‘Star Wars Outlaws’ developer admits it isn’t promoting properly

Ubisoft has confirmed that Star Wars Outlaws shouldn’t be promoting in addition to anticipated.

Star Wars Outlaws is about between the occasions of The Empire Strikes Again and Return Of The Jedi however avoids a majority of The Skywalker Saga. As an alternative, gamers are inspired to “threat all of it as scoundrel Kay Vess, searching for freedom and the means to begin a brand new life. Struggle, steal, and outwit your means via the galaxy’s crime syndicates as you be part of the galaxy’s most wished,” continues the official description.

Outlaws was launched final month however now, Ubisoft has confirmed it hasn’t carried out as hoped. “Regardless of strong scores (Metacritic 76) and consumer scores throughout the First Occasion and Epic shops (3.9/5) that replicate an immersive and genuine Star Wars universe, Star Wars Outlaws preliminary gross sales proved softer than anticipated,” Ubisoft mentioned in a new monetary replace.

“In response to participant suggestions, Ubisoft’s improvement groups are presently totally mobilised to swiftly implement a collection of updates to shine and enhance the participant expertise in an effort to interact a big viewers through the vacation season to place Star Wars Outlaws as a powerful long-term performer,” the replace continued.

In a put up on social media, builders confirmed they had been “laborious at work” on a number of updates for Star Wars Outlaws “which can carry optimization, gameplay sharpening and tweaks, in addition to high quality of life modifications together with changes to fight and stealth gameplay” to the sport.

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A brand new enlargement Outlaws: Wild Card can also be attributable to launch November 21 and can see “Kay and Nix infiltrate a high-stakes Sabacc Event the place they may face off in opposition to the legendary Lando Calrissian. As well as, new contracts might be added free for all gamers.” The sport is about to launch on Steam the identical day.

After the sport’s shaky launch, Ubisoft has additionally delayed Murderer’s Creed Shadows to subsequent yr, with the sport now set to launch February 14.  “Learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws launch led us to supply further time to additional polish the title,” Ubisoft mentioned in regards to the delay.