EA tells investors ‘major IP’ will launch by April 2023; is it Star Wars?

Electronic Arts on Tuesday updated its investors on the major releases it will be publishing sometime before the end of March; one sounds a whole lot like Respawn Entertainment’s upcoming Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorThe one is a surprise, the other is a predictable Super Mega Baseball 3 sequel.

EA’s fiscal fourth quarter, which runs Jan. 1 to March 31, will next year feature a “Major IP” and an otherwise untitled entry in Metalhead Software’s acclaimed Super Mega Baseball series for consoles. EA bought the indie-sports developer in the spring 2021.

Reached Tuesday evening, an EA Sports spokesperson said the label is “excited to bring the next chapter in the Super Mega Baseball series to our fans next spring, and will be sharing more information on launch timing and the game at a later date.”

More intriguing, the “major IP” mention starts a guessing game among fans about what that could be. Star Wars Jedi: The Survivor, the sequel to 2020’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderThis is an excellent candidate. Star Wars Celebration was the first to announce this game. It was launched in 2023. Other than some toys shown at San Diego Comic-Con in July, we’ve gotten no more information about that game.

EA’s “major IP” lineup for consoles has already been dated for the coming four months. Need for Speed unbound launches Dec. 2; the remake of 2008’s survival-horror classic Dead Space launches January 27, 2023 Wild Hearts Koei-Tecmo’s all-new partnership for monster-hunting, launches February 17, 2023.

You might find this game interesting. Skate. The skateboarding franchise announced a return for free in July (yes, with that period). Skate. still has no launch date or window, but over the summer, developers at Full Circle games took signups for a “pre-pre-pre-alpha look,” at the game, which suggests that still has a ways to go in development.

EA announced at the end of September that its Motive Studio was working on an adaptation of Marvel’s Iron Man, and then said on Monday that will be joined by two other Marvel-licensed video games. The tone of the announcements didn’t indicate any of these games would launch soon or even by April. Motive has also been working on this. Dead Space remake.

If it’s Star Wars Jedi, Survivor, then it’s possible we will hear more — probably a launch date — at Dec. 8’s The Game Awards 2022, the industry’s last new products announcement extravaganza for the year.

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