Is it Star Wars Outlaws?
In other words, they say they’re making fat stacks right now and are spacing their investments out a bit so they can make even fatter stacks next year. Who even needs that silly Star Wars game or whatever it is, when you’ve got Assassin’s Creed: Mirage achieving a “solid launch with week 1 number of players in line withAssassin’s Creed OriginsandAssassin’s Creed Odyssey”, to say nothing ofThe Crew Motorfestaccomplishing “franchise record unit sell through, consumer spending and season pass adoption rate on the opening week”? (The full written report isover here.)
If you missed Star Wars Outlaws, it’san open world game featuring a Han-Solo-ish female protagonist who must attempt a heist of galactic proportions. She’s got a baleful robot buddy and a space dog and likes to hide behind things shooting at people. Ubisoft Massive are calling it an exercise inStar Wars tourism, with planets full of familiar Star Wars species and props, from Rodians to Tie Fighters. Graham wasquite impressed by the last gameplay trailer, which reminded him more of Uncharted than the studio’s previous Division looter-shooters.
In amongst the game delays, Ubisoft also announced that they’ve reduced their headcount by over 1,000 people from a year ago - the cuts are due to a mixture of voluntary departures, layoffs and not replacing employees. More on that front as we get it.
Thanks toEurogamerfor passing this on.
