Star Wars Outlaws is perhaps one in all Ubisoft’s most extremely anticipated single-player video games shortly, however you’ll nonetheless want an web connection to set up it.
Data on the following massive Star Wars sport spinoff comes from its field artwork and pre-order data, which turned accessible on retailer web sites (like Best Buy) throughout the web right this moment. Those that have already gone on to pre-purchase their copy forward of its August launch may need glossed over the bodily sport case’s cowl, which says “web required to set up the sport” subsequent to the ESRB ranking.
It implies that, even in case you personal a bodily copy, you’ll want to be linked on-line when booting up Star Wars Outlaws for the primary time. It’s presently unclear how giant the set up shall be.
Ubisoft confirmed with IGN that an web connection is required to set up Star Wars Outlaws and its updates, however in any other case, you will be free to play offline.
We’ve seen single-player video games require an web connection on launch day earlier than. One other current Ubisoft instance noticed gamers connecting on-line to set up Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. In an FAQ on the time, the corporate defined that the day-one patch was obligatory however gave gamers the choice to play offline in subsequent play classes. Gamers had been confronted with a sizeable day-one patch for final 12 months’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, too.
Star Wars Outlaws lastly gave followers a clearer have a look at its narrative in a narrative trailer that was launched right this moment. It gave us an early have a look at leads Kay Vess and Nix and the crew they hope to assemble whereas additionally revealing extra from some acquainted faces. Most significantly, although, the video lastly revealed a launch date.
Anticipate to discover a galaxy far, far-off as soon as extra when Star Wars Outlaws launches for PC through Ubisoft Join, Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X | S on August 30, 2024.
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