Inside of about three months, it seems that the effort to attract more developers to the project has not achieved the desired effect for the studio. You can watch the video below:Īnd now, as of March 3, 2022, Henderson has published a follow-up article on Xfire explaining that things have apparently gone from bad to worse for the development of Star Wars Eclipse. Quantic Dream has also searched for a company to acquire them, which it has not happened in part due to negative media attention over the many toxic workplace allegations.Īside from that, it has also been said that Quantic Dream have multiple other games in development which will most likely see release before Star Wars Eclipse.The trailer was released well ahead of the game’s expected release date to entice new developers and wow investors. Unfortunately for Quantic Dream, there are over sixty positions open at the French studio and they are having great difficulty hiring, though the Montréal studio has had better luck with only 9 vacant positions. The game was at least three or four years away, presuming that Quantic Dream could get the right amount of talent on the project and push the title forward.No playable version of Star Wars Eclipse currently exists at this time, with the trailer animated by Unit Image effectively serving as a proof-of-concept for the title.
The multiplayer side of the game is also facing development troubles due to being Quantic Dream’s first multiplayer effort, which, again, is completely new for the engines that they’ve worked with.The Quantic Dream engine is being used, and it is having growing pains accommodating for a more action-driven gameplay style and scale than what the company is used to, which has been small-scale environments and not the kind of massive open worlds that they hope to create in this game.The game was a co-production between David Cage’s Quantic Dream Paris, which would handle things like narrative, while gameplay would be handled by Stéphane D’Astous’s Quantic Dream Montréal.Some assets created for Project Karma can be seen in the Star Wars Eclipse trailer. The game began very early development in 2013 as an original work dubbed “Project Karma” that was ultimately rejected by Sony, before the work accomplished on the title was later revisited and given a Star Wars coat of paint under the name “Solstice”.To summarize the thirteen-minute video, here are the main rumors that he discussed: This has also led to a notable social media boycott of the game.Ī while ago, games journalist Tom Henderson released a video report back in _, explaining some rumored details about the development of Star Wars Eclipse that were not known to the public at the time. There was a lot of enthusiasm toward Star Wars Eclipse when the game’s cinematic trailer was showcased at The Game Awards – but when it was confirmed that this was the game Quantic Dream was working on, that excitement turned to trepidation in a considerable amount of the audience, knowing the many accusations of racism, sexism, and homophobia at a toxic workplace culture at the developer have surfaced in the past few years. Sources claim that Star Wars Eclipse will be an action-adventure game with an open world and some sort of multiplayer component.On top of being a magnet for controversy due to an association with a video game developer accused of having a toxic workplace environment, Star Wars Eclipse may be suffering from some serious issues affecting the development of the ambitious video game project. Grubb did not have any gameplay details to share, but previous rumors have suggested that the game will deviate heavily from Quantic Dream’s previous titles (e.g., Heavy Rain, Detroit: Become Human), which leaned heavily on quick-time events to drive the story. It was also a golden age for the Jedi, who were significantly more active throughout the galaxy, and a time of expansion and exploration in the Outer Rim Territories. The High Republic Era was a period of time that lasted for around two hundred years between approximately 300 BBY and 82 BBY in which the Galactic Republic was said to be at its height. Star Wars Eclipse is said to take place during the High Republic era. The name comes from GamesBeat reporter Jeff Grubb, who claims that the game is “likely going to show up somewhere soon,” opening up the possibility of a potential unveil during The Game Awards 2021 show. Quantic Dream’s rumored Star Wars game is reportedly called Star Wars Eclipse.