Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won’t be another bloated single-player game that takes over half a decade to develop, game director Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interview with Bloomberg, we learned a few new details about the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG, which aims to be a spiritual successor to BioWare’s much-loved Knights of the Old Republic. Hudson talked a bit about the aspirations for the final product, both for how long it will take to produce and how long it will take players to finish it.<\/p>\n
For starters, Hudson isn’t backing down on his claims that Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic will release before 2030, but doesn’t have an exact release date in mind. He noted that he has never spent more than four years on a game and has no desire to spend five to seven years working on one, like some other studios. He also ruled out the use of AI to help speed up development, calling it “creatively soulless” and “unhelpful.” The team will bring on contractors to help develop the game, but aims to avoid hiring hundreds of in-house staff to keep costs lean and feasible.<\/p>\n
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is backed by a new holding company known as GreaterThan Group, which is led by former NetEase executive Simon Zhu. As revealed by Bloomberg, the company has $40 million in the bank and roughly $60 million in funding commitments, meaning there is a lot of money backing the projects under GTG.<\/p>\n
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