


“For Jedi: Survivor, we are working in lockstep with Lucasfilm Games to build on the legacy of Jedi: Fallen Order. For more on the game, be sure to check out our Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Preview.Įlsewhere in gaming, Bethesda has confirmed that its upcoming vampire shooter Redfall will launch with Denuvo and require a “persistent online connection” to play, even within its single-player mode.“Even before completing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, our team had a vision of how to carry the adventure for Cal, BD, and the crew into the sequel,” said Stig Asmussen, game director, Respawn. That’s all we know so far about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Regardless, it looks from the trailer like other Sith are busy hunting Cal. We actually saw Vader at the end of Fallen Order, so it’s possible that he may return in this game. Not much is known about this period leading up to the training of Luke Skywalker, besides the fact that the Jedi are in hiding, with the few that are left running from Darth Vader’s Inquisitors. This means it is nine years before A New Hope, and runs parallel to the events of the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series. The first game was set five years after Revenge of the Sith, meaning that the sequel will take place 10 years after the fall of the Jedi. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is set five years after Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. That means that we have more time to polish, that means that we can iterate more, and we can get better results that feel more filmic.” When is ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ set? Since it’s real-time, we get to see the changes as we tweak the lights - immediately, essentially. That’s allowing us to do real-time lighting, all the time, at a fidelity that’s well beyond anything that we’ve ever produced before.

“So I think the biggest thing is ray tracing, or lighting. It will not release on older-generation consoles like PS4 and Xbox One.ĭuring an interview with Star, game director Stig Asmussen spoke about the possibilities that current-gen consoles offer the team at Respawn. One thing to note about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is that it will only launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. What we do see is inquisitors continuing their hunt for remaining Jedi, as well as an older Cal discovering a character floating in a Bacta Tank. The first trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is a pre-rendered cinematic trailer with no gameplay.
