Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Developer Teases Game's Length and Development Time

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won't beryllium different bloated single-player crippled that takes implicit fractional a decennary to develop, crippled manager Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interrogation with Bloomberg, we learned a fewer caller details astir the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG, which aims to beryllium a spiritual successor to BioWare's much-loved Knights of the Old Republic. Hudson talked a spot astir the aspirations for the last product, some for however agelong it volition instrumentality to nutrient and however agelong it volition instrumentality players to decorativeness it.

For starters, Hudson isn't backing down connected his claims that Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic volition merchandise earlier 2030, but doesn't person an nonstop merchandise day successful mind. He noted that helium has ne'er spent much than 4 years connected a crippled and has nary tendency to walk 5 to 7 years moving connected one, similar immoderate different studios. He besides ruled retired the usage of AI to assistance velocity up development, calling it "creatively soulless" and "unhelpful." The squad volition bring connected contractors to assistance make the game, but aims to debar hiring hundreds of in-house unit to support costs thin and feasible.

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is backed by a caller holding institution known arsenic GreaterThan Group, which is led by erstwhile NetEase enforcement Simon Zhu. As revealed by Bloomberg, the institution has $40 cardinal successful the slope and astir $60 cardinal successful backing commitments, meaning determination is simply a batch of wealth backing the projects nether GTG.

As for the crippled itself, Hudson said helium doesn't privation to marque a crippled that is hundreds of hours long. "Bigger isn’t needfully better,” Hudson said. “If I’m excited astir a crippled and past I find retired that it’s 200 hours agelong — adjacent if I person nary ambition to really decorativeness it — I wonder, if I enactment 20 hours in, volition I adjacent beryllium retired of enactment one? A batch of players conscionable privation to play thing and decorativeness it.”

However, Hudson promised the crippled volition beryllium replayable acknowledgment to branching storylines that thrust players to research alternate paths. When Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic was announced astatine The Game Awards 2025, and it was revealed that the workplace down it, Arcanaut Studios, had been founded lone six months earlier, galore feared it wouldn't merchandise until the 2030s.

Hudson didn't truly item however they program to marque the crippled successful conscionable a fistful of years, but helium is simply a seasoned developer with extended acquisition moving connected sci-fi RPGs, including 1 successful the Star Wars universe. If anyone tin get this crippled retired the doorway successful a tenable magnitude of time, it's him. Still, it's hard not to look astir astatine different Star Wars games that person been successful improvement for ages.

Quantic Dream's Star Wars Eclipse and Saber Interactive's remake of Knights of the Old Republic person some been successful the works since astatine slightest 2021. We haven't heard thing notable connected however they're progressing since those reveals, extracurricular of wide confirmations that they're inactive successful the works. Hopefully, Fate of the Old Republic doesn't instrumentality rather arsenic agelong to uncover itself.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.