Star Wars Eclipse is still in development at Quantic Dream, although it's been a while since the studio delivered any firm updates. The developer, best known for Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human, has been hard at work on this adventure for years now – having announced Eclipse back in 2021.
Given what we know of it already though, Star Wars Eclipse is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated upcoming Star Wars games out there. Built to leverage choice and consequence in a vast High Republic era world, we're keen to learn more, When I spoke to Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumière in 2023, I tried my best Jedi Mind Trick to squeeze out some more info but all I was able to discover is that the project is "a different game than anything we've done before." While we wait for more Star Wars Eclipse news, keep on reading to find everything we know about it so far.
Star Wars Eclipse release date speculation
While described as in "early development" at the Game Awards, reports emerged towards the end of 2021 that suggested Star Wars Eclipse was apparently at least three to four years away from launch. Quantic Dream went on to respond to the reports to reaffirm that there have been no delays since no launch date has been confirmed. There's little to go on beyond that at present, but, given Quantic Dream's past projects, we expect Star Wars Eclipse to feature on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X at a minimum, with the developer promising a game that "can be experienced in many ways, and puts the destinies of multiple playable characters in your hands".
Star Wars Eclipse trailer
The Star Wars Eclipse trailer to come out of the Game Awards 2021 featured no in-game footage, but is pretty cinematic in its delivery - featuring familiar elements of the Star Wars universe such as speeder bikes, ice planets, droids, Jedi, and a raft of alien species like like mon calamari, anomids, and neimoidians. According to the game’s official website, its Outer Rim setting will also include "never-before-seen species and planets to discover."
Star Wars Eclipse gameplay
Star Wars: Eclipse is promising to be a new type of Quantic Dream game. The studio is known for games like Detroid: Become Human and Heavy Rain, adventure which route their gameplay through branching narrative paths and limited input. However, Star Wars: Eclipse is said to be a more traditional action experience, without skimping on all the choice and consequence Quantic Dream is so good at delivering.
The studio says we will "have the power to make choices with consequences thanks to many outcomes in this deeply branching narrative", but we're still yet to see what the gameplay itself may look like.
Interestingly, Quantic Dream actually opened a brand new studio to help support Star Wars: Eclipse. The Paris HQ will be handling the bulk of the writing and story, while the new team in North America – staffed by former Square Enix Montreal, Eidos Montreal, and Ubisoft Montreal developers – will be handling the action and world design.
Star Wars Eclipse story
Star Wars: Eclipse is an "original Star Wars story". It's set to take us to an "uncharted region of the Outer Rim during The High Republic era of the Star Wars timeline, known as the golden age of the Jedi." That means we'll be heading back hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga, to a time where Jedi and the Galactic Republic was at its most powerful.
Quantic Dreams says we should expect to find "all-new characters and environments" to the Star Wars franchise, including "never-before-seen species and planets to discover." The studio adds: "This part of the Outer Rim is rife with opportunity – and political tensions that could alter the fabric of peace. What will you do?"
That level of choice will be key to the Star Wars: Eclipse story, particularly as it will allow us to "see the galaxy through the eyes of an ensemble cast of multiple, charismatic playable characters, each with their own morality, personality, motivations, and impact upon each other and the story at large." Encouraged to "weave a tapestry of interlaced destinies", it's sounding like classic Quantic already. "Every decision you make can have dramatic repercussions on your journey," the studio says. "The way of life in the Outer Rim is being threatened and you must define your path."
Star Wars: Eclipse screenshots
While we are yet to see Star Wars: Eclipse gameplay, Quantic Dream did release a rather gorgeous in-engine teaser. And from that, the studio has given us a bunch of extremely beautiful Star Wars: Eclipse screenshots, showing off everything from Jedi battles to space exploration and so much more. Check them out in the gallery above.
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