Fallen Order Director Departs From EA

Stig Asmussen, the director behind Respawn Leisure’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its current sequel has left writer Digital Arts for unspecified causes.

2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was an enormous hit, promoting hundreds of thousands of copies and garnering rave critiques from critics and followers. Earlier this yr, the sport’s sequel, Jedi: Survivor, debuted to equally optimistic critiques and gross sales. Each video games have been seen by many as an enormous enchancment over EA’s earlier Star Wars output, which included multiplayer shooters and canceled initiatives. And now, the person who helped lead improvement on the Jedi video games is now not with Respawn or the studio’s guardian firm EA.

In accordance with a brand new September 13 report from Bloomberg, Stig Asmussen has left EA, with the Madden and Battlefield writer confirming the information with the outlet.

When requested in regards to the departure, EA offered Kotaku with this assertion:

After cautious thought and consideration, Stig Asmussen has determined to depart Respawn to pursue different adventures, and we want him one of the best of luck. Veteran Respawn leaders will likely be stepping as much as information the crew as they proceed their work on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

The precise purpose for Asmussen’s departure shouldn’t be but identified. His exit from Respawn, at the least from the skin, does appear stunning, because the Jedi video games have been thought of big successes for EA and its stewardship of Star Wars. His sudden exit appears much more stunning when you think about that, in line with Asmussen, the Jedi sequence of video games was at all times meant to be a trilogy, implying a 3rd recreation is coming sooner or later.

In March, a month earlier than the launch of Jedi: Survivor, Asmussen informed IGN that he “at all times needed to see [the Jedi saga] as a trilogy.” He defined additional that the crew had “concepts of what we might do past [Jedi: Survivor].”

Whereas it’s very doubtless EA and Respawn will develop a 3rd recreation within the well-liked franchise, finishing the presumably deliberate trilogy, it is going to seemingly be with out the director who helped make the primary two chapters memorable.

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