The open world Star Wars title will be built on the Snowdrop Engine.
Ubisoft recently revealed its Q3 earnings for the 2021 fiscal year, noting it to be the strongest single quarter in the company’s history. In the subsequent conference call, it discussed upcoming titles and strategies, revealing more details on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. Despite developer Ubisoft Massive working on its untitled Avatar title and an open world Star Wars game, it will support its looter shooter for a while yet.
As noted by Niko Partners senior analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter, Massive will work on new content for The Division 2 in 2021 and 2022. The last major content drop added The Summit, a 100 story skyscraper with varying challenges. Interestingly enough, it seems that the studio’s Avatar title is next to release and launches before its Star Wars game.
In somewhat less surprising news, the upcoming Star Wars title will be built on Massive’s Snowdrop Engine. This could further point to it being a third person shooter much like The Division but we’ll have to wait for more details. The Division 2 is currently available for Xbox One, PS4, PC and Google Stadia, and recently received enhancements for Xbox Series X/S and PS5.
– Ubisoft says that it will build its new Star Wars game on the Snowdrop Engine.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 9, 2021
Regarding Ubisoft Massive.
The team will work on new content for The Division in 2021 and 2022.
Their Avatar game will release prior to the new Star Wars game that they are working on.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 9, 2021