Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to PS4 and Xbox One in September

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A little over a year after confirming that a last-gen release for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was in the works, EA has announced that the action-adventure sequel will launch for Xbox One and PS4 on September 17. Plus, there are some improvements coming to the much-maligned PC version.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor initially released for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC last April, picking up its story about five years after the events of 2019’s well-received Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. This time around, Jedi Knight Cal Kestis is still trying to do battle with the Empire, but developer Respawn has given him new Force tricks and expanded fighting styles to help him out.

Of course there's more, but the core of the game remains the third-person view as you swing through beautifully rendered Star Wars environments, slashing bad guys with lightsabers.

Here's what it looked like on the latest generation systems last year. Watch on YouTube

Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell wasn't entirely sold on Jedi: Survivor's “hiccupy action” when he reviewed it last year, but he still came away fairly positive about Respawn's sequel. “But – and this is a big but,” he wrote, “I can't stress this enough – Star Wars: Jedi Survivor remains fundamentally great fun… It's always a joy to swing between walls and ziplines and now grappling hooks (I know) like a human pinball machine. It's much more desirable for Star Wars games to have a bit of silliness… Its lack of focus is what holds it back – and also what makes it so much fun.”

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will cost £44.99/$49.99 USD and feature “a series of optimizations to maximize the hardware capabilities of the consoles” when it launches for PS4 and Xbox One on September 17. Pre-orders will receive the Hermit Cosmetic Set (inspired by Obi-Wan Kenobi), Hermit Lightsaber Set, and Combustion Blaster Set.

Additionally, EA says the PC version, which Digital Foundry has called “the worst PC port of 2023,” will receive an update “in the coming weeks.” This promises “improvements to the game’s technical performance, controls, and more,” as well as various quality-of-life improvements.

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