Jedi: Fallen Order 2 is official, along with two other new Star Wars games

Jedi: Fallen Club 2 is official, along with two other new Star Wars games

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For a while, Electronic Arts had the sectional rights to publish Star Wars games. For the start few years, the company didn't practice very much with those rights, focusing on mobile titles and ii forgettable Battlefront shooters. Simply everything inverse with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Club, one of the finest action/take a chance titles of the previous console generation. Now, EA has confirmed that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 is officially on the way, forth with two other Star Wars games from Respawn Entertainment.

Information comes direct from EA, in a post on the company's website announcing the new project.

"Game Director Stig Asmussen and his team at the studio are already working on the next game in the action gamble Star Wars Jedi series, and are joined by two new teams working to deliver additional unique Star Wars gameplay experiences across multiple genres," the postal service reads.

The first of the three game announcements is, of course, Jedi: Fallen Order 2, which will hopefully have a catchier title once information technology debuts. While EA hadn't officially confirmed the sequel until today, the visitor has hinted that it's been in development for a while, and fans never really doubted that it was on the way. There'due south no information near potential release dates or story beats, but nosotros await EA will talk about the game again before too long — perhaps on May four (Star Wars Twenty-four hour period), or during E3 2022.

The other two games are arguably more interesting, if only because EA hadn't hinted at either prior. The beginning is an "all-new Star Wars kickoff-person shooter" from producer Peter Hirschmann. Previously, Hirschmann worked on a variety of Star Wars games, from Lego Star Wars II to The Strength Unleashed, and has get-go-person shooter experience from the Medal of Laurels series.

The upcoming Star Wars strategy game should be something of a care for for genre fans, as nosotros haven't had any major entries in that detail subgenre since Empire at War in 2006. Bit Reactor, a make-new studio, will develop the game, while Respawn volition produce it. At that place's not much else to say near the game at this point, but it has the potential to be the least conventional of the three.

EA had mixed success with Star Wars games when information technology was the exclusive license holder. Only Fallen Order was a superb title, and mixing up genres rather than sticking to competitive FPS could yield ameliorate results. We'll know for sure when these games debut within the next few years.

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom'due south Guide, overseeing the site'due south coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a scientific discipline writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and engineering. Later hours, y'all tin can discover him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.