Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to EA’s solely nice Star Wars sport all through its total 10-year exclusivity deal with Disney, seems like it should come out on March 16, 2023. That’s in line with a current Steam web page leak forward of the 2022 Recreation Awards advertising blitz later this week. It’s excellent news for Star Wars followers hungry for a cause to dive again into that universe, however unhealthy information for everybody’s backlog and pockets as Survivor joins an already crowded winter lineup.
The sport’s Steam web page was briefly populated with the discharge date, content material abstract, and pre-order bonuses, as spotted by Wario64 and others. “The Darkish Instances are closing in, and with enemies new and acquainted surrounding him, Cal might want to determine how far he’s prepared to go to avoid wasting these closest to him,” reads a part of the outline, which notes there might be ”extra Power skills and new lightsaber preventing types” for gamers to utilize this time round. The minimal PC system necessities additionally level to a GTX 1070 and 130GB of free area. In any other case it sounds precisely like extra Jedi: Fallen Order, which is what everybody needs.
EA had beforehand teased a huge blockbuster for the primary quarter of subsequent yr, main many to imagine that, pending any delays, that’s when Survivor would launch. March 16 would put it on the tail finish of a Winter full of huge releases. Hearth Emblem Interact, Forspoken, and the Lifeless House remake arrive in January, whereas Hogwarts Legacy, Octopath Traveler II, and Future 2: Lightfall come out in February, simply to call a couple of. Then March is bookended by Ubisoft’s pirate journey Cranium and Bones and Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 remake. As evidenced by the previous few years now, the large vacation launch onslaught now begins after New Yr’s.
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A brand new trailer reveal for Survivor has additionally been rumored to be doable throughout Thursday’s Recreation Awards livestream (Replace 12/5/22 12:12 p.m. ET: Geoff Keighley has confirmed as a lot). Considered one of a bunch of huge Star Wars tasks within the works proper now, Survivor can be amongst three new EA Star Wars video games being headed up by Apex Legends developer Respawn Leisure. If it might construct on what the earlier sport achieved, it should present that the writer has lastly found out a method that works for the license after years of botched launches and cancellations.
