkele jaren terug een deal met Disney gesloten om Star Wars games te mogen maken en Star Wars Battlefront is hiervan het eerste resultaat. Deze deal beslaat tien jaar en daarom mogen we na Star Wars Battlefront nog meer delen verwachten. Dit vertelde EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen in een gesprek met GameSpot.

“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,”

“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.”

We mogen in de toekomst zowel nieuwe Star Wars Battlefront delen verwachten evenals andere Star Wars games. EA heeft hierbinnen alle ruimte, want de deal beslaat het gebruik van de eerste zes films alsook de aankomende film, The Force Awakens.

EA blijft echter wel verstandig, want in plaats van filmgames maken zullen ze eigen interpretaties op het universum loslaten, waardoor er meer creatieve vrijheid ontstaat.

“We get access to all of the historical content as well as all the new content developed. 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.”