{"id":517514,"date":"2026-04-07T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/517514\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:41:07","slug":"quantic-dreams-star-wars-eclipse-reportedly-years-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/517514\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantic Dream&#8217;s Star Wars Eclipse reportedly &#8220;years&#8221; away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been over four years since Quantic Dream&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-eclipse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars Eclipse<\/a> was announced with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heavy-rain-developer-quantic-dream-reveals-star-wars-eclipse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">striking CGI trailer<\/a>, which told us very little other than it was set in the High Republic era of George Lucas&#8217; galaxy far, far away. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-eclipse-is-still-in-development-quantic-dreams-assures-alongside-new-competitive-multiplayer-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following a handful of updates<\/a> from the studio&#8217;s leads over the years, the solidity of the game is increasingly in question.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/star-wars-eclipse-development-is-very-slow-going\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Insider Gaming has shared a new report<\/a> suggesting Star Wars Eclipse might still be a long way away. Sources close to development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VZQxeVBBMSA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are reported to have stated<\/a>: &#8220;The game, at this stage, is still looking to be years off from completion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The same source explained the team could speed the timeline by &#8220;expanding the development staff&#8221;, but Quantic Dream&#8217;s parent company NetEase is apparently uneasy about investing more without a clearer long-term vision. Quantic Dream launched its first-ever free-to-play multiplayer MOBA-like game earier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/quantic-dream-has-revealed-its-first-ever-free-to-play-multiplayer-game-spellcasters-chronicles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spellcasters Chronicles<\/a>, and sources suggest it could be key to determining what&#8217;s happening next at the studio depending on the revenue it can bring in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage, the long-term outlook is less driven by creative capabilities and more by financial viability&#8230; Should Spellcasters fail commercially, NetEase is expected to reevaluate its commitment to the studio and could opt to discontinue further investment,&#8221; one of those sources added. If that&#8217;s indeed the case, things are looking concerning, as Spellcasters Chronicles is only available on Steam, where it peaked with <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">888 concurrent players<\/a> and currently has a 24-hour peak of just 73 players in game.<\/p>\n<p>Star Wars Eclipse.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sV2g6stnRno\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Star Wars Eclipse&#8217;s troubled journey might have pushed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/lucasfilm-games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucasfilm Games<\/a> to seek creative partnerships elsewhere when it comes to large-scale Star Wars adventures. A good example is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-fate-of-the-old-republic-gets-studio-art-director-with-ubisoft-experience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic<\/a>, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KOTOR<\/a> and original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mass-effect\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mass Effect<\/a> trilogy helmer Casey Hudson at Arcanaut Studios. For now, we&#8217;re expecting the more restrained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-galactic-racer-will-have-podracers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galactic Racer<\/a> and XCOM-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-star-wars-zero-company-details-emerge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zero Company<\/a> to arrive later this year, so Star Wars&#8217; gaming output seems to be ramping up regardless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been over four years since Quantic Dream&#8217;s Star Wars Eclipse was announced with a striking CGI trailer,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-517514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}