Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws announced at the Xbox Games Showcase
Going smugglin'
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Great news forStar Warsfans: Ubisoft’sStar Wars Outlawswas just revealed during the Xbox Games Showcase, part of the not-E3 2023announcement season.
Star Wars Outlawsappears to be a story-driven adventure similar toStar Wars Jedi: Survivorand Quantic Dream’s upcomingStar Wars Eclipse.However,Star Wars Outlawsappears to star an original female protagonist named Kay Vess. Vess seems like a fun hero; a scoundrel / smuggler with a tiny, cute sidekick called Nix.
No release date is currently attached to the project outside of a vague ‘2024,’ but it should be coming toXbox Game Passon day one of launch like most other titles shown off during the Xbox Games Showcase.
Star Wars Outlawsis being billed by Ubisoft as the “first-ever open world Star Wars game.” It’s set betweenThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi,so there’s a high likelihood that protagonist Kay will rub shoulders with iconic characters from those movies. Keep an eye out for Luke, Han, Leia, Lando and the rest, then.
Unfortunately, theStar Wars Outlawstrailer was purely CGI, so we don’t know what the game will look like during regular play just yet. However, we’ll most likely see more of the game during the Ubisoft Forward presentation happening on June 12. That’s tomorrow!
The idea of an open-world Star Wars game is certainly an enticing one. Yes, it means that Xbox had two open-world space games to show at its event (take a bow,Starfield).
It’ll be interesting to see howStar Wars Outlawsdiffers from the Bethesda Game Studios title. With it being a Ubisoft open-world, though, I remain skeptical. Hopefully it won’t be another checklist open world scattered with endlessly samey objectives, instead offering something potentially similar toThe Old Republicwhere exploration and curiosity is highly encouraged.
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