The new Lucasfilm Games announced that Ubisoft is developing an open-world Star Wars game; Wired got the scoop and some details: the game is being developed by Massive Entertainment, and the creative director is Julian Gerighty (director of "The Division 2" and "The Crew"). Development is still in its early stages and will use Massive's Snowdrop Engine.

All this sounds like multiplayer, but it is clearly speculation. This news follows yesterday's announcement that Bethesda Game Studios and Machinegames are developing a new Indiana Jones game.

The small story here is that EA agreed to a 10-year exclusive Star Wars game deal with the Walt Disney Company in 2013; EA will continue to make Star Wars games, but Lucasfilm Games is now apparently working with several other There is no further clarity on what happened here beyond the fact that they are making Star Wars games with a publisher.

According to Ubisoft CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot, Massive is working with Lucasfilm to create "the most original Star Wars adventure ever." Details of the game are unknown, but for some reason a considerable amount of play time is being teased. [Sean Shoptaw, Disney's SVP of Global Games and Interactive Experiences, told Wired, "This is a massive entertainment experience that will last for hours, much longer than the movie. If people are paying $70, or even a modest amount of money, to spend time with content and play games, we have to reward that investment."

Hours after Ubi's announcement, Electronic Arts posted a tweet reassuring fans: "There is one simple question on the PCG forums, and that question is, 'What is the best way to make sure people are getting the most out of the game?'