This week’s Game Awards featured plenty of exciting game reveals for titles that will make up the next few years of gaming releases. Some, like Highguard, are right around the corner, while others, like Exodus, are a little further away. But the good news is that one title many thought wouldn’t be released until 2030 at the earliest is coming sooner than that.
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic was one of the biggest titles revealed during The Game Awards 2025. Its existence was a well-kept secret heading into the Geoff Keighley-produced show, and it wasn’t until the title card fully appeared that fans in the audience (and watching online) went nuts. And then, when it was revealed that original Knights of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson is working on the project, enthusiasm shot through the roof.
Of course, that enthusiasm for Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic eventually tempered once fans realized that the game is likely in early development and won’t release until at least a few years from now. How far along the game is and when it plans to release are unclear, but Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier believes that the game won’t hit until 2030, and that is an “optimistic” guess on his part.
It’s reasonable to assume a game of Fate of the Old Republic’s scope and scale would take a long time to develop, and the 2030 release year makes sense. It’s disappointing that gamers will have to wait so long to experience the next chapter in the Old Republic franchise, but that’s what many of these Game Awards trailers do: they build hype for projects that are very early. Or at least, that’s what we thought.
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udson Says Fate of the Old Republic Will Release Sooner
While he didn’t cite Schreier’s reporting directly, Casey Hudson did take to social media to say that Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won’t require that long of a wait. He says that the game will be out before 2030, joking that he’s “not getting any younger.”
Given development timelines and trends that we have seen on projects similar to Fate of the Old Republic, Schreier’s expectation of a 2030 release year makes sense. It’s unclear if he has any sources that painted a picture of where the game is in development and its release targets, but with only a CG trailer to display, the assumption is reasonable. And Schreier is optimistic because he knows the realities of game development, where even the most conservative plans can sometimes fall apart as a project progresses. Just look at Grand Theft Auto 6’s journey to landing on its release date tells you all there is to know about the reality of shipping a big-budget, triple-A game.
It does feel a bit like splitting hairs when it comes to Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic’s release date, though. The game isn’t likely to release in 2027, or else there would have been a date on the trailer. That means 2028 is the earliest we might see the game, and that still feels generous. So, 2029 is perhaps where Casey Hudson’s studio, Arcanaut Studios, is looking.
Only time will tell when Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic releases and who is “right” about when the game will ship. Even then, Casey Hudson and the dev team likely have every intention of getting the game in players’ hands as soon as possible, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be obstacles on the way to release.
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Arcanaut Studios
- Publisher(s)
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Lucasfilm Games
- Number of Players
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Single-player
