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Former Uncharted lead Amy Hennig returns to Star Wars with a new game

Lucasfilm Games and Skydance New Media announce new ‘cinematic action-adventure game’ in Star Wars universe

www.polygon.com

A new Star Wars game is in development at Skydance New Media, the interactive studio founded in 2019 by game director Amy Hennig, Lucasfilm Games and Skydance announced Tuesday. It’s a return to the Star Wars franchise for Hennig, who had previously worked with the franchise at EA’s Visceral Games on an ambitious (but ultimately canceled) project set in a galaxy far, far away.

Skydance New Media describes its untitled Star Wars project as a “richly cinematic action-adventure game featuring an original story,” but did not reveal specifics. No title, release date, or platforms were announced.

“I’ve often described how seeing Star Wars in 1977 essentially rewired my 12-year-old brain, shaping my creative life and future indelibly,” Hennig said in a news release. “I’m elated to be working with Lucasfilm Games again to tell interactive stories in this galaxy that I love.”

 

[StateofMajora]

Cool. I like Amy and will support a good game from her.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Shes always working on something, that ultimately isn’t anything.

 

[Topher]

Awesome news. Amy Hennig is perfect for Star Wars.

 

[remember_spinal]

I thought she was making a marvel game

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[WitchHunter]

Former Uncharted lead Amy Hennig returns to Star Wars with a new game

Lucasfilm Games and Skydance New Media announce new ‘cinematic action-adventure game’ in Star Wars universe

www.polygon.com

Perfect game for Amy. Btw you cannot hurt a licensed game, it just lives no matter how bad it will be.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Deja Vu. I feel like I have heard this news before multiple times.

 

[StateofMajora]

Shes always working on something, that ultimately isn’t anything.

Well maybe if Naughty Dog and Fuckmann hadn't thrown her out in a coup she might be making good games for them that weren't cringe fests... that i'm sure you like

She is someone to root for as far as i'm concerned

 

[TheMay30thMan]

Wasn’t she making a Star Wars game under EA that was scrapped?

 

[yurinka]

Great news. Looking forward to see this game.

Wasn’t she making a Star Wars game under EA that was scrapped?

Yes. As far as I remember, it was when EA got crazy with MP/GaaS/microtransactions, so I assume they killed it because this project didn't fit there.

Who knows, maybe Disney liked it and wanted to continue it outside EA anyways.

 

[Daytonabot]

Amy Hennig's name takes me back to when Naughty Dog had writing talent.

 

[Danteyke223]

Amy Hennig is slowly turning into Jade Raymond. Hasnt been able to release anything in years and keeps getting cursed projects

 

[AJUMP23]

I doubt it ever gets released.

 

[LordCBH]

Got my attention. I loved the fuck out of Uncharted 3.

 

[DenchDeckard]

You had me at uncharted 2...

 

[wvnative]

STAR WARS UNCHARTED LIVES

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

No more disney pleaaaase.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Doubt it'll ever see the light of day.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Has she even had a game release since she left naughty dog?

 

[Kokoloko85]

Shes always working on something, that ultimately isn’t anything.

This.
One of best deveopers out there and hasnt worked on much since uncharted

 

[ManaByte]

Wasn’t she making a Star Wars game under EA that was scrapped?

Yup Ragtag at Visceral. And it was awesome.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

Both good and bad news. Do they even have enough people in the company to make a AAA Marvel AND Star Wars game? AFAIK it's still a nascent company, so not sure they have the personnel to pull off both and have both be quality.

 

[kyliethicc]

Has she even had a game release since she left naughty dog?

No. Been over 10 years now.

She’s credited on Forspoken tho. That’s coming in the fall.

Cool. I like Amy and will support a good game from her.

Make sure to buy Forspoken.

 

[TheMay30thMan]

Yup Ragtag at Visceral. And it was awesome.

It looked awesome. A god damn shame. Hopefully this makes up for its cancellation.

 

[StateofMajora]

No. Been over 10 years now.

She’s credited on Forspoken tho. That’s coming in the fall.


Make sure to buy Forspoken.

I said a "good" game xD

 

[akaFullmetal]

Hmmm it's like we've heard of this before.....

 

[StateofMajora]

kyliethicc

To be fair to forspoken it at least sounds like they are taking feedback seriously prior to release, and although what I saw didn't look good at all if Amy is on board I will switch from a write off to a wait and see approach. But the reveal really didn't look good.

 

[Topher]

No. Been over 10 years now.

She wasted a lot of her career taking that job at EA. I'm hopeful she can get this game done and turn things around. Do we know who is publishing the game?

 

[HTK]

Has she delivered anything since her departure from Naughty Dog?

 

[TVexperto]

let me know if she actually releases a game

 

[mitch1971]

Has she delivered anything since her departure from Naughty Dog?

pizzas?

 

[StealthGoblin]

Here’s hoping that this sees the light of day. Very talented writer.

 

[Big Baller]

 

[kyliethicc]

Do we know who is publishing the game?

Nah idk. Skydance?

 

[Topher]

Nah idk. Skydance?

That's the studio, isn't it? Maybe Lucasfilm Games...

 

[tusharngf]

whenever she touches one game the studio gets canned the next day. I hope we see some action this time.

 

[DeepEnigma]

whenever she touches one game the studio gets canned the next day. I hope we see some action this time.

She's credited with Forspoken.

 

[Gate Locker]

LoK when?

 

[Games of Today]

Dude YES! The fact that she is back on Star Wars and not evolved with shit EA could be huge!

 

[sainraja]

She was behind Legacy of Rain and Uncharted. You can't discount her. Looking forward to whatever she is working on next and didn't she have something to do with the Star Was Jedi game?

 

[Fake]

Looking foward.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Unfair to be ragging on her tbh. These days It only takes one AAA game to go wrong for your career to have 5+ year gap.

 

[RyRy93]

Just let Respawn handle it, she almost wrecked Uncharted 4 and her Star Wars game was cancelled after being in development for 4 years

 

[envyzeal]

lets see

 

[AJUMP23]

They always announce this stuff too early.

 

[STARSBarry]

Remember how the uncharted series was really really good and a bearded loud mouth took credit for it?

yeah this is the person that actually did all the work.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Remember how the uncharted series was really really good and a bearded loud mouth took credit for it?

yeah this is the person that actually did all the work.

I wish we got to see Amy's UC4 plot/script.

 

[StateofMajora]

I wish we got to see Amy's UC4 plot/script.

Would have been excellent I'm sure. Esp. if the pacing was more like uc2... Gawd.

Fucking Cuckmann, man.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Would have been excellent I'm sure. Esp. if the pacing was more like uc2... Gawd.

Fucking Cuckmann, man.

People would have bitched and moaned about its short length if that was the case. The older uncharted games can be finished in like 8 hours.