Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was recently delayed, and is now set for launch on April 28 on the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.Star Wars Jedi: Survivor continues the story of Cal Kestus, a Jedi who survived the culling of his order by fleeing to the outskirts of the galaxy. Mind, this makes perfect sense since forcing the game to work on both last-gen and next-gen platforms would probably gimp the one running on more powerful hardware, thus affecting the overall gameplay.įor the latest gameplay look at Jedi: Survivor, head on over here. This new generation allowed us to do exactly that, and I believe it translates to a true new-gen experience in the Star Wars universe. We didn’t want to break what we did in the first game because it was well received, but we wanted to evolve/ enhance the experience.

These features aligned perfectly with how we wanted to push the game. Bottom line, we learned quickly that we could take advantage of the faster processors, larger/faster memory, better loading times, etc, to create much larger maps, with more detail, greater density, broader enemy/NPC variety, and overall fidelity. You’ll experience the benefit of the more powerful hardware throughout Survivor. But the process did help us define how we wanted to approach ray tracing on our modified version of the Unreal 4 engine. “ was a good proving ground while we were considering how to enhance Survivor…We actually considered ray tracing for the new-gen Fallen Order because we were already building it into Survivor, but we ultimately scrapped it, because the environment art authoring between the generations was pretty different. Jedi: Fallen Order was a fantastic upgrade that really brought the game into its own. TO CREATE MUCH LARGER MAPS, WITH MORE DETAIL, GREATER DENSITY, BROADER ENEMY/NPC VARIETY, AND OVERALL FIDELITY.” “WE DIDN’T WANT TO BREAK WHAT WE DID IN THE FIRST GAME… WE WANTED TO EVOLVE/ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE.

In the March 2023 edition of PLAY magazine, game director Stig Asmussen explained why Star Wars Jedi: Survivor isn’t appearing on last-gen consoles. Related Reading: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Fast Travel Feature and Rideable Mounts Confirmed.If you’re wondering why, it’s not because EA ordered it, but rather, it’s more to do with gameplay. While Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order saw a release on the PS4 and Xbox One, that won’t be the case for its sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

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