{"id":1046,"date":"2026-04-10T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5facaf99e4b017964f147e1c"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:47:09","slug":"new-star-wars-game-in-the-works-from-zynga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-star-wars-game-in-the-works-from-zynga\/","title":{"rendered":"New Star Wars Game in the Works From Zynga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zynga has announced that it is opening a brand-new game development studio based out of its Austin, Texas office to work on a &#8220;premiere mobile game set in the Star Wars universe.&#8221;This new studio will be led by industry veterans Jeff Hickman and Matthew Hemby, and its primary focus will be partnering with NaturalMotion, a Zynga-subsidiary, to develop this new mobile title. It is also looking to hire 25 new employees to help bring this vision to life for such positions as Lead Engineer, Design Director, and Lead Level Designer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a longtime Austinite, I know firsthand the immense level of talent and creativity that resides in this beautiful city,\u201d said Jeff Hickman, Senior Vice President, Games. \u201cWe believe that the Austin talent market is highly compatible with our mission of bringing AAA console visuals and deep, compelling gameplay to mobile platforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\" readability=\"-24\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2486504960 slideshow-preview\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>Every IGN Star Wars Game Review<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2486504960 images-container\"><button aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-2486504960 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3905315446 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3905315446 aspect-ratio-child\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/new-star-wars-game-in-the-works-from-zynga.jpg\" alt=\"IGN has published over 100 different Star Wars game reviews over the last two decades and we've rounded each one up into this neat slideshow.\" class=\"jsx-2920405963 progressive-image image jsx-2126225085 expand loading\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output>While EA may still hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2013\/05\/06\/ea-acquires-star-wars-game-license\">an exclusive licensing agreement with Disney to &#8220;develop and publish new Star Wars titles for a core gaming audience,&#8221;<\/a> Disney does still retain &#8220;certain rights to develop new titles within the mobile, social, tablet and online game categories.&#8221;That doesn&#8217;t mean that EA hasn&#8217;t dipped its hand into the mobile market, however, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes\">Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes<\/a> is one of the most popular Star Wars games on iOS and Android and is still supported to this day.<\/p>\n<p>While we wait for the reveal of where this new game will take us in that galaxy far, far away, be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/star-wars-squadrons-single-player-review\">our review of the latest Star Wars game to be released &#8211; Star Wars: Squadrons.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><output class=\"article-video-container\"><\/output><em>Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to <a href=\"mailto:newstips@ign.com\">newstips@ign.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamBankhurst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AdamBankhurst<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/AdamBankhurst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitch.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/new-star-wars-game-in-the-works-from-zynga\">News Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zynga has announced that it is opening a brand-new game development studio based out of its Austin, Texas office to work on a &#8220;premiere mobile game set in the Star Wars universe.&#8221;This new studio will be led by industry veterans Jeff Hickman and Matthew Hemby, and its primary focus will be partnering with NaturalMotion, a Zynga-subsidiary, to develop this new mobile title. It is also looking to hire 25 new employees to help bring this vision to life for such positions as Lead Engineer, Design Director, and Lead Level Designer. \u201cAs a longtime Austinite, I know firsthand the immense level of talent and creativity that resides in this beautiful city,\u201d said Jeff Hickman, Senior Vice President, Games. \u201cWe believe that the Austin talent market is&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-star-wars-game-in-the-works-from-zynga\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ign"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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