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Discussion is centering on the new Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic project, including fresh investment, talent from BioWare/KOTOR, a smaller focused scope, and a public rejection of generative AI by director Casey Hudson. A separate thread of interest is Star Wars expanding into Fortnite creator tools, while a few peripheral headlines touch games, hardware, and legacy Star Wars branding.

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Key Takeaway Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is emerging as a major RPG project with new funding and veteran talent, while its director is publicly drawing a line against gen-AI.
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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is emerging as a major RPG project with new funding and veteran talent, while its director is publicly drawing a line against gen-AI.

Discussion is centering on the new Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic project, including fresh investment, talent from BioWare/KOTOR, a smaller focused scope, and a public rejection of generative AI by director Casey Hudson. A separate thread of interest is Star Wars expanding into Fortnite creator tools, while a few peripheral headlines touch games, hardware, and legacy Star Wars branding.

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Top 2 signals · Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is emerging as a major
GamesIndustry.biz · 2d ago
New AAA collective to publish Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic plus games from CoD and Yu-Gi-Oh! veterans
r/Games · 11h ago
'It nearly killed me': Why studio head James Ohlen left sci-fi RPG Exodus mid-development—and why EA crushing his Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot was the 'beginning of the end' at BioWare

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Briefing Findings · Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is emerging as a major

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Project name Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic
Talent influx More ex-BioWare and KOTOR veterans joined the team

What to Watch

  • Watch for the next official developer update on Fate of the Old Republic’s scope, funding, or release window. Eurogamer

What Changed

  • 'It nearly killed me': Why studio head James Ohlen left sci-fi RPG Exodus mid-development—and why EA crushing his Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot was the 'beginning of the end' at BioWare Eurogamer
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GamesIndustry.biz · 1 article
IGN · 1 article
KitGuru · 1 article
r/Games · 1 article
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Digital Foundry · 1 article
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gamesindustry.biz

New AAA collective to publish Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic plus games from CoD and Yu-Gi-Oh! veterans

New holding company funds three studios, featuring veterans Casey Hudson (Star Wars) and David Vonderhaar (Call of Duty)

2d ago News by Sophie McEvoy Staff Writer
blog.playstation.com

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Tracking: "I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic / Star Wars: X-Wing and MechWarrior veterans release In The Black, a "serious" space combat sim with Newtonian physics

"I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic Star Wars: X-Wing and MechWarrior veterans release In The Black, a "serious" space combat sim with Newtonian physics
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