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Star Wars Eclipse studio Quantic Dream refutes delay rumors

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Following a report that advised Quantic Dream’s upcoming Star Wars game, Star Wars Eclipse, had its launch date pushed again to 2027 or 2028, the studio itself has hit again and denied the claims. While it hasn’t supplied any kind of official launch date, a consultant has denied that Quantic Dream is dealing with any kind of hardships.

In an electronic mail to GamesRadar, they wrote “Star Wars Eclipse has not been delayed because Quantic Dream never announced or promised a launch window for the title.” They additionally addressed the report’s claims that Quantic Dream was struggling to rent new workers, acknowledging that it’s nonetheless recruiting for the Star Wars video games and different initiatives.

However, they pointed to a latest announcement from Quantic Dream which says that the studio workforce elevated by 50% in 2021. “In a context still affected by the sanitary crisis, the year 2021 was marked at Quantic Dream by results beyond expectations, as well as a significant increase of more than 50% in our workforce, and the materialization of various production partnerships,” it reads. No numbers are shared, but it surely provides that 2021 was a powerful 12 months financially because of gross sales of video games from its again catalogue, highlighting Detroit: Become Human particularly.

The authentic report states that the game’s CGI announcement trailer was made to draw new expertise to the studio. Not solely that, however there’s motive to consider that the quite a few, supposedly latest job openings on Quantic Dream’s web site have been up to date to appear to be they’re latest when, in reality, they’ve been there for for much longer. Some job listings have apparently been there for so long as two years.

If nobody is making use of for the roles, it may be assumed that it has to do with Quantic Dream’s status. The studio has come below hearth for experiences of an abusive work tradition, in addition to lower than flattering feedback about its CEO David Cage, who has allegedly made a number of disparaging feedback about LGBTQ group.

As for Star Wars Eclipse, all we learn about it’s that it’s set within the High Republic period (which takes place earlier than any of the films) and can be an “action-adventure, multiple-character branching narrative game,” just like Quantic Dream’s earlier work.