It's Time To Start Worrying About Ubisoft's Star Wars Game
The development of the new Star Wars open-world game from Ubisoft is off to a worrying start, as bad news surrounding the project continues to come out. Lucasfilm recently ended the exclusivity deal they had with Electronic Arts, allowing other companies to make a game with the IP. Jedi: Fallen Order took the franchise in a new direction and was a massive hit among fans. While the potential of Ubisoft's open-world game is exciting, early development of the new Star Wars title has gotten off to a rocky start, according to recent reports.
Players have had mixed feelings from the start about the next entry into the massively popular franchise. On one side, an open-world Star Wars game sounds amazing, letting fans explore the galaxy to their hearts' content. On the other side, the company's decisions have angered players in the past. Ubisoft games have a history of being bloated, meaning they are filled with microtransactions and excess content. Before any further details of the new Star Wars game were released, some unfortunate news broke last month related to the project.
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In mid-March, Massive Entertainment's Managing Director, David Polfeldt, announced his departure from the company. Massive Entertainment is a subsidiary of Ubisoft and is in charge of developing the open-world Star Wars game.To make matters worse, Polfeldt's decision came after already taking a six-month sabbatical. As a follow-up to his exclusive article written about upcoming Ubisoft games later that same month, games industry writer, Tom Henderson was asked about the Star Wars title on Twitter. He said, "I think that's probably the furthest title from release and we're probably
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