Ubisoft as we speak rolled out new updates for its latest action-adventure title, Star Wars Outlaws, alongside the launch of its Wild Card story DLC. The brand new fixes handle a number of issues from gamers in regards to the sport’s fight and stealth whereas additionally bettering AI, all within the identify of punching up the title forward of the vacations by Ubisoft’s personal admission. The sport additionally launches as we speak on Steam.
Probably the most vital change to the sport is the removing of compelled stealth, that means gamers gained’t mechanically fail targets in the event that they’re noticed by enemies. Enemy AI has additionally been beefed up, and gamers might be extra clearly alerted if characters have noticed them whereas sneaking. Enemies even have weak factors to “reward strategic gameplay,” and Kay can now carry pick-up weapons and two-handed weapons in additional conditions. Developer Huge Leisure can also be retuning the facial animations together with extra graphical upgrades.
Ubisoft candidly admitted, in its latest earnings name, that Star Wars Outlaws carried out far beneath the anticipated mark, particularly given it was from a profitable mental property. In consequence, it shifted its monetary expectations for the 12 months — which brought on the corporate to take a inventory hit — and delayed its subsequent triple-A title, Murderer’s Creed Shadows, to February 2024. Ubisoft can also be exploring “strategic choices,” in accordance with CEO Yves Guillemot, with one such possibility allegedly being to take the corporate non-public.
The corporate additionally deliberate to enhance Star Wars Outlaws with a collection of patches to capitalize on vacation gross sales: “Ubisoft’s growth groups are at present absolutely mobilized to swiftly implement a collection of updates to shine and enhance the participant expertise with the intention to have interaction a big viewers throughout the vacation season to place Star Wars Outlaws as a powerful long-term performer.” Huge changed the sport’s director, Julian Gerighty, with Drew Rechner, who promised the replace could be about “celebrating and embracing participant alternative.”
