Actor Cameron Monaghan casually confirmed {that a} sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is in growth. During the Ocala Comic Con occasion, the voice and movement seize artist behind the protagonist Cal Kestis mentioned, “We’re working on the third. We’re in the process of doing it right now.” The information comes as a shock, contemplating the sequence director Stig Asmussen, who rebuilt and instilled religion in single-player Star Wars video games, lately left EA/ Respawn Entertainment. However, he all the time 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’s a big undertaking and there have been some conversations so far, but hopefully when all things are said and done, we’ll be able to go in and make something really cool for you guys again.” At 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. Before leaving, Asmussen claimed that he’d carved out the whole timeframe for Cal’s trilogy, including that Star Wars Jedi 3 would probably be constructed on Unreal Engine 5. Now it appears as if the sequence 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, aimed toward additional optimisation on PC with native assist for Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling know-how. Both 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. However, it was additionally closely criticised for its poor efficiency, with uneven framerates even in areas with minimal exercise on display screen. It’s been 5 months since launch — April 28 — and the sport seems to have considerably improved in that length.
During EA’s Q1 2024 incomes name, held in August, it was confirmed that Respawn Entertainment is within the early levels of constructing devoted variations of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for the last-gen PS4 and Xbox One. Similar to 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 staff nonetheless hit some hurdles. For now, there isn’t any launch window for the brand new variations, however when it does drop, it ought to function an fascinating 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 Series S/X. EA hasn’t commented on a follow-up but.
