Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm have announced a new global publishing agreement for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The bulk of the publishing, marketing and distribution rights will be shifted from LucasArts to EA so they can be centralized for efficiency.
This comes at a time when some people both inside and out of the BioWare Austin studio that is making Star Wars: The Old Republic have cast doubt on its viability in the market. Terms of this agreement were not disclosed and Lucasfilm indicated they would still work with EA on design and marketing of the product.
