It’s taking every ounce of my strength not to get overly excited for Ubisoft’s open-world Star Wars game,Outlaws.First unveiled during June’s Xbox Games Showcase,Outlawsstars scoundrel Kay Vess and her adorable, fuzzy, axolotl-like companion, Nix, in an all-new adventure set between the events ofThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi. As well as aGTA-inspired wanted systemand anoddly seductive droid,Outlawsis shaping up to be enormous, as the devs keep teasing the overwhelming size of the game’s planets.Take a look at the trailer forStar WarsOutlawsright here.For reference, game director Mathias Karlson previously stated that the planet ofToshara will be larger than the entirety ofThe Division 2’s map, and creative director Julian Gerighty more recently claimed thatplanets might be around the same size as two or three zones inAssassin’s Creed Odyssey. There were seven different areas inOdyssey, and so far, Star Wars fans believe they’ve spotted four or five planets inOutlaws’ trailers, so it could be even bigger than the 2018Assassin’s Creedgame.AdvertAlthough we don’t currently know the total number of planets that’ll be included, as Eurogamerreports, Gerighty also confirmed in an interview with Edge magazine that all of them will be “handcrafted”. He stated: “We haven’t procedurally generated an entire planet.”Meanwhile, we already know that Bethesda’s space-exploration RPGStarfieldwill include some procedurally generated planets, although if I were to guess, I’d say that the scale ofStarfieldandOutlawsis very likely wildly different, so they’re probably not the best games to compare.Star Wars Outlawsis currently set to release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC at some point in 2024, at which point I’m sure we’ll once again see a surge of thirst for a droid wearing a trench coat. God help us all.Featured Image Credit: UbisoftTopics:Star Wars,Ubisoft

Star Wars Outlaws massive planets won’t be procedurally generated

It’s taking every ounce of my strength not to get overly excited for Ubisoft’s open-world Star Wars game,Outlaws.First unveiled during June’s Xbox Games Showcase,Outlawsstars scoundrel Kay Vess and her adorable, fuzzy, axolotl-like companion, Nix, in an all-new adventure set between the events ofThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi. As well as aGTA-inspired wanted systemand anoddly seductive droid,Outlawsis shaping up to be enormous, as the devs keep teasing the overwhelming size of the game’s planets.Take a look at the trailer forStar WarsOutlawsright here.For reference, game director Mathias Karlson previously stated that the planet ofToshara will be larger than the entirety ofThe Division 2’s map, and creative director Julian Gerighty more recently claimed thatplanets might be around the same size as two or three zones inAssassin’s Creed Odyssey. There were seven different areas inOdyssey, and so far, Star Wars fans believe they’ve spotted four or five planets inOutlaws’ trailers, so it could be even bigger than the 2018Assassin’s Creedgame.AdvertAlthough we don’t currently know the total number of planets that’ll be included, as Eurogamerreports, Gerighty also confirmed in an interview with Edge magazine that all of them will be “handcrafted”. He stated: “We haven’t procedurally generated an entire planet.”Meanwhile, we already know that Bethesda’s space-exploration RPGStarfieldwill include some procedurally generated planets, although if I were to guess, I’d say that the scale ofStarfieldandOutlawsis very likely wildly different, so they’re probably not the best games to compare.Star Wars Outlawsis currently set to release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC at some point in 2024, at which point I’m sure we’ll once again see a surge of thirst for a droid wearing a trench coat. God help us all.Featured Image Credit: UbisoftTopics:Star Wars,Ubisoft

It’s taking every ounce of my strength not to get overly excited for Ubisoft’s open-world Star Wars game,Outlaws.First unveiled during June’s Xbox Games Showcase,Outlawsstars scoundrel Kay Vess and her adorable, fuzzy, axolotl-like companion, Nix, in an all-new adventure set between the events ofThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi. As well as aGTA-inspired wanted systemand anoddly seductive droid,Outlawsis shaping up to be enormous, as the devs keep teasing the overwhelming size of the game’s planets.Take a look at the trailer forStar WarsOutlawsright here.For reference, game director Mathias Karlson previously stated that the planet ofToshara will be larger than the entirety ofThe Division 2’s map, and creative director Julian Gerighty more recently claimed thatplanets might be around the same size as two or three zones inAssassin’s Creed Odyssey. There were seven different areas inOdyssey, and so far, Star Wars fans believe they’ve spotted four or five planets inOutlaws’ trailers, so it could be even bigger than the 2018Assassin’s Creedgame.AdvertAlthough we don’t currently know the total number of planets that’ll be included, as Eurogamerreports, Gerighty also confirmed in an interview with Edge magazine that all of them will be “handcrafted”. He stated: “We haven’t procedurally generated an entire planet.”Meanwhile, we already know that Bethesda’s space-exploration RPGStarfieldwill include some procedurally generated planets, although if I were to guess, I’d say that the scale ofStarfieldandOutlawsis very likely wildly different, so they’re probably not the best games to compare.Star Wars Outlawsis currently set to release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC at some point in 2024, at which point I’m sure we’ll once again see a surge of thirst for a droid wearing a trench coat. God help us all.

It’s taking every ounce of my strength not to get overly excited for Ubisoft’s open-world Star Wars game,Outlaws.

First unveiled during June’s Xbox Games Showcase,Outlawsstars scoundrel Kay Vess and her adorable, fuzzy, axolotl-like companion, Nix, in an all-new adventure set between the events ofThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi. As well as aGTA-inspired wanted systemand anoddly seductive droid,Outlawsis shaping up to be enormous, as the devs keep teasing the overwhelming size of the game’s planets.

Take a look at the trailer forStar WarsOutlawsright here.

For reference, game director Mathias Karlson previously stated that the planet ofToshara will be larger than the entirety ofThe Division 2’s map, and creative director Julian Gerighty more recently claimed thatplanets might be around the same size as two or three zones inAssassin’s Creed Odyssey. There were seven different areas inOdyssey, and so far, Star Wars fans believe they’ve spotted four or five planets inOutlaws’ trailers, so it could be even bigger than the 2018Assassin’s Creedgame.

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Although we don’t currently know the total number of planets that’ll be included, as Eurogamerreports, Gerighty also confirmed in an interview with Edge magazine that all of them will be “handcrafted”. He stated: “We haven’t procedurally generated an entire planet.”

Meanwhile, we already know that Bethesda’s space-exploration RPGStarfieldwill include some procedurally generated planets, although if I were to guess, I’d say that the scale ofStarfieldandOutlawsis very likely wildly different, so they’re probably not the best games to compare.

Star Wars Outlawsis currently set to release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC at some point in 2024, at which point I’m sure we’ll once again see a surge of thirst for a droid wearing a trench coat. God help us all.

Topics:Star Wars,Ubisoft