Fallen Order was a pivotal game for Respawn it proved the developer’s prowess outside of first-person shooters and solidified it as EA’s premier Star Wars studio.

Star Wars Jedi was previously confirmed to be the start of a new franchise, after the first game exceeded EA’s sales expectations and went on to become the second best-selling Star Wars game of all time (in the U.S.), as of March 2021. It also appears his signature lightsaber has fallen into the hands of the enemy. Based on the brief debut trailer, Cal is all alone at the beginning of the sequel, still on the run from the Empire. Survivor will continue the story of Cal Kestis that began in Fallen Order. The project is being led by game director Stig Asmussen, who also directed the 2019 original. Release Window: 2023 | Platforms: Switch, Mobile | Developer: Zynga Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorĪ sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, officially titled Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is in development at Respawn Entertainment. In July, Zygna delayed pushed Star Wars: Hunters' release window from 2022 to 2023. Zynga built a new studio to develop Hunters back in 2020, led by Jeff Hickman and Matthew Hemby, two industry veterans with experience at BioWare. Hunters will be the first console game developed by mobile gaming giant Zynga, which is set to be acquired by Take-Two. Gameplay arenas, meanwhile, feature iconic Star Wars settings such as Hoth and Endor. Its playable characters include a bounty hunter, Wookiee, droid, Imperial soldier, rebel, and a pair of Jawa brothers that stand on each other’s shoulders Vincent Adultman style. Hunters is set during the same time period as The Mandolorian - after the fall of the Galactic Empire, between the events of Star Wars Episodes 6 and 7.

The second Star Wars game due out this year is Star Wars: Hunters, a free-to-play, team-based multiplayer game for Nintendo Switch and mobile. For now, however, let’s dive deeper into all eight known new Star Wars games currently in development. There's something for nearly every type of player, and chances are there’s still more to come. They touch on the most popular genres - action-adventure, strategy, first-person shooter, RPG, soulslike, arena battler, open-world, single-player, multiplayer - and range from free-to-play to full-priced, action-heavy to narrative-focused, family-friendly to mature. The projects are being made by seven different studios, each renowned in their respective areas of expertise, and collectively cover every major gaming platform. It's not unlike the Marvel Games playbook that arm of Disney has been working with over the last few years.Ĭonsider the eight known Star Wars games currently in development. In the year since, Lucasfilm Games’ mission has become clear: partner with acclaimed talent across a host of different companies to create a genre-spanning portfolio of Star Wars games that reaches as many audiences as possible.

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