Baseten Secures $1.5 Billion Funding at $13 Billion Valuation Amid AI Infrastructure Boom 
OpenAI May Delay IPO to 2027 Amid $1 Trillion Valuation Goal 
World Cup technology: from ref cams to AI analysts, cutting-edge research is changing the game 
Qualcomm Nears $4 Billion Acquisition of AI Chip Startup Modular 
Today’s space race could turn fatal if we don’t agree on new rules 
John Jumper Leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic Amid Intensifying AI Talent Race 
Republican Lawmaker Introduces AI Incident Reporting Bill to Strengthen U.S. AI Safety 
SpaceX Stock Plunges 16% as KeyBanc Warns Valuation May Be Overstretched 
SK Hynix Overtakes Samsung as South Korea’s Most Valuable Company 
Doncasters Raises $919 Million in NYSE IPO as Aerospace Growth Accelerates 
WiseTech Global Denies Knowledge of Investigation Into Founder Richard White 
Trump’s Quantum Push Lifts IBM Stock as CEO Arvind Krishna Receives White House Praise 
How AI prompting turned writerly description into an everyday skill 
Alibaba Shares Fall After Anthropic Alleges Massive AI Model Distillation Campaign 
Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs as AI Reshapes Workforce and Cloud Expansion Accelerates 
Google’s Open-Source AI Data Center Cooling Design Raises Commoditization Concerns 
It has been a while since EA and Lucasfilm announced a new game as a result of their partnership. But that changed this week as the companies confirmed the development of “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2” and two new “Star Wars” titles.
In separate blog posts, EA and Lucasfilm announced there are three “Star Wars” games currently in the pipeline, including the next entry to the “Star Wars Jedi” series. Respawn Entertainment, led by game director Stig Asmussen, will develop the much-awaited sequel “Fallen Order.”
The development of “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2” has been in the rumor mill for a while before the announcement on Tuesday. In May 2021, Gamereactor UK reported that the sequel was one of EA’s “secret games.”
Speculations about the sequel’s development made headlines again in the following month, after an official EA page tweeted, “Now is a great time to get back to Jedi: Fallen Order.” Considering the timing of the post, fans thought at the time that the game would be announced at the EA Play Live event last July.
"Now is a great time to get back to Jedi: Fallen Order." https://t.co/gCvfiyaOx5
— EA Star Wars (@EAStarWars) June 29, 2021
Details about “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2” are still scarce, and EA has not provided a release timeline for the sequel yet. But there are even fewer details announced for the two other games in development.
What EA revealed for now is that Respawn will take care of the development and production of all three games. The other upcoming “Star Wars” game will be a first-person shooter to be developed by a team from Respawn led by game director Peter Hirschmann. The third project is going to be a strategy game based on “Star Wars.” It will be developed by the newly formed studio Bit Reactor co-founded by former “XCOM” art director Greg Foertsch, while Respawn will produce it.
EA has another popular “Star Wars” series -- “Battlefront” -- but it was not mentioned in any of the announcement posts. It does not look like “Star Wars Battlefront 3” is in the works either. VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb reported that DICE is not making the third installment of the series. But it was not clear if the current situation of “Battlefield 2042” has something to do with it.
