in a statement share on twitterRespawn Entertainment has announced that its upcoming sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, will be delayed by six weeks.
“Star Wars Jedi: Survivor” was originally scheduled to be released on March 17 this year. However, it will take over the Respawn Entertainment team for a short period of time to “reach Respawn quality standards”.
Now scheduled for release on April 28thcoincidentally, Dead Island 2 was delayed to the same date, and fans will have over six weeks to wait for Respawn Entertainment to iron out any creases.
According to a statement shared to EA’s Star Wars Twitter account, the next chapter in Cal Kestis’ story is “complete with content.” However, the development team is now “fully focused on the final phase: fixing bugs to improve performance, stability, polish, and most importantly, player experience.”
The statement continued, “Jedi: Survivor is a direct response to feedback from our community, offering expansive destinations to explore, evolved combat and traversal, and of course, a continuation of Cal and BD’s story.”
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will launch on April 28, and the game will take place 5 years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. If the upcoming title is everything fans have hoped for and it takes an extra six weeks, so be it!