Yesterday, Ubisoft officially announced that its upcoming Star Wars: Outlaws will be released later this year on August 30th. However, if you want to enjoy this open-world adventure, you will be required to be connected to the internet to simply install it, whether you bought the discs or not.
Star Wars: Outlaws is set in between the events of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and follows the adventures of Kay Vess, an underworld scoundrel, as she seeks to earn her freedom by robbing one of the largest players in the galactic underworld.
The trailer itselfshowcases multiple locations in the Star Wars universe, including the iconic Tatooine. It sees Vess brush shoulders with some heavyweights of the Star Wars canon, including Jabba the Hut himself. The trailer shows a ton of gameplay, with Vess slinking across buildings, stealthily taking out enemies, and even piloting starships in battle against the Empire itself.
It looks like a fun romp, and it's great to see that it's fast approaching later this year on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles. However, what's not fun to see is the cost of some of the collector's editions.
Games are already expensive, with many of the main AAA budget titles costing gamers at least $70. Collector's Editions have always been more expensive, offering cosmetic and item perks in-game and a way for developers to package their season passes with the title. Outlaws is no different. Now the various Star Wars Outlaws versions run up to $130 for the Ultimate Collector's Edition, which comes with a digital art book, two separate cosmetic packs, the season pass, and Early Access to the game.
Are we at a point where we can stop calling it Early Access and call it what it truly is: the launch date?
The $110 Gold edition is simply the base game, that «Early Access» period of three days and the season pass. Ubisoft is also using Star Wars Outlaws as a way to promote its Ubisoft + Premium service, which gives you access to the Ultimate Edition and all its perks, as well as other titles in Ubisoft's library.
Meanwhile, regardless of how you purchased Star Wars Outlaws, you'll need to make sure your internet connection is good to download it, even if you bought the physical discs for console. Spotted by Wario64 on Twitter (via Kotaku), Star Wars Outlaws is yet another game that requires an internet connection to install. However, Ubisoft did confirm to Kotaku that you won't need to be online to actually play the game, which brought about a sigh of relief as too many single-player games nowadays require an online connection just to play them.
Either way, Star Wars Outlaws is looking rather excellent, and I can't wait to learn more as we get closer. Star Wars games have seen
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Star Wars Outlaws’ promise of a vast map where players are able to seamless travel from open world planets and moons into outer space has been one of its more enticing aspects, but there’s still plenty yet that we don’t know about when it comes to what kind of content and gameplay opportunities the game’s space areas will bring. Developer Massive Entertainment has said that space in Star Wars Outlaws will be “full of things to do”– but what things exactly?
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The classic card game Sabacc will finally be playable in Star Wars Outlaws, as revealed by the game’s ESRB rating. Ubisoft and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora developer Massive Entertainment announced that they were working on an open-world Star Wars game back in 2021, but it wasn’t until last June’s Xbox Games showcase that fans learned what it was going to be about. Star Wars Outlaws will put players in the role of Kay Vess, an aspiring outlaw looking to make her mark on the criminal underworld by pulling a massive heist against the rising Zerek Besh organization.
Ubisoft has commented on the controversy surrounding Star Wars Outlaws after it was revealed that one of its missions will be behind a paywall from day one. Ubisoft argues that the mission in question, Jabba's Gambit, is "optional", defending the decision to lock it to a season pass.
Ubisoft's upcoming Star Wars Outlaws will lock an exclusive mission featuring Jabba the Hutt behind the Season Pass. While Star Wars fans were excited about the concept of an open world title set in A Galaxy Far Far Away, the latest information revealed for Outlaws has been controversial. Star Wars Outlaws takes place before Return of the Jedi, and places its players in the role of Kay Vess, an ambitious scoundrel and thief from Cantonica. However, despite being an entirely single-player experience, Ubisoft has designed Star Wars Outlaws as an always-online title, with a Season Pass that will offer players access to exclusive content.
Content surrounding one of ' most iconic villains may be locked behind a paywall. The open-world game from Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment is set to see a new character, Kay Vess, explore the criminal underworld as she attempts to build her reputation and carry out the biggest heist the Outer Rim has ever seen.
With Star Wars Outlaws, developer Massive Entertainment is looking to deliver the ultimate Star Wars scoundrel fantasy, which, of course, means protagonist Kay Vess (and her adorable companion Nix) will be crossing paths with a number of different factions, the majority of them being criminal syndicates.
Based on all that we’ve seen of Star Wars Outlaws so far, it’s clear that its Reputation system is going to be central to the experience. As protagonist Kay Vess navigates the Outer Rim’s criminal underworld and works with (and against) a variety of factions during the course of her journey, the decisions you make as the player will affect her standing with each of those factions– which, in turn, will have a variety of gameplay consequences, as you may have guessed.
Star Wars Outlaws has received an age classification from the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The timing of its ESRB rating's emergence is an encouraging sign for fans, as it indicates that Star Wars Outlaws is on course to release without any delays.
Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws features a $110 Gold Edition and a $130 Ultimate Edition, and some fans are not happy about what they are getting for those high prices. The more expensive editions of Star Wars Outlaws include premium benefits that have become commonplace in recent years.
continues a controversial trend that has become more prominent in recent years. Ubisoft recently revealed more about the upcoming AAA title's story, pre-order bonuses, and special editions, with a confirmed release date of August 30, 2024.