Third Star Wars Jedi Game Is in Development, Actor Cameron Monaghan Says

Actor Cameron Monaghan casually confirmed {that a} sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is in growth. Through the Ocala Comic Con occasion, the voice and movement seize artist behind the protagonist Cal Kestis mentioned, “We’re engaged on the third. We’re within the means of doing it proper now.” The information comes as a shock, contemplating the collection director Stig Asmussen, who rebuilt and instilled religion in single-player Star Wars video games, not too long ago left EA/ Respawn Leisure. Nonetheless, he at all times expressed curiosity in furthering and concluding Cal’s arc by a trilogy, with discussions of a sequel courting again even earlier than 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was out.

Monaghan additional added (through Saix_XIII), “That is an enormous endeavor and there have been some conversations to date, however hopefully when all issues are mentioned and finished, we’ll be capable to go in and make one thing actually cool for you guys once more.” On the panel, he was joined by Star Wars Jedi: Survivor co-star Tina Ivlev, who performed Cal’s teleporting romantic curiosity Merrin, nodding alongside and marking the primary unofficially credible affirmation for the threequel. Earlier than leaving, Asmussen claimed that he’d carved out the entire timeframe for Cal’s trilogy, including that Star Wars Jedi 3 would seemingly be constructed on Unreal Engine 5. Now it appears as if the collection will proceed no matter his presence, and may need to cope with some retooling to get some ‘proprietary’ growth instruments to work with the brand new engine.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Review

Earlier this month, Respawn Entertainment dropped patch 7 for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, geared toward additional optimisation on PC with native assist for Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling expertise. Each the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X variations additionally acquired efficiency enhancements that concentrate on 60fps. At launch, the sport opened to rave critiques praising its story, alongside sturdy gameplay and degree design that borrowed from FromSoftware’s Souls video games. Nonetheless, it was additionally heavily criticised for its poor performance, with uneven framerates even in areas with minimal exercise on display screen. It has been 5 months since launch — April 28 — and the sport seems to have considerably improved in that length.

Throughout EA’s Q1 2024 incomes name, held in August, it was confirmed that Respawn Leisure is within the early levels of creating devoted variations of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for the last-gen PS4 and Xbox One. Just like different main AAA publishers, the studio totally skipped a launch on the older technology of consoles for ease in optimisation and to render high-quality visuals with the brand new {hardware}, albeit on this case, the crew nonetheless hit some hurdles. For now, there isn’t a launch window for the brand new variations, however when it does drop, it ought to function an attention-grabbing testing parameter to see how a lot graphical constancy was sacrificed to achieve 30fps on last-gen consoles — operating on a tough drive.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence S/X. EA hasn’t commented on a follow-up but.