Game developer Zynga took to X/Twitter to formally announce that the Star Wars: Hunters cell recreation has been delayed to 2024. This follows reviews throughout the final a number of months of the writer probably planning on delaying the worldwide launch. While the sport is presently in a “smooth launch” with choose nations getting access to a playable model, a full worldwide launch has now been pushed to an undisclosed date in 2024.
The official assertion was put out right now and it emphasizes the group’s need “to make sure we meet the very best degree of high quality.” It additionally emphasizes that the builders plan so as to add extra content material forward of the sport’s worldwide launch, together with a Ranked Mode and “thrilling updates to core gameplay mechanics.” The full assertion has been supplied beneath:
Star Wars: Hunters was first revealed in 2021, over two years in the past. Since then, the sport has gone via a number of delays, most not too long ago pushing it to 2023. It was reported in August of this yr that the cell recreation could possibly be delayed to 2024, as per an earnings name from writer Take Two Interactive. The new assertion supplied formally states the delay.
This additionally follows a current behind-the-scenes video that was printed on October 31. The behind-the-scenes video was a welcome replace that gave followers a much-desired check-in on the state of the sport and inspired some that the sport could possibly be launched “very quickly.” The video showcased the method of making one of many recreation’s new characters named Charr.
Currently, Star Wars: Hunters is playable on Android gadgets in choose areas equivalent to India and the Philippines. It remains to be slated to be made out there on the Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS gadgets later sooner or later. In different information, it was additionally reported not too long ago that the long run title Star Wars: Outlaws is also delayed to a later 2024 date, slightly than the initially rumored early 2024 reviews.
Jay Goodearl’s earliest reminiscence is of his father studying out to him the opening crawl to The Phantom Menace when he was simply two years previous. He has been a Star Wars fan ever since.
