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This could be the game you're looking for Star Wars Outlaws is an upcoming open-world game set in a galaxy far, far away. After recent previews, developer Massive Entertainment has shared some insights. Speaking to IGN , Julian Gerighty, creative director at Massive Entertainment, explained some of the philosophy behind taking on a game of this scale.

“I think this is maybe just my approach, but even if it’s scary, you’ve got to do it, you’ve got to lean into it. What’s the downside to pitching a Star Wars game in San Francisco at LucasFilm Games in George Lucas’ old office? “It’s the outlaw player fantasy and it’s open world, those were the two main pillars that we pitched,” Gerighty continued. “Why open world? Because the outlaw fantasy really needs that to live and breathe.



” Massive Entertainment has a solid pedigree in the open-world genre, having developed The Division and The Division 2 , as well as Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora , so we know it can deliver when it comes to established sci-fi film IPs. Star Wars Outlaws follows Kay Vess, a scoundrel planning a massive heist. It’s a third-person action-adventure game and will have blasters and gadgets rather than lightsabers and Force powers.

“For us, the sort of cinematic ambition that we had was in presentation,” says Gerighty. But that doesn’t just mean cutscenes. “What I care the most about is the interactive part,” he adds.

“One of our intentions for the beginning of the game was .

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