Star Wars Outlaws 2 cancelled by Ubisoft claims insider

Ubisoft’s disappointment with the sales of Star Wars Outlaws has led to the cancellation of a sequel, but it’s Lucasfilm they blame.

Star Wars Outlaws may have been a useful evolution of Ubisoft’s usual open world formula, but sales wise it has been far from a success story.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot recently highlighted how the game had fallen short of sales expectations, where he blamed its failure on the overall Star Wars brand being in ‘choppy waters’ when it released last year.

Guillemot’s comments conveniently ignore the fact that Star Wars Outlaws launched in a pretty buggy state, and with a lofty £69.99 price tag, but whatever the reason for its poor sales, it seems a sequel is now out of the question.

According to insider Tom Henderson, Ubisoft ‘recently’ cancelled a sequel to Star Wars Outlaws, which was ‘very, very early’ in development.

‘[Ubisoft] also recently cancelled Star Wars Outlaws 2 because that was planned and in the works,’ Henderson said on the Insider Gaming podcast (at around the 46:40 mark).

He claimed the project was in the pre-production phase, adding: ‘It was very, very early… but they looked at Outlaws 2 and thought, yeah let’s not do that.’

While not surprising if true, it’s still disappointing considering Star Wars Outlaws felt ripe for an expanded, refined sequel.

The obvious comparison when assessing why Star Wars Outlaws may have underperformed is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor from EA. The sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order came out two years before Outlaws, but it still sold well despite releasing after the stink of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, The Book Of Boba Fett, and the third season of The Mandalorian.

2024 wasn’t a great year for Star Wars either but only a few months later season 2 of Andor came out, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 suddenly shot up the Steam charts, so it doesn’t seem fair to blame the brand alone.

The deciding factor between EA and Ubisoft’s success may have been very simple: one lets you play as a Jedi and the other does not. While The Mandalorian and Andor have done very well with little to no lightsabers, in terms of video games the Jedi and their related elements offer much more unique action than something like Outlaws can provide.

What new Star Wars games are in development?

As for what other Star Wars games are in the works, EA is developing a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, while Heavy Rain studio Quantic Dream is working on narrative-driven title Star Wars Eclipse.

Respawn and Bit Reactor also recently revealed Star Wars Zero Company, a turn-based strategy game set to be released next year.

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