Ubisoft's open world Star Wars game could release as early as next year

Ubisoft first announced the upcoming Star Wars back in 2021. According to creative director Julian Gerighty, Project Helix would be "totally different" from the previous games that Massive worked on. The upcoming title will also be a big departure from other Star Wars games.

There are reports that the new Star Wars game would have a procedurally-generated galaxy similar to No Man's Sky. We assume that the galaxy would be seeded with procedurally generated worlds alongside handcrafted planets such as Coruscant, Naboo, Endor, and Mandalore.

Sources shared that Ubisoft hopes the open-world Star Wars game will be its first non-Assassin's Creed blockbuster in years. However, the development of Project Helix reportedly hasn't been progressing well.

The sources say that the target release for the new Star Wars title is probably too ambitious to pull off. They expect that the game will shop sometime in the next fiscal year which runs from April 2024 to March 2025.

Ubisoft is hosting a big summer showcase on June 12, so we may get more information about the upcoming Star Wars title and other in-development titles at the event.