Star Wars Outlaws Game Director to Shift Focus to The Division 3 After Overseeing Next Month of Updates

While Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment just released Star Wars Outlaws, the game’s director Julian Gerighty won’t be sticking around to handle the development of the game’s post-launch DLCs and updates.

In an interview, it’s revealed that Gerighty will continue to work on Star Wars Outlaws a little bit longer to oversee the “next month of upgrades and patches” before moving on to the next project on their plate. Gerighty’s departure from the Star Wars game isn’t a sign of Ubisoft abandoning the game or anything, but rather, the developer is shifting focus to work on Massive’s other project in development, The Division 3. Taking over for Gerighty will be a team comprised of a creative director, a game director and “very seasoned Massive people” that will carry on to develop the game’s planned story DLCs, and game updates to improve the game.

Gerighty will continue work on The Division 3, which was announced a year ago, but has since been kept in the lid by Ubisoft. In that same announcement, it was mentioned that Gerighty, who was the Creative Director of The Division 2, will be taking on the role of Executive Producer for the third chapter in the franchise. No word yet on whether anything changed in his role at the time of this writing.

As for Star Wars Outlaws, the roadmap for the action game has already been released, and we know the game’s first premium story DLC will be released this November, with another one set to be pushed out in “Spring 2025.” Alongside the planned story content, the studio also promised game updates and other improvements to be released for players..

In other Star Wars Outlaws news, while no specific numbers were given by Ubisoft in terms of the game’s sales, the company did confirm that it did not meet expectations commercially, and how it had a “softer” impact than expected. In that same announcement, Ubisoft mentioned they are planning to push out game updates to further improve the game, and they now targeting the Star Wars title to be a “strong long-term performer.”

While Star Wars Outlaws fared fairly well critically, it wasn’t the breakout hit Ubisoft was expecting; especially since it had the biggest marketing budget in the company’s history. Our review of the game was critical of its flaws, but also noted how there’s a fun game underneath it all.

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