We're a month into Q3 of the fiscal year and as a result, many companies are now releasing their earnings reports for the previous quarter and giving updates on upcoming products. EA is no different, teasing a ‘major IP' launch for early next year. 

As part of EA's recent earnings call, the company confirmed to investors that it plans to release a new game under a ‘major IP' before the end of March 2023. Unfortunately, the company isn't confirming exactly what game it is referring to, but we already have a pretty good candidate in mind.

It has long been rumoured that Respawn's upcoming sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is planned for an early 2023 release. EA was not referring to Dead Space Remake with its comments, which is coming out in January, and it also likely wasn't referring to Wild Hearts, as that is a brand new IP set in a genre that EA has not really explored before.

Chances are, when EA said ‘major IP', it was referring to Star Wars. During the call, EA's CEO, Andrew Wilson, also explained a little bit about changes the company has made to marketing, preferring to ramp up the hype for new games closer to their release dates, rather than having long and drawn-out marketing cycles.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was announced earlier this summer with a 2023 release date, but we still know very little about gameplay changes, story and of course, we do not yet have a final release date. Perhaps that will change at The Game Awards in December.

KitGuru Says: The next Star Wars Jedi game was already rumoured for a Q1 2023 launch. Hopefully, the project is on track to meet that, as we've seen many unfortunate delays over the last couple of years. 

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