Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to 2019’s Star Was Jedi: Fallen Order, has been delayed. Developer Respawn Entertainment has announced that the game will now launch on April 28th, a delay of 6 weeks from the initial March 17th release date.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Respawn explained that while the game is “content complete”, the additional time will be used to “achieve the level of polish our fans deserve”.
In the statement, the developer wrote, “For the last three years, the Jedi team here at Respawn has poured its collective heart and soul into Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and we are proud to say the next chapter in the tale of Cal Kestis is content complete. We are now focused entirely on the final stage: bug fixes to enhance performance, stability, polish, and most importantly, the player experience.”
“In order for the team to hit the Respawn quality bar,” the statement continued, “provide the team the time they need, and achieve the level of polish our fans deserve, we have added six crucial weeks to our release schedule – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will now launch globally on April 28th.”
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor picks up five years after the events of Fallen Order, and will introduce new characters, lightsaber styles and fighting stances. The game will release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.