5 Years Ago Today, Ubisoft Announced an Open-World Star Wars Game — and It Became Star Wars Outlaws
Five years ago today, Ubisoft and Lucasfilm dropped an announcement that instantly rewired expectations for Star Wars gaming: Massive Entertainment was developing an open-world Star Wars game. Back then, it didn’t have a name. It didn’t have a trailer. It didn’t even have a main character. It was just a promise — the kind that sounds too good to be real until you see it actually happen. That project, once known as Project Helix, later became Star Wars Outlaws, which released in 2024. And in a very Star Wars twist, the game’s story didn’t stop at launch. Why this matters now Star Wars games don’t always get long arcs. Some drop, get a few patches, and vanish into the backlog like a forgotten bounty hunter. But Outlaws has been doing something different: it’s been quietly picking up new fans over time — especially as more players discover its open-ended “live…