Star Wars 1313
The Troubling Story Behind Visceral’s Star Wars Game
The Star Wars game by the EA-owned Visceral studios appeared to be quite promising. The 15-second trailer revealed at E3 2016 had awed the fans across the globe (although it revealed nothing much more than a man on Tatooine). It was a hard hit on fan’s heart when EA shut down the studio on 17 October 2017. But those who had worked for the studio found themselves unsurprised. In many people’s eyes, doom was inevitable. There were layers of socio-economic clashes, both between the studio and the parent company EA and within the studio itself, that led to the downfall of the long-running studio. If you wanted to pinpoint the exact moment that Visceral Games became doomed, you’d need to go back to the beginning of 2013. On February 5 of that year, Visceral released what would turn out to...
Star Wars 1313 Resurrected?
Nolan North may have revealed the existence of a spiritual successor to the lamentedly cancelled Star Wars 1313 at a Q&A session at the MetroCon 2015. it is being helmed by Amy Hennig of uncharted (as in the entire series) fame, and being developed by Visceral. When asked whether it is Star Wars 1313, North replied that “it’s different, but along the same lines.” This is what he had to say about the game: “If you’re a big fan of Amy Hennig and her style of story, she’s gone to EA and is going to reboot a brand new Star Wars franchise in the style of Uncharted. I happen to know a lot about it and it’s going to be awesome.”