Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Not Using Frostbite Graphics Engine

From BioWare’sMass Effect AndromedaandAnthemto DICE’sBattlefieldgames, the Frostbite Engine has powered all of Electronic Arts' most recent releases. But one game that won’t be using the game development tools is Respawn Entertainment’sStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

Community manager EA_Charlemagne revealed the information, responding to a thread where fans were expressing their fears that the game wouldn’t be good if it used the Frostbite game engine. Luckily, for those concerned fans, the community manager confirmed thatStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderwill be using Unreal Engine 4, not Frostbite.

With this news, those concernedStar Warsfans should be able to breathe a sigh of relief. The suggestion that EA game development problems stem from Frostbite may not be an exaggeration with a report aboutAnthem’s troubled developmentrevealing that the team struggled to tailor the engine to a big RPG.

Frostbite was also one of theproblems in the development ofMass Effect Andromeda, a game that failed to find critical or financial success. The ongoing problems with the game engine and EA’s apparent policy of “forcing” its game development teams to use Frostbite have been criticized by the company’s former employees, anonymous employees still with the company, and fans of EA games.

While there have been manyleaks aboutStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s story and gameplay, there have been no official looks at the game in action yet. As a result, fans and critics are unable to see whether the decision to makeStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderusing Unreal Engine 4, not Frostbite, has paid off.

The good news is that fans will be able to seeStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderin action on Saturday, April 13th. Respawn Entertainment is set to give the game its official reveal during a Star Wars Celebration panel, where hopefully, the developers will show off gameplay and potentially announce a release date. And now that we know the game is running on Unreal and not Frostbite, fans can see what differences (if any) the engine choice has made on the visuals.