Highlights
- Rumors suggest that the release of Star Wars Outlaws may be delayed into the next fiscal year, disappointing fans who were excited about getting a new game set in the Star Wars universe.
- While the delay is not major and does not indicate any development issues, it does imply that the game may not be released until after April 2024.
- Star Wars Outlaws promises an impressive technical and visual experience, allowing players to navigate the galactic underworld as Kay Vess and interact with criminal organizations in familiar settings like Tatooine.
Reading between the lines of the latest Ubisoft financial report, there are plausible rumors that the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws could be delayed into the next fiscal year. When Star Wars Outlaws was revealed in June 2023, fans finally saw their first glimpse of the open-world Star Wars game that Ubisoft partnered up with Lucasfilm to make way back in 2021. It follows the story of Kay Vess, a scoundrel from Canto Bight who seems to exemplify the traits that make Star Wars rogues such as Han Solo or Lando Calrissian so compelling.
The initial release date for Star Wars Outlaws was tentatively set for early 2024, and given the success of Jedi Survivor, many Star Wars fans were excited at the prospect of getting a new game set in the Galaxy Far Far Away so soon after the last one. However, Ubisoft's financial report for the first half of 2023 strongly implied that Star Wars Outlaws was being moved further into 2024.
Star Wars Outlaws Will Not Be a 200-300 Hour Long 'Unfinishable RPG'
Concerns about Star Wars Outlaws being as overwhelmingly large as Ubisoft's own recent Assassin's Creed titles are seemingly put to rest.
Though not named by Ubisoft directly, outlets such as Kotaku identified that the game had to be Star Wars Outlaws, and Ethan Gach, one of its senior reporters, shared the news via Twitter. While it comes as a disappointment to Star Wars fans, if this rumor is true, then the delay at least isn't major, nor does it imply that the game is experiencing a troubled development. With Far Cry 7 and Star Wars Outlaws eyeing a release in 2024, it could be a strong year for Ubisoft if both games stick their landing.
Based on the information gleamed from Ubisoft's earnings report, Star Wars Outlaws may be looking at a launch sometime after April 2024, which is when the next fiscal year for Ubisoft begins. Many fans have noted that the game looks impressive from a technical standpoint, and Star Wars Outlaws owes Snowdrop Engine its visual fidelity. In terms of gameplay and story, players will navigate the seedy galactic underworld of the Star Wars universe as Kay Vess, dealing with the Hutt Cartel and other criminal organizations such as the Pyke Syndicate along the way.
Though Star Wars Outlaws explores a familiar timeline, and an even more familiar planet in Tatooine, Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor have both shown that new stories can certainly be told even in settings that have overstayed their welcome. Hopefully, Ubisoft will make the most of the delay, and further enrich the open world experience in Star Wars Outlaws.
Star Wars Outlaws
Massive Entertainment's Star Wars Outlaws is an in-development game that will be published by Ubisoft. The sci-fi franchise's first full open-world project, Outlaws follows Kay Vess and is set during the Imperial Era. Announced for PC and ninth-generation hardware, the game is expected to drop in 2024.
- Franchise
- Star Wars
- Platform(s)
- PC , PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
- Released
- August 30, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Massive Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Ubisoft , Lucasfilm Games
