The presentation of Star Wars: Eclipse dates back to December 2021, when the game was shown with a cinematic trailer and a story set in the High Republic, an era that has only been explored in novels and comics. This is a time when the Galactic Republic was at its peak and the Jedi Order was experiencing a great moment. Throughout these four years we have not heard anything about Star Wars: Eclipse, until today David Cage pressed the dead man's pedal to say that it is still in development.
In his message, David Cage also remembers that since 2018 Quantic Dream has been experiencing a phase of growth and innovation. During this time the studio has doubled in size, opened a studio in Montreal, Canada, and inaugurated a new headquarters in Paris. Cage doesn't mention it, but in 2022 NetEase bought Quantic Dream. Last February, when the Chinese company began to withdraw financing from various projects and teams, more than one looked at the French studio, which stood up to any rumors by ensuring that the cuts had not affected them.
Quantic Dream has several games in its hands and one of them is a competitive multiplayer experience, a genre that is the opposite of the narrative titles that until now have defined a company known for Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human. However, David Cage states that the studio seeks to challenge itself and surprise players, an ambition that has led them to explore new ways of playing and telling stories. At Quantic Dream they say they are aware that they must earn the trust of the players, show that they are capable and stand out in a very competitive environment.
Quantic Dream is not the first studio known for its narrative-heavy single-player games to decide to explore multiplayer. Recently Remedy Entertainment (Alan Wake, Control) has tried its luck with FBC: Firebreak, a cooperative multiplayer that has not sold as expected.