EA has announced that Kevin Stephens will officially join the company to create an open-world action-adventure game.Stephens is the former studio head of Warner Bros. Warner" and "Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor" and "Middle-earth: Shadow of War.

In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, EA Senior Vice President Samantha Ryan, who is also the former president of Monolith Productions, said that the action-adventure genre is "very important" to the gaming industry and that she hopes new titles will introduce new players to the genre She said she hopes the new game will introduce new players to the genre. She also confirmed that the studio is still in the early stages of working out some basic business issues, such as the size of the studio and the focus of the game; EA hopes to announce more details about the studio later this year.

Stephens' background in "Middle-earth" games makes him a good choice to helm an open-world game, with games like "Assassin's Creed Valhalla" and the upcoming "Biomutant" offering players a huge world As such, the genre remains as popular as ever. Mordor, which made headlines when Warner Bros. patented the "Nemesis System" (which prevents other studios from using it), reminded us of an interesting idea brought to us by Monolith.

No wonder EA wants to get its hands on the open-world cake; "Anthem" is an open-world game, and "Dragon Age: Inquisition" is another open-world-adjacent game developed by Bioware, but EA has not been able to get a " Star Wars" for years, it has never published a Star Wars open-world game, for example, despite holding the license, and that work eventually went to Ubisoft Massive. No word on whether the new studio will develop an entirely new IP, but it seems unlikely that many of EA's current games would be well suited to the genre. In any case, more information will be forthcoming as time goes on.