Multiple Job Listings Hint at Respawn Entertainment Working on the Next Star Wars Jedi Game

According to multiple job listings, it appears that Respawn Entertainment has begun working on the next Star Wars Jedi game. One of the three job listings we will discuss today is the hunt for a VFX Artist. The job title is ‘Senior VFX Artist (Star Wars Jedi).’

As stated in the job description above, EA is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to join the team responsible for the Star Wars Jedi project. The description also reveals an interesting detail about the game—it may be developed using the latest industry standard for AAA titles, Unreal Engine 5. The description states:

Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 is a plus, along with proficient experience in Unreal Engine 4 and Wwise.”

The developer is also seeking a Senior Combat Designer. The role places emphasis on crafting memorable enemies and bosses, signature elements that have been the hallmark of the Star Wars Jedi games. The job description for ‘Sr. Combat Designer (Star Wars Team)‘ reveals that Respawn will continue to focus on melee combat action in the next Star Wars Jedi game, as fans experienced in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. 

According to the description, the position demands an ideal candidate with a track record of 5+ years in the gaming industry, specifically in combat/systems design, along with a strong familiarity with visual scripting or text-based languages.

Another job listing on LinkedIn that hints towards the next Star Wars Jedi game already being in development is for ‘Principal Game Writer (Star Wars Jedi)‘. The main requirement is that an ideal candidate should have at least 8+ years of writing experience with AAA games.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Director Always Wanted a Third Game

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor director, Stig Asmussen, had previously expressed his vision of the franchise as a trilogy while speaking with IGN.

I always wanted to see this as a trilogy. How can we take Cal and the crew to new places beyond what we were doing in the first game?

We had a pretty decent idea of the timeframe where we wanted Survivor to take place, what the stakes were going to be, what the tone of the game was going to be, what Cal was going to be up against, and how the crew was going to factor into that. And there’s ideas of what we could do beyond that as well.”

It’s Not About If, It’s About When

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was released on 28th April 2023. The game received critical acclaim, earning a Mighty rating on OpenCritic with an 88% recommended score from critics and an average score of 84 from top critics. Additionally, it achieved an impressive average Metascore of 82.33 on Metacritic across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC.

The game not only garnered critical acclaim but also achieved commercial success. However, the PC version was not all that great at launch, fans on the PC platform reported technical bugs that hindered their gaming experience.

Similarly, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was also a critically acclaimed game, receiving numerous award nominations. Fallen Order proved to be a huge commercial success, selling around 10 million copies within one year of its release as revealed by EA in 2020.

So, considering the success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, it’s not a matter of whether there will be a third game in the series; it’s a matter of when the third game in the Star Wars Jedi series will be released.

The release gap between Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor is about 3 years. Therefore, it would be reasonable to assume that the next game in the series is still a few years away. However, it’s great news for the fans to learn that the next game is already in development.

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