Yesterday was a reasonably attention-grabbing day for these ready for recent particulars about Star Wars Outlaws. Should you had been fast sufficient, that’s. Seems, previous to the brand new story trailer going stay, Ubisoft by chance leaked the sport’s launch date early. There was a scramble to take away the date and any additional information (August 30, when you’re ), but it surely was too late at that time.

Developed by Huge Leisure – the group behind Tom Clancy’s The Division sequence – Outlaws might be set between the Empire Strikes Again and Return of the Jedi movies. And since it’s being revealed by Ubisoft, a lot of you may be questioning whether or not it will likely be obtainable on Steam.

The quick reply is: no, it doesn’t appear like it will likely be. In line with a press launch – as outlined by a current report from PC Gamer – Star Wars Outlaws might be coming to Ubisoft Join (as you’ll anticipate) and Amazon’s Luna cloud platform. Console homeowners will get to play it on the PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S.

Not so epic…

It additionally doesn’t look as if it’s going to be obtainable on Epic Video games Retailer, both. The final understanding is that Ubisoft is just not planning on releasing Outlaws on this or Steam so far as PC is worried. This might change sooner or later, however you’ll be able to by no means be too sure about these items.

As for the sport itself, pre-orders are actually being taken, and there are a selection of editions obtainable. In addition to the usual copy of Outlaws, there’s additionally going to be a Gold Version and an Final Version. Each of those will include a Kessel Runner bonus pack and season move. The latter may even get some extra bundles and an artwork ebook.

Should you do need to play the sport early, each of those particular variations of the sport provides you with entry from August 27, however be ready to fork over fairly a sum of cash for that privilege. It will likely be a disgrace if Star Wars Outlaws does get saved again for the – let’s be sincere right here – much less well-liked PC gaming shoppers. It appears we’re nonetheless very a lot dwelling in a world of gaming exclusivity, however what do you anticipate from the likes of Ubisoft?

Whether or not the sport itself might be any good is one other factor to contemplate. Outlaws represents the primary ever open-world recreation set within the Star Wars universe. That alone sounds fairly intriguing, however is it sufficient to half with that additional bit of money to be able to play it three days early? You determine.