| GNG Gaming News | Published: January 9, 2024 |
EA held the exclusive rights over Star Wars games for many years and looking back if we are honest they didn't really achieve much in terms of releases. The good news is that that exclusive deal with Disney is well and truly over now and Star Wars is back on the menu for more publishers and developers.
Plenty of studios have jumped into the Star Wars universe and begun working on a multitude of titles and genres. This is every single Star Wars game that is coming out in 2024 and beyond.
Star Wars Outlaws
Release Date: 2024
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X
Star Wars Outlaws was first announced at the Xbox Games Showcase in 2023. This is a brand-new Star Wars adventure from Ubisoft's Massive, the studio behind The Division and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Outlaws will be am open world Star Wars game set to arrive some time in 2024. Earlier this week Disney announced it would launch later this year but quickly retracted the statement. Outlaws looks like a far grittier experience to what we are accustomed to in the Star Wars universe and appears to be set during the Original Trilogy.
Expect more details at Ubisoft Forward later this year.
Star Wars: Hunters
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS
Star Wars: Hunters is a team-based multiplayer game coming to Nintendo Switch and Mobile Devices. Developed by Zynga and Lucasfilm Games, Star Wars: Hunters takes place after the fall of the Galactic Empire, with a cast of new characters you'll be able to choose from as you join squads and take on multiplayer battles in various settings inspired by iconic Star Wars locations.
You will be able to pick characters like Stormtroopers, Rebels, and even Bounty Hunters. Each character will have its own backstory and set dynamics. Star Wars: Hunters was scheduled to release in 2022 but has since been delayed with no clear release date.
Respawn's First-Person Shooter Star Wars
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: TBC
Respawn has seen big success in the last few years with Apex Legends becoming one of the most popular Battle Royales and their single-player Star Wars games Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Fallen Order. Such success in fact that they are working on 2 more Star Wars games.
Respawns upcoming, unnamed title will be a First-Person Shooter. Development of this game is being led by Peter Hirschmann, who has experience on Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
There are no more details about this game, no platform or release date although we can assume it'll be available on consoles and PC.
Respawn's Strategy Game Star Wars
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: TBC
Respawns second entry into this list of all the Star Wars games coming soon. This one is a little different, though, as it is a Strategy Game. The untitled Star Wars strategy game is currently being developed through a production collaboration with the newly established studio Bit Reactor.
Respawn will produce the project whilst Bit Reactor leads it's development. This new studio is led by Greg Foertsch, who previously worked at Firaxis, the studio behind Sid Meisner's Civilization franchise.
Star Wars: Eclipse
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: TBC
First announced at the Game Awards back in 2021, Star Wars: Eclipse is a new action-adventure game from Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream and Lucasfilm Games.
Star Wars: Eclipse is described as a branching narrative driven game, taking place in the High Republic era in an unchartered region of the Outer Rim. Eclipse is experienced through the eyes of an ensemble cast of playable characters wo are all said to have their own personalities and motivations.
Although not confirmed Eclipse will likely launch of PlayStation and Xbox at the least.
Knights of the Old Republic Remake
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: PlayStation and PC
Knights of the Old Republic was first released in 2003. It is set to get a make-over in this upcoming remake of the classic RPG. KOTOR Remake was first announced at the PlayStation 2021 Showcase that included a look at the revamped Darth Raven, who was the customizable protagonist in the original game.
Developement is being led by Aspyr and Lucasfilm Games who have previously worked on remastering Star War games, including Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast.
Amy Hennig's Star Wars game
Release Date: TBC
Platforms: TBC
Another untitled game is coming to the Star Wars universe. From the minds at Skydance New Media in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. Veteran writer and director Amy Hennig will lead the project, Amy is well known for her work on Uncharted and Jak and Daxter.
The new Star Wars game is said to be a narrative-driven action adventure.
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