Star Wars Eclipse Lead Writer Leaves Quantic Dream

Since its announcement shut to a few years in the past, Star Wars Eclipse has been all however fully MIA, and with stories portray an image of a troubled improvement cycle behind-the-scenes (to say the least), the sport has attracted loads of skeptics. Now, there’s been one other associated improvement, and it won’t essentially be one which units too many individuals at east.

Star Wars Eclipse’s lead author, Adam Williams, is leaving Quantic Dream. Noticed by The Gamer, Williams introduced the brand new on his LinkedIn web page, the place he additionally confirmed that he’s founding a wholly new studio “with a gaggle of very proficient designers and builders” that we’ll be listening to extra about “quickly”.

“After virtually 10 years at Quantic Dream, I’m leaving to discovered a brand new studio – along with a gaggle of very proficient designers and builders,” Williams wrote. “We will’t say an excessive amount of simply but. We’re engaged on one thing very modern, very particular and, for now, very secret. Extra on that quickly.

“I’ve already been in contact with lots of you guys at Quantic Dream and Lucasfilm, to thanks for all the pieces on Detroit and Eclipse. It’s been an awesome journey.

“A giant thanks to the crew, for taking this leap with us – and to the buyers, for being the best companions on the following journey. Extra on that, additionally, quickly.”

Williams was at Quantic Dream for practically a decade. Becoming a member of in 2015, he labored because the lead author on Detroit: Change into Human, the identical position that he was serving on Star Wars Eclipse.

Williams’ departure doesn’t essentially give a lot away about how the sport’s improvement goes – folks change jobs on a regular basis, particularly within the video games trade – but when previous stories are to be believed, the sport hasn’t been in one of the best of form.

Shortly after it was introduced in December 2021, it was reported that the sport had been in improvement for roughly a yr and a half on the time, however was nonetheless not in a playable state. Later stories claimed that it won’t launch till 2027 or 2028. Quantic Dream’s VP of Advertising Lisa Pendse offered a short replace on the venture final September, stating that although it wasn’t able to be proven off, it was “simmering” behind-the-scenes.