Total War developers Creative Assembly are reportedly working on a new Star Wars game.
According to a new report by Dualshockers, Total War: Star Wars has been in development since October 2023. Total War is a series of strategy games that typically combine turn-based strategy and resource management with real-time tactical control of battles, with this new game set to take that to a galaxy far, far away.
The report also claims that Creative Assembly are working on two different projects as well, meaning it’s impossible for them to speculate on a release date.
At the end of last year, Sega announced that Creative Assembly would be focusing on strategy titles, following the cancellation of Hyenas.
Total War: Star Wars isn’t the only strategy game currently in development either. At the start of 2022, EA confirmed Respawn Entertainment were working on a trio of new Star Wars titles, including a strategy game being created alongside Bit Reactor. However, earlier this month Respawn confirmed it had cancelled its Mandalorian-inspired first-person shooter.
“As we’ve looked at Respawn’s portfolio over the last few months, what’s clear is the games our players are most excited about are Jedi and Respawn’s rich library of owned brands,” EA Entertainment president Laura Miele wrote in a statement.
“Knowing this, we have decided to pivot away from early development on a Star Wars FPS Action game to focus our efforts on new projects based on our owned brands while providing support for existing games.”
Following that news though, Bit Reactor confirmed their Star Wars game was still in development. “Last week was difficult for the industry, and more so because of our strong relationships within the other teams at Respawn,” they wrote on social media. “But for those asking, we are still hard at work, and our game was unaffected by last week’s news.”
They went on to say fans would see more of the game “as soon as it’s ready”.
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