Everything We Know About Star Wars Outlaws

Massive Entertainment’s upcoming open world game, , is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S . The game doesn’t follow Jedi and deal with The Force, but instead will give us a look into the seedier side of life in the universe as it follows the exploits of a smuggler and scoundrel in an open world format encompassing multiple planets.

Let’s take a look at everything we know about the next trek to a galaxy far, far away. Ubisoft’s take on follows new hero Kay Vess and her , who are thieves, mercenaries, and con artists just trying to just stay alive as the Empire’s power grows. But one of her jobs puts her in the Empire’s line of fire, leading her and her Merqaal companion Nix to attempt a score that Ubisoft has hyped as to secure their freedom.

is set in the year between and . This is during the height of the Empire’s reign, and that’s why Kay is constantly on the run. Her illegal activities have caught the Empire’s eye, and Luke Skywalker and friends have yet to take them down. According to Narrative Director Navid Khavari, the team wanted to explore the ground level impact of ’ intergalactic conflicts.

“We always knew we wanted to create an original scoundrel story,” Khavari . “There was something exciting about looking at [this universe] from the perspective of a scoundrel like Kay, who has no experience with the Empire, Jedi, Rebellion or the Sith.” looks like a Ubisoft game in more ways than one.

Yes, it has the open world structure that’s become synonymous with the company, but it also has stealth action elements like sneaking, parkour, and stealth attacks reminiscent of the series. There’s also some cover shooter elements, and hand to hand combat, and you can manipulate the environment by sending Nix to hit switches and pick up items across the battlefield.

In addition to on foot combat, has vehicle combat, too, withlast year’s Ubisoft Forward showing Kay firing her blaster while on a speeder bike, slowing down time to line up her shots. Kay’s blaster seems to have different settings and modifications that change its function. The ones seen in the demonstration included a stun mode and a “focused” mode, which appear to work better on certain enemies or obstacles.

The focused setting helps apply pressure on shielded enemies, allowing Kay to get in close for a melee finisher. Part of being a wanted criminal is being on the run. has a reputation and wanted system similar to that in , which means if you’re caught doing crimes, you might find yourself on the wrong side of an imperial blaster.

Your reputation with different factions will affect how easily you can access certain areas, so while you’re bound to make some enemies on your way through space, it will be important to keep in mind who hates you the least while traveling. Kay’s adventure spans the galaxy, and she can fly around it in her Trailblazer starship.

From space, she can fly to different destinations and take part in some space combat against the Empire’s forces. You can also jump to lightspeed while in space to escape Imperial forces and cool down your wanted meter. As seen in the demonstration video, features dialogue choices that let you color in the lines of who Kay is.

The example shown is Kay deciding whether or not to bribe an Empire lackey. According to Massive, , but will let you add a tenor to Kay’s personality and scheming. While takes place in the original trilogy’s window, Kay will visit planets from multiple eras of the series’ history. We’ve already seen Kijimi, a planet introduced in and what looks like the gambling city of Canto Blight from .

We haven’t seen anything that seems to originate from the prequels, though there do seem to be references to its events with some environmental elements . Ubisoft and Massive have only confirmed is coming out sometime this year, but there was a brief moment when it seemed as if Disney, via a Disney Parks blog post, had announced it would launch in “late” 2024, specifically.

However, Ubisoft quickly yet, and only reaffirmed that it will launch in 2024. Could it still be “late” 2024? Possibly, but nothing has been definitively confirmed..