Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic was one of the big highlights of The Game Awards last week, but will it launch before 2030? Game director Casey Hudson has stepped in to address these reports–which may stem from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier’s speculation about when the game will be released—confirming that the spiritual successor to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic will arrive before the current decade is up.
“Don’t worry about the ‘not till 2030’ rumors,” Hudson wrote online. “Game will be out before then. I’m not getting any younger!”
There’s no concrete release date yet for Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, and it’s still very early days for the project. The reveal trailer at The Game Awards was a CGI teaser for the game–similar to how Quantic Dreams revealed Star Wars Eclipse at The Game Awards 2021–and the developer behind Fate of the Old Republic is Arcanaut Studios, a company founded by Hudson and his partners in July. While it’s not impossible, properly staffing a new studio and developing a game expected to be a AAA Star Wars experience will be challenging.
In a post on the official Star Wars website, Hudson did touch on what fans can expect from the studio. “Our goal is developing the kind of games I love making: emotionally powerful, cinematic adventures driven by player agency, narrative depth, and immersive world-building,” Hudson said. “Conversations between our team and Lucasfilm Games led to an incredible opportunity to return to Star Wars, and once again, we can hardly believe we’re working on such a special project.”
Billed as a “narrative-driven single-player action RPG,” Fate of the Old Republic will see players take control of a Force-user during a turbulent time of rebirth in the galaxy.