
But I am a little tired of the antics of pseudo space wizards. I do like a good lightsaber clash - see Obi-Wan’s final episode for a great battle - and can't deny that Force powers are cool. While Star Wars games have been rather varied, flipping between first-person shooter and third-person adventures into full RPGs and strategy games, the majority of them haven’t managed to ditch the Force and Jedi. I’m glossing over that Starfield has been touted as such an unofficial Solo simulator, given that going by the Starfield Direct showcase, it’ll be a game that’s more about creating your own character than fitting one to a certain mold. That’s because we might finally be getting a Han Solo simulator that I - and I’m sure others - have been waiting ages for. But Star Wars: Outlaws could hit differently. Having spent a decent amount of time in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I’d not normally get that excited about another Ubisoft open-world game we have enough of those already and I don’t have as much free time as I used to. Revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, June 11 and then Ubisoft Forward 2023 a day later, Star Wars: Outlaws is a game that’ll put players in the boots of Kay Vess as she delves into the underworld of the Star Wars ‘universe.’ And this being an Ubisoft-published game means there’s an open-world/worlds to explore, which should let us dive deeper into the lived-in setting of a galaxy far, far away. And that could get another jolt of the Force with Star Wars: Outlaws. With Jedi Survivor winning acclaim from critics and players alike, and Star Wars Squadrons still being a great arcade-like space dogfighting title worthy of our best Xbox Series X games list, you could argue we’re entering a new golden age for Star Wars games.


An image of the Star Wars: Outlaws key art
