Eclipse Development Isn’t Going Well – WGB

It doesn’t appear to be we’re going to be seeing Star Wars: Eclipse any time quickly if this hearsay is something to go on. Apparently, the staff has made “little or no progress over months.”

The information comes through Insider Gaming’s newest podcast the place the staff was answering questions from viewers and readers. The subject of Quantic Dream’s Star Wars title was introduced up.

In accordance with Mike Straw, “they’ve a superb chunk executed, however for what they nonetheless have to do, it has not been going all that effectively.” He then identified that progress has been very gradual currently.

“I received’t say it’s in growth hell, nevertheless it’s very gradual.” stated Straw.

Extra worryingly, Straw appears to point that there’s an opportunity of the corporate being shut down or bought off. In accordance with Straw, NetEase doesn’t wish to shut down Quantic Dream “however it will not shock me based mostly on the the conversations I’ve had if we see Quantic Dream – possibly you hear this yr or subsequent yr – like, NetEase is promoting it off or one thing as a result of they’ve received to determine what they’re doing and yeah, Eclipse simply hasn’t been in the perfect of locations.”

Mike Straw added more to context to his comments in a brief article on Insider Gaming. In accordance with him, a supply stated again in December that the sport was nonetheless seemingly years away, and that increasing the event staff to hurry issues up wasn’t doable as a result of NetEase didn’t wish to make investments much more into the challenge.

“Each NetEase and Quantic Dream, the supply says, are actually counting on Spellcasters Chronicles, which entered Early Entry in February, to usher in income that may then be spent on Eclipse’s growth,” write’s Straw.

Star Wars: Eclipse was introduced approach again in 2021, and since then we’ve barely heard something from the sport. It’s set a whole bunch of years earlier than the occasions of the primary motion pictures, and is meant to be an action-adventure recreation.

Quantic Dream popped up last year to promise us the game is still being made.