
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.

Two days later, the newly formed banner announced a Ubisoft-developed Star Wars game, ending EA’s uneven eight-year run as the franchise's exclusive video game steward.

In early 2021 Lucasfilm Games was reborn.
