Respawn Entertainment, LLC is an Electronic Arts video game development studio. They created Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and are currently working on three more Star Wars games.
History[]
Respawn Entertainment was founded on April 12, 2010, as part of EA Partners,[3] by Jason West and Vince Zampella, the co-founders of Infinity Ward (a studio well known for the Call of Duty series), after they were fired by Infinity Ward's parent company, Activision.[1] In November 2017, the studio was bought by Electronic Arts.[2] The studio created the games Titanfall (2014) and Apex Legends (2019).
In 2016, it was announced that the studio was working on a third-person Star Wars game.[4] Its title, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, was revealed during E3 2018.[5] It was released on November 15, 2019.[6]
On January 25, 2022, it was announced that Respawn was working on three different video games: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order, a strategy game, and a first-person shooter game.[7] On February 28, 2024, it was announced that the first-person shooter project was canceled.[8]
Games[]
Year | Title |
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2019 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order[6] |
2023 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor[9] |
TBA | Untitled strategy game[7] |
Canceled[8] | Untitled first-person shooter game[7] |
Sources[]
- The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
- Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games Announce New Star Wars Titles in Development from Respawn Entertainment on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Electronic Arts & Lucasfilm Games announce new Star Wars titles from Respawn Entertainment on Electronic Arts' official website (backup link)
- SWCA 2022: Respawn's Stig Asmussen Talks Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Reflects on Its Predecessor – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Inside Intel: The Inquisitorius on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor: Cameron Monaghan on Cal Kestis' Next Adventure on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Best of 2022 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Cal Kestis Looks to Infiltrate to an Enemy Stronghold in Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars – Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 217
- SWCE 2023: Respawn's Stig Asmussen Breaks Down New Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Final Gameplay Trailer – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Team Drills Down Into Cal Kestis' Story on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Dial of Destiny Win Grammy Awards on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jason West and Vincent Zampella's new call of duty by Alex Pham & Ben Fritz on www.latimes.com (April 12, 2010) (archived from the original on March 11, 2020)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 EA Now Owns Titanfall Developer Respawn by Makuch, Eddie (December 5, 2017) on GameSpot.com (backup link)
- ↑ Respawn Entertainment announced by ex-IW heads, partnering with EA by Grant, Christopher on www.engadget.com (April 12, 2010) (archived from the original on April 2, 2020)
- ↑ Titanfall developer Respawn is making a third-person Star Wars game by Yin-Poole, Wesley on www.eurogamer.net (May 4, 2016) (archived from the original on June 13, 2019)
- ↑ EA Play Live Press Conference 2018. Featuring Anthem, Battlefield 5, EA SPORTS and more… on the Electronic Arts YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games Announce New Star Wars Titles in Development from Respawn Entertainment on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Respawn's Star Wars FPS Is Canceled, But Work on Next Jedi Game, Black Panther and Iron Man Will Continue by Rebekah Valentine on IGN (February 28, 2024) (archived from the original on February 28, 2024)