Star Wars Outlaws has a new creative director, promising more work on three “core areas”: combat, stealth and controls.

As part of its ongoing efforts to transform Star Wars Outlaws a game that more people might want to buy, Ubisoft released his first developer updatereporting that creative director Julian Gerighty has been replaced as creative director by The Division and Avatar veteran Drew Rechner.

“I am thrilled to step into the role of creative director for Star Wars Outlaws and work with the incredibly passionate team here at Massive Entertainment, along with our talented co-development studios around the world and Lucasfilm Games,” Rechner wrote. .

“I would like to personally thank you, our community, for your positive response to the game. We see and love all the fan art, comments and videos you’ve created around the game and it continues to be a source of joy and inspiration. Team We sincerely hope you’re still enjoying your journey through the Outer Rim with Kay and Nyx.”

Prior to serving as Creative Director of Star Wars Outlaws, Rechner served as Associate Game Director on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and The Division 2: Warlords of New York; he also worked under Gerity as lead AI designer on The Division 2 and game designer on The Division.

Rechner has big plans for the game, which has already received some updates and acceleration of the planned Outlaws launch on SteamThere are three “key areas” the developers are focusing on: combat, stealth and controls, which he says “will (encompass) player choice more than ever before, whether that’s sneaking through battles, shooting blasters, or something else. between them.” Details of the upcoming changes will be shared in future updates leading up to the release of Patch 1.4 on November 21st when Star Wars Outlaws launches on Steam.

While changing creative directors for a game that’s only been out for a couple of months may seem a little strange at first, especially given the soft-play nature of Star Wars Outlaws, there’s nothing wrong with this one. With the release of Star Wars Outlaws, Gerity turns his attention back to The Division: he was named the series’ new executive producer in 2023 when Ubisoft announced Division 3; As part of the announcement, Ubisoft stated that Gerity will remain in her current position as creative director of Star Wars Outlaws until the game launches.