PlayStation has officially added Star Wars Outlaws to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, meaning subscribers can jump into Ubisoft’s ambitious open-world Star Wars title through Sony’s subscription service. This announcement came out via PlayStation Australia’s official social media accounts, and they framed the game as the “first-ever open-world Star Wars game,” which is pretty bold wording, honestly. For the PlayStation Plus ecosystem, this addition feels like another step to keep the subscription value strong. 

Star Wars Outlaws Expands The Star Wars Gaming Universe

Not like a lot of earlier Star Wars games that camped on Jedi-focused stories and linear pacing, Star Wars Outlaws has been shifting focus toward the criminal underworld that sort of runs in the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, you know. 

Players step into the role of Kay Vess, basically an outlaw traveling through a bunch of planets while juggling smuggling gigs, criminal cliques, bounty hunters, and then those big, multi-stage heists around the galaxy. Ubisoft has also said again and again that this game was built to feel more immersive and a bit more open-ended, as far as Star Wars goes. The title, at least reportedly, seems to include things like:  

• Open-world planetary exploration  
• Space combat systems  
• Reputation-driven faction mechanics  
• Stealth plus combat gameplay  
• Cinematic, story-led missions  
• Companion systems centered on Nix, Kay’s alien partner  

Overall, the structure looks like it took inspiration from modern open-world adventure games.

PlayStation Plus Keeps Expanding its AAA Catalog

The arrival of Star Wars Outlaws is a pretty clear signal of Sony’s wider plan for PlayStation Plus.  Over the last few years, PlayStation has been pushing harder on the Game Catalog section by dropping in bigger AAA releases, teaming up with major third parties, and adding major franchise titles, too.  

That approach lets Sony compete in a more direct way with services like Xbox Game Pass, which has already leaned hard into subscription-based growth. Sony has leaned on a mix of things, such as :

• First-party exclusives  
• Big third-party partnerships  
• Rotation of subscription content  
• Live-service gaming ecosystems  
• Growing digital libraries  

So PlayStation Plus stays more appealing for people who stick around as long-term subscribers.

Ubisoft Keeps Going All In On Open World Experiences

For Ubisoft, the PlayStation Plus release also helps grow the game’s audience range. The company spent years polishing those big-scale open-world formulas, through Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and The Division. Then, with Star Wars Outlaws, they tried to take the same spacious design philosophy and pour it straight into the Star Wars universe. Massive Entertainment, the studio behind The Division, reportedly did a lot of the heavy lifting during development, using Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine. 

Open World Star Wars Games Are a Big Swing

The gaming industry has been messing with Star Wars titles for decades, but fully open-world entries were kinda rare, for a long time at least. Earlier Star Wars games usually leaned on straight-line campaigns, Jedi-focused play, Space simulation vibes, and multiplayer shooter modes. Star Wars Outlaws goes in a noticeably different direction, pushing player freedom, exploration, criminal syndicates, and huge planet-scale locations.

That lines up with a wider trend across gaming, too, where players increasingly want expansive open-world systems, instead of gameplay that feels tightly fenced in.

Conclusion

Star Wars Outlaws arriving on the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog is another notable add-on to Sony’s ever-expanding subscription lineup. With Ubisoft’s first big open-world Star Wars experience in the subscriber mix.

This release also points to how major entertainment franchises keep drifting toward bigger, more immersive open-world setups built around wandering, cinematic storytelling, and long-term retention. And since subscription gaming keeps growing worldwide, collaborations that involve blockbuster franchises like Star Wars will probably matter even more for gaming platforms going ahead.