Ubisoft has responded to the ongoing backlash towards the Star Wars Outlaws season cross, insisting Jabba the Hutt is an element of the expertise for all gamers.
The writer has come underneath hearth for locking the Jabba’s Gambit mission behind Star Wars Outlaws’ controversial season cross, which comes with the $109.99 gold version and much more costly $129.99 final version.
“Play the unique Jabba’s Gambit mission at launch,” the Season Pass explainer reads. “Simply as Kay is placing collectively a crew for the Canto Bight heist, she receives a job from Jabba the Hutt himself. Seems that ND-5 owes Jabba a debt from years in the past, and he has come to gather.”
The revelation sparked a backlash, with some gamers criticizing Ubisoft’s choice to lock a mission behind a season cross for what’s a full-price, single-player solely sport. Now, Ubisoft has issued an announcement, insisting Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt Cartel “shall be half of the expertise” for all gamers, regardless of which version they purchase.
“To make clear, Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt Cartel are one of the most important syndicates in Star Wars Outlaws and shall be half of the expertise for everybody who purchases the sport, regardless of version,” a Ubisoft spokesperson instructed IGN. “The ‘Jabba’s Gambit’ mission is an non-compulsory, further mission with the Hutt Cartel alongside Kay and Nix’s journey throughout the Outer Rim. This mission shall be out there to those that buy the season cross or an version of the sport which incorporates the season cross.”
Nevertheless, the scope of the Jabba’s Gambit mission stays unclear, leaving those that don’t purchase the season cross uncertain of what they’re lacking out on. Ubisoft has stated in the previous that gamers can work for and even betray Jabba as the head of one of Star Wars Outlaws’ felony factions.
Star Wars Outlaws was revealed in 2023 as a scoundrel journey set between Star Wars: Episode 5 – The Empire Strikes Again and Star Wars: Episode 6 – Return of the Jedi. It stars Key Vess, her droid accomplice ND-5, and her beastie companion Nix as they try to carve out their very own success throughout Star Wars’ golden period of felony exercise.
It arrives August 27, 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X and S, and PC, with the $70 Commonplace Version joined by the aforementioned $110 Gold Version, which comes with three days of early entry alongside the Season Pass.
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