- Star Wars Outlaws receives new Creative Director Drew Rechner to oversee post-launch improvements.
- Rechner acknowledges fan feedback, focusing on key gameplay enhancements.
- Upcoming updates promise to boost combat depth, improve stealth, and refine character controls.
New Leadership with a Fresh Vision
Star Wars Outlaws may have launched with high expectations but with its August release, it couldn’t meet them. Ubisoft was hoping it to be successful but unfortunately, it turned out worse than the previous game- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Currently, Ubisoft’s team- Massive Entertainment is committed to working on updates but there’s been a shift in leadership- that happened after the launch. Star Wars Outlaws official X account shared a post introducing Drew Rencher– a Creative Director who is in charge of post-launch improvements, taking over Julian Gerighty- Former Creative director.
No official reason has been shared either by Julian or the team with the community regarding the leadership change and fans are left only with assumptions.
Ubisoft in a recent update news blog welcomed Drew Rencher, and he shared the remarks that he is excited about his new role and thanked fans for their feedback on the game- will assist the team in understanding the issues players are facing so they can be fixed ASAP! He said,
“I also want to take the time to say that we hear not only your positive feedback but your constructive feedback as well.”
Key Updates Coming Soon
The Creative Director also shared the three key areas the team is focusing on for the next update:
“The first key area of improvement to the game is combat where we see a real opportunity to add more depth and excitement to the experience, further rewarding your tactics and precision. Our second key area is stealth which is not only about improving the readability and consistency of enemy detection but also providing choice in how you want to approach each encounter. Finally, our third key area of focus is centered around the character controls, which means improving the reliability of cover, increasing the responsiveness of climbing and crouching, and generally improving the consistency of the controls overall.“
Massive Entertainment is tirelessly working to shape Outlaws into what they envisioned, but only time will tell what the future holds.
