Star Wars Outlaws has revealed an official release date, pre-order details
Ubisoft has announced this Star Wars Outlaws launches on August 30, 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
In a world premiere on YouTube today (April 9), Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment debuted the official story trailer for Star Wars Bandits, which provided a deeper look at what players can expect from the franchise’s first-ever open-world game set between the events of The empire strikes back And Return of the Jedi.
We see it in the trailer Outlaws’ playable protagonist Kay Vess, a human who has fought to make a life as a thief during Imperial rule, along with her lifelong companion Nix exploring various planets in the Outer Rim.
We are introduced to even more characters that the player will meet during the story, including Sliro, the leader of the crime syndicate Zerek Besh, who appears to be the main antagonist of the game besides the Empire.
Later, another unnamed character tells Kay that she has “crossed their boss Sliro and now he wants you gone. Rob his fortune and buy your freedom”, suggesting that this will be the main objective of the story.
However, another character – who we assume is a bounty hunter hired by Sliro to go after Kay – says that “Vess is involved in something bigger,” but we’ll have to wait and see what this means.
In terms of gameplay, we see more footage of space battles and speeder travel, this time across bodies of water, across a variety of different planets, including the casino planet Canto Bight and Tattooine, as well as some locations brand new to the game. Star Wars universe.
In addition to her blaster, it appears Kay can also climb buildings and slide off rooftops – similar to Cal Kestis Star Wars: Jedi Survivor – and use stealth to her advantage to take out all kinds of enemies.
It looks like she can also command Nix to perform small tasks during missions and she even has a neat grappling hook that allows her to climb walls and overcome other obstacles as well.
The trailer also confirmed that a Gold and Ultimate Edition will be available prior order now, both of which come with a season pass and three days of early access. Pre-ordering the game unlocks The Kessel Runner bonus pack, which comes with a ship and a speeder.
Meanwhile, the Season Pass includes two upcoming downloadable content packs (DLC) for stories that are an “instant unlock”, as well as access to Exclusive Day 1 – Jabba’s Gambit mission and the Kay and Nix Kessel Runner cosmetics kit.
In the trailer we saw a scene where Kay met Jabba the Hutt and even encountered Han Solo frozen in carbonite in Jabba’s Palace, although it has not been confirmed if this was a teaser for the upcoming DLC pack or if it will be featured in the main game itself.
The release date for Massive Entertainment’s upcoming game was leaked earlier today in the description of the Ubisoft Japan YouTube video for the new trailer (via Gematsu). The leak also included details on the aforementioned pre-order details, before the video was removed.