General Gaming Jason Schreier: EA Cancelled A Star Wars: Battlefront Spinoff Last Year

[Brian]

Kotaku

 

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Last spring, Electronic Arts canceled a planned spinoff of its popular Star Wars: Battlefront series—the third Star Wars game that the publisher has axed since 2017. This latest game, code-named Viking, was originally envisioned for release in fall 2020 alongside the next generation of consoles. But once it became clear to EA’s executives that the timeline was unrealistic, Viking was no more.

Started off as Visceral/Henning game, got cancelled, assets shipped to Vancouver for an open world game, got cancelled, brought on Criterion to create a small game for new consoles, and got cancelled. 
 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Three cancelled Star Wars projects.

 

Most impressive, EA.

[Bacon]

I wish money wasn't the only thing that mattered when it came to SW. It will always go to shitty AAA's who can't make good games anymore when all they want is the highest bid for the licence.

[Keyser_Soze]

Yeah but it's Battlefront so they did everyone a favor.