Respawn Entertainment’s upcoming Star Wars first-person shooter project is looking to pluck inspiration from 90s shooters Star Wars: Dark Forces and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, according to a series of job listings posted by the company.
The studio is looking to fill numerous positions including Cinematic Lead, Senior Character Artist, Lead Mission Designer, and Lead Lighting Artist. A description for one of the jobs describes how the upcoming Star Wars FPS will be inspired by the aforementioned shooters, which gives us an idea of what to expect.
In collaboration with Lucasfilm, the Star Wars FPS Team is developing a new AAA FPS in the Star Wars galaxy. Inspired by classic titles like Dark Forces and Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, our story-driven single player game is being developed from the ground up leveraging the power of Unreal Engine 5. We’re combining this inspiration and technology with Respawn’s pedigree for making best-in-class shooters to deliver a brand new experience our players will love.
The Star Wars FPS was announced back in January last year and is one of three entries in the sci-fi series in development at Respawn, the others being a strategy game and Star Wars Jedi Survivor.
[Source – Respawn Job Listings via Exputer]