Leaked Upcoming Star Wars Game Will Be An 18-Year First That Fans Have Been Waiting For

A leaked game could be an 18-year first for PC gamers, returning to a game genre that has become somewhat overlooked by the sci-fi franchise. After the exclusive licensing deal for games at EA came to an end, many other developers have begun work on their own titles, each covering different types of genres that fit these studios' particular talents, such as Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment's open-world adventure, , Zynga's PvP arena game, , and Quantic Dream's cinematic, narrative-driven.

A new report from DualShockers claims that Creative Assembly, the studio behind and is working on a game within its popular real-time strategy series, . According to the report, this is one of three projects in the works at Creative Assembly's main studio right now, and as these titles tend to be released annually, it's possible is only a few years away from launch.

Star Wars has a long catalog of video games, but there are a handful of especially great titles that are still must-plays for fans.

This would be a huge win for RTS fans, as there hasn't been a new title in the genre on PC in 18 years, since 2006's . Prior to that, the likes of 1998's or 2001's showed that the series was a perfect match for real-time strategies with its various factions, vehicles, and iconic locations to attack or defend across the galaxy.

was set between the prequel and original trilogies, focusing on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels, and currently has an Overwhelmingly Positive review score from over 30,000 players on Steam.

Some were hopeful that the freemium strategy game would change this in 2014, as it was planned to be released on Android and iOS mobile devices, as well as Windows Mobile and Windows 8 and Windows 10 PCs, but unfortunately, the Windows versions were canceled. With the game closing in 2020 as well, this has left players without a recent RTS title to play, so Creative Assembly's couldn't have come at a better time.

If is only a matter of years away from