Disney reportedly allowed Ubisoft Massive to make a ‘Star Wars’ game after a meeting about ‘Avatar’

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Ubisoft Massive was reportedly given the go-ahead from Disney to create a Star Wars game after a meeting about its Avatar title.In an interview with IGN, SVP of Disney Games Sean Shoptaw revealed that he and his team met with the game developer after Disney acquired Fox, which also included the discussions about Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora at the time.“There was such alignment and such creative passion around the Star Wars IP from that team that it just was a natural evolution to the relationship, and really led to the Star Wars game we announced not too long ago”, Shoptaw said.In January, after Lucasfilm Games was formed, it was confirmed that Ubisoft had formed a partnership with the publisher to create an open-world Star Wars game.The.