All the news from today’s big EA investor event

September seventeenth, EA hosted its annual Investor Day event. Here the company shows the way forward for what it’s working on, discusses the way it plans to expand its franchises and tries to persuade the many individuals with money that they’re profitable and price further investment.

You could have missed it, because it doesn’t offer the level of pleasure of E3. But some things were announced, each at the event and as a part of the media blitz outside of Investor Day. So here’s all the essential news you may be excited by.

not happening, but the franchise doesn’t end

It could seem strange, but EA has no plans to create one anytime soon. Kate Gorman, EA’s vp and general manager of it has been said to be ushering in a “new era” for the franchiseand doesn’t want to interchange old games with latest ones, forcing players to restart the game.

“We don’t want to reset your progress. So it’s not so much about the numbers in the games, but know that the future of the franchise looks more like maintaining progress, maintaining things across titles and really having a continuous experience, rather than a stop-start experience between products,” Gorman said.

EA will proceed to update and improve while also releasing other related games, including previously announced ones what isn’t but as a substitute something more focused on multiplayer. The goal, it seems, is to stop replacing games with latest games and support things longer.

“We’re not going to be working on replacements for previous projects; we’re just going to be adding to our universe,” Gorman said. “What you’ll see is that there are more ways to experience s on different platforms, different ways to play, transmedia, a lot of great offerings in that universe.”

the film is being shot and Margot Robbie is in it

Meanwhile, EA also confirmed that a movie is in the works. The game publisher is partnering with Amazon MGM and star Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap. The film might be directed and co-written by season one director Kate Herron.

EA says it’s “very excited” about the film, but doesn’t have much to say about it yet. “It’s too early to talk more about the film, but stay tuned for updates as we celebrate our 25th anniversary next year!”

in energetic development and is the end of the series

The next installment of the award-winning Respawn and Lucasfilm series is currently in development, in line with EA during today’s Investor event. This may also be the end of the trilogy and series.

“More than 40 million fans have connected with Cal Kestis and his story of his journey to become a powerful Jedi,” said Laura Miele, president of EA Entertainment and Technology, during the event.

And that story will proceed in the third game, which Miele confirmed is in energetic development. “Respawn is working hard to deliver the final chapter of this exciting story to players,” Miele said.

EA didn’t provide any details about the next game during the event.

Previously, and director Stig Asmussen said that he all the time envisioned these games “as a trilogy” and that the team had plans for what would occur after them 2023 Asmussen left Respawn in September 2023 and won’t be involved in the work on the third a part of the trilogy.

We learned so much about the next essential match

Ahead of Investor Day, Respawn CEO and EA Studios Group CEO Vince Zampella I talked to about the future. And the bottom line is: Did you prefer it? Well, they’re doing it again.

“I mean, if you look back to the peak or the pinnacle, it’s that … era where everything was modern,” Zampella said. “And I think we need to get back to the essence of what it is and do it amazingly well, and then we’ll see what comes of it.”

Zampella confirmed that the next game will cast off specialists and return to the classic class-based system present in older FPS games.

When can players expect the next installment? EA is not saying. Zampella hinted at a community testing program next 12 months, but didn’t reveal a release window for the full game. It seems EA is in no rush to release one other game after reception below expectations. You can read more about this game here.

The reboot will begin in 2025

The Internet Can Finally Stop Asking EA for a Release Date, Publisher Confirms September seventeenth that the reboot will finally arrive in 2025 as a part of Early Access.

The publisher didn’t have much else to say about the latest entry in the beloved skateboarding series, but that’s okay. I’m excited to be back next 12 months. I can’t wait to crash 200 times attempting to land that one perfect kickflip over the stairs. Read more about the news here.

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