New rumors suggest that theStar Warsgame currently being developed by Ubisoft Massive will feature a vast, open universe for players to explore as they take part in missions. Although details about the mysterious title are still being kept tightly under wraps, a Twitter post from December announced that Ubisoft Massive was recruitingplaytesters for the Star Wars game.Despite providing the inspiration for beloved titles like BioWare’sStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicand theclassic shooterStar Wars: Dark Forces, theStar Warsfranchise has a somewhat spotty track record when it comes to video games. While EA managed to find critical and commercial success with 2019’s SoulslikeStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, years of largely lackluster EA Star Warsgames led many franchise fans to rejoice when it was announced in 2021 that Ubisoft would be working with Lucasfilm Games on a new open-world Star Wars game. This new rumor suggests that the secretive, open-world game could have an even larger scope than players had anticipated.RELATED:Star Wars: The Old Republic Kicks Off 11th Anniversary EventA new tweet from Star Wars gaming account BattlefrontUpdates includes a quote from Insider Gaming claiming that the new Ubisoft Star Warsgame features “a fully open, seamless universe, akin to that found inNo Man’s Sky.” The quote goes on to state that players will be able to travel between different star systems while taking part in a multitude of different activities. Although gamers knew that Ubisoft’s Star Wars title would be open-world in nature, the massive scale of the game as suggested in the quoteindicates that Ubisoft could be trying to compete with upcoming releases likeBethesda’sStarfieldwhen it comes to the amount of content on offer.
ManyStar Warsfans were notably skeptical about the news of a seemingly massive universe to explore in the upcoming game, with some commenters pointing out Ubisoft’s tendency to release open-world games with very little for players to actually do. Poking fun at an old trope in many of Ubisoft’s open-world titles, one gamer joked that players will be able to unlock areas on their map by “scaling the Empire’s galactic electrical towers.” Other comments worried about the comparison toNo Man’s Skygiven that game’s troubled launch. Putting skepticism aside, some die-hard fans simply expressed excitement at the idea of being able to play a truly open-world Star Warsgame.
Whether Ubisoft Massive’sopen-world Star Wars gameends up a timeless classic likeStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicor a forgotten failure likeStar Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi, it’s clear that fans of the galaxy far, far away are in for something wholly new whenever the game releases. If the highly anticipated title can live up to pre-release rumors and gamers’ expectations, it could mark the beginning of a whole new era for Star Warsgames.
