Visceral Games Might Have Been Shut Down But Its Star Wars Project Continues

EA might have shut down their in-house video game developer, Visceral Games, but that doesn't mean that the studio's Star Wars project is being canceled.

This afternoon, EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund announced that the company was shutting down Visceral Games. However, that doesn't mean the developer's Star Wars game is getting cut off.

In a blog post on its website, Soderland explained EA's plans for the game.

"A development team from across EA Worldwide Studios will take over development of this game, led by a team from EA Vancouver that has already been working on the project. Our Visceral studio will be ramping down and closing, and we're in the midst of shifting as many of the team as possible to other projects and teams at EA."

Of course, because of this sudden change, it'll take an even longer time for EA to announce the launch of the game.

"Lastly, while we had originally expected this game to launch late in our fiscal year 2019, we're now looking at a new timeframe that we will announce in the future."

Visceral Game's shutdown isn't making things easy for EA, and while the publisher wants to continue the developer's Star Wars project, it doesn't want to be careless and deliver a poor product.

"Bringing new Star Wars games to life for every passionate fan out there is what drives us as creators. It's what has inspired us to deliver the massive new Star Wars Battlefront II experience launching in just a few weeks. It fuels our live service in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. Making games in the extraordinary Star Wars universe is truly a dream for so many of us at EA, and we have so many more experiences to come for players on every platform. We want to take the time to get each game right, to make it unique, to make it amazing."

Better late than never, and what's worth the wait is worth waiting for. It's better to wait for a good game than to have EA rush things to deliver a half-assed project.

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