Star Wars: Galactic Racer
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Digital Chumps90STAR WARS: Galactic Racer nails the high-speed, high-stakes podracing DNA with flair. Its approach to innovation via roguelike progression broadens its appeal while doing away with some archaic practices found in longstanding racing games. Don’t worry if you’re not the biggest fan of STAR WARS, you’ll have a hell of a time and quench your thirst for an explosive racing title that features racing, combat, and more.
PSX Brasil85Star Wars: Galactic Racer features an excellent single-player campaign and very good gameplay in its races, with different aspects influencing the challenges to overcome. The online multiplayer is also enjoyable, although there is no offline mode. The problems lie in a few minor aspects of the gameplay itself and the limited variation in biomes (planets).
IGN80Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a fabulous looking and frantically fast anti-grav racer that gets a little repetitive thanks to its heavy reliance on repeatedly revisiting the same slim selection of planets, but has successfully lit the afterburners on a long-dormant slice of the Star Wars universe.
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Star Wars: Galactic Racer boss on DLC and the ‘remarkable’ rise of Biddy Blas
Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster chats about what's next for the hit racing game
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Might Be Getting Xbox Play Anywhere Support
Toxic Commando also spotted on the Xbox PC app. Scrib doon, because it looks like Star Wars: Galactic Racer and John Carpenter's Toxic Commando could be getting Xbox Play Anywhere support in the near future. The news comes from Narrow_Leek2452, a fairly reliable source known for their Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox PC posts on Reddit. Well, they're back with another update, reporting that both games have appeared on the Xbox PC app and are likely to receive XPA support. Read the full article on pur
How Star Wars: Galactic Racer kept the core team small and sustainable through "distributed development"
Matt Webster, CEO of Fuse Games, is "thrilled" with the critical reception to Star Wars: Galactic Racer, which is currently sitting on a Metacritic score of 88 for the PS5 version. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at Game Republic New Horizons this week, he says it "felt like we had something good", but you "never really know" how a game will land.
The Netflix series Drive to Survive inspired Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Matt Webster, the head of Star Wars: Galactic Racer developer Fuse Games, has said that the Netflix series Drive to Survive was an inspiration for the game right from the start.
AI Couldn’t Have Made Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s Biddy Blas
Epic's upcoming Star Wars shooter is reportedly developed with an "AI first" production model, which means it'll never have its own Biddy Blas, Galactic Racer's breakout Weird Little Guy.
Lucasfilm Games Producer Responds After Galactic Racer Character Biddy Blas Goes Viral
If you’ve been on gaming Twitter recently, you’ve probably seen a clip from Star Wars: Galactic Racer making the rounds on your timeline — specifically, a player’s interaction with a character named Biddy Blas.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer was prototyped in the most unexpected way: as a board game covered in Post-It notes
We're big fans of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, having given the fast and punishing racing game five stars in our review. We also spoke to developer Fuse Games to better understand how it recaptured the Burnout spirit so well in the game. And it was then we heard about Fuse's unique approach to prototyping Galactic Racer.
"What's the point of this if you're not feeling something?" Star Wars: Galactic Racer devs on how they bottled Burnout's magic 'game feel'
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is an absolute delight to play, and for fans of the Burnout games, it can feel like coming home. That's hardly surprising given that Fuse Games, the creators of Galactic Racer, contains an awful lot of DNA from Burnout's old home at Criterion.
Star Wars Galactic Racer will soon welcome larger podracing parties, with multiplayer group size limits set to double in a future update
I've admittedly not delved into any multiplayer action in Star Wars: Galactic Racer since the gates to its racetracks were opened to the masses early this week. Look, I needed a quick breather after ramjetting my way through 40 or so hours of it for review. It looks like I might have to try and convince my colleagues to hop on for an RPS Boonta Eve classic soon though, as devs Fuse Games have already announced plans to up multiplayer party sizes so you can invite six mates along instead of three
Star Wars: Galactic Racer will double the game’s multiplayer party limit in an upcoming patch
The game currently supports parties of 3 players
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Multiplayer Party Limit Will Be Doubled Via Update
Developer Fuse Games aims to release an update to increase party size from three to six players “within the first few weeks of launch.”
DF's STAR WARS: Galactic Racer Development Doc Is Now Live
Our most ambitious behind-the-scenes video yet. Today on Digital Foundry, we're proud to publish a very special documentary video on Fuse Games' STAR WARS: Galactic Racer. It's culmination of months of work, visiting the studio, speaking to the staff and understanding how the team delivered the critically acclaimed game, playing it ourselves and piecing together the final video from hours of interview and behind-the-scenes footage. Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
‘Why Hasn’t Someone Thought About That Before?’ – How Star Wars: Galactic Racer Solves One of Driving Games’ Biggest Problems
Racing games have been stuck using the same career mode formula since the original Gran Turismo, but Star Wars: Galactic Racer shows there's a better, more dangerous way.
Digital Foundry 'Impressed' With Star Wars: Galactic Racer's 'Nigh-On Flawless Performance' On Xbox Series X|S
Have a gander at this comparison including both Xbox Series consoles. This week, Guildford-based studio Fuse Games received a plethora of extremely positive reviews for its Burnout-esque Star Wars: Galactic Racer. Currently, the roguelite racer boasts an 88 rating on Metacritic, with our very own Fraser Gilbert also giving it a big thumbs up. But the praise doesn't stop there, as Digital Foundry has also hopped on the hype train and reported "nigh-on flawless performance on all consoles - includ
Review: Star Wars: Galactic Racer - A Top-Flight Arcade Racing Game with Incredible Graphics Tech
Nigh-on flawless performance on all consoles - including Series S. Unreal Engine 5 has become a staple for modern video games, offering powerful tools and advanced rendering, though it's hard to see fast-paced racing titles as the most obvious fit for the engine's most advanced features. Star Wars: Galactic Racer aims to change this perception by pairing cutting-edge visuals with a smooth 60fps target on console hardware. There's also plenty of evidence that Fuse Games is staffed by a cadre of e
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer — Crashing with Consequence in Runs-Based Racing
Allow us to set the scene. Three corners from the finish line, another racer shunts your repulsorcraft into an adjacent boulder, sending you careening into the toxic wastes of Sentinel I. You try to correct your course. Too late. The vehicle that took you 4 tours and 23 races to tune is now scattered across […] The post STAR WARS: Galactic Racer — Crashing with Consequence in Runs-Based Racing appeared first on XBOX Wire.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Biggest Weakness Is Its Limited Multiplayer, and It's Already Getting Fixed
Fuse Games is on the case. While Star Wars: Galactic Racer has come out to glowing reviews, something that's quickly become cause for concern among players is the game's multiplayer offering. Thankfully, it seems the developer is already on the case. There are a couple of things relating to the game's online modes that are coming up again and again among fan feedback. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Star Wars: Galactic Racers Is Free to Play for Amazon Prime Members
Star Wars: Galactic Racers is free to play on Amazon Luna, the game streaming service that comes free with every Prime membership.
Star Wars Galactic Racer review: now this is frenetically fun podracing with a totally unforgiving streak
Becoming a boost junkie in arcade racers that offer such potent bursts of extra oomph is usually only a matter of time. Star Wars: Galactic Racer is no different. The hooks have been in deep. The vast majority of the builds I’ve pulled together in runs through its singleplayer campaign have lived and died in their effectiveness by the two types of boost you can cram into your landspeeder, speeder bike, or skim speeder. The first, afterburner, is less potent, but can be deployed at any time once
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is out now - running quite nicely on SteamOS / Linux
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is officially out now for everyone across different platforms, bringing back some classic dangerous action. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Star Wars Galactic Racer’s single-player campaign is available to play on Amazon Prime Luna for ‘free’
Players with a Prime subscription can play the game at no extra charge
Out Today: Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the Highest-Rated Star Wars Game in Over 20 Years
Very fast, very dangerous. It's kind of wild to think about, but it's true: Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the highest-rated game in the sci-fi series since 2003's Knights of the Old Republic. With a Metascore of 88, it outdoes other recent games that share the universe, such as Star Wars Zero Company and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches on Amazon Luna as part of Prime subscription
Star Wars: Galactic Racer will be available to play on cloud gaming service Amazon Luna at launch as part of a Prime subscription.
Feature: Five Things I'm Absolutely Loving About Star Wars: Galactic Racer On Xbox Series X
This is where the fun begins. One of the Xbox games that I've been most anticipating over the past few months is Star Wars: Galactic Racer - the first ever release from UK studio Fuse Games. All of the trailers and preview footage have made it look like a dream for fans of Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, and I'm certainly someone who falls into that category. So, you better believe I was knocking on the door of the PR team for this game, desperately trying to get my hands on a pre-release review code
10 great hours of father-son bonding with Star Wars Galactic Racer
Review: An unexpected contender for Best Family Game Of The Year and my son’s first roguelike
Star Wars: Galactic Racer review
A few years ago, I had the chance to ask Alex Ward, the co-founder of Criterion Games, about the driving model for the Burnout series. I had heard from a friend that beneath the arcadey immediacy lay physics of rare nuance and beauty. I was reverent in my questioning, even if I was slightly clueless - is it a driving model or a handling model or a physics model? - and Ward, thankfully, was having none of it. He told me that in the very early Burnout games, the cars, such as they were, didn't act
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Is Getting Some Phenomenal Review Scores Ahead Of Launch
Another success story for Star Wars games in 2026. We've got another massive Xbox release coming our way on October 6th in the form of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, which is the first ever title from UK studio Fuse Games, and one that's getting some phemomenal review scores! This is a game that had been looking really impressive throughout its preview period, but the reviews may well have surpassed expectations, with most outlets scoring it anywhere from 8/10 to 10/10 as things stand. Read the full
Star Wars Galactic Racer review: Somehow, Burnout returns in a modern racing classic
The thrilling throwback to arcade racing's glory days wows with visual might and a great single-player offering
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review – Lightspeed Burnout
Star Wars: Galactic Racer has strong gameplay design and fast-paced races, but minor UI issues and inconsistent roguelike difficulty spikes hold it back from being one with the Force.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a fabulous looking and frantically fast anti-grav racer that gets a little repetitive thanks to its heavy reliance on repeatedly revisiting the same slim selection of planets, but has successfully lit the afterburners on a long-dormant slice of the Star Wars universe.
I Can’t Believe A Silly Star Wars Racing Roguelite Is One Of My Favorite Games This Year
I felt such a sense of whiplash jumping into Star Wars Galactic Racer after playing Zero Company. Unlike Zero Company--and plenty of the other Star Wars games we've gotten in recent years, like Survivor and Squadrons--Galactic Racer isn't trying to emulate the science-fantasy drama that defines the majority of the Star Wars movies and other assorted fiction. Instead, it's silly. We're not making morally gray decisions in a fight against an evil empire here. No, we're trying to win a racing leagu
Fuse Games CEO to Discuss Star Wars Galactic Racer at UK Games Conference
Fuse Games will discuss the October racing game at Game Republic New Horizons in Middlesbrough
Star Wars: Galactic Racer's PS5 Trophy List Will Push You to the Limit for the Platinum
Now this is Trophy hunting. The Trophy list for Star Wars: Galactic Racer has appeared online, and it looks like it'll force you to get good if you want that platinum. You can view the full list via PSNProfiles ahead of the game's PS5 launch on 6th October — not far away now. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
"As more people play games, even the tiniest niches find a bigger audience" – Why Matt Webster is convinced people want Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Matt Webster looked set to be a lifer at Electronic Arts. He joined the firm way back in 1990, and spent nearly two decades working at Burnout and Need for Speed maker Criterion, which EA bought in 2004.
‘We have to be accurate’: Star Wars Galactic Racer boss explains why Anakin Skywalker is missing at launch
"Who knows," Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster said when asked if Anakin will turn up
Star Wars Galactic Racer gameplay: New footage of podracing and the game’s single-player campaign
Check out this new gameplay of Star Wars: Galactic Racer
I Expected Star Wars: Galactic Racer to Feel Dangerous, but Was Surprised by the Depth of Its Roguelike Campaign
We've been hands-on with Star Wars: Galactic Racer's fast and furious roguelike campaign, and it's looking a game changer for racing games.
With Star Wars: Galactic Racer, former Burnout devs have built on N64 and PS2 classics to make what they call "the purest expression of gaming"
"Racing is crying out for a bit of consequence," says Matt Webster, Fuse Games' founder and CEO, and former general manager at Burnout and Need For Speed developer Criterion. "Crashing is consequence - not just the visual and the audio spectacle of it; we learn something from it. It's tough to have consequence when you've got a rewind button."
Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a lot more Slay the Spire DNA than I expected, because its ex-Burnout devs wanted to add 'real consequence' to each race
High speed racing and roguelike unlocks are wrapped up in a Star Wars story.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer hands-on report
Even back in the 1977 original film, Star Wars has always been a universe full of vehicles that move at incredible speeds. While its spaceships are famously fast — just ask anyone about the Millennium Falcon’s record-breaking Kessel Run — its land vehicles might be more impressive as they tear through forests and canyons at […]
Star Wars Racer Uses All of Unreal Engine 5's Fancy Features - At 60fps on PS5
And PS5 Pro improves things further. I didn’t mention it as much as I perhaps should have in my preview, but I was truly taken aback by Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s visuals when I went hands-on last week. Testing unfinished code on base PS5 hardware, the presentation utterly astonished me – I know most games look good these days, but the quality of the environments left my jaw agape a couple of times. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Round Up: The Previews Are In For Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Now this is *checks notes* PODRACING! In a galaxy not too far from where we're based in the UK, multiple outlets were treated to an exclusive first preview of Star Wars: Galactic Racer. For those unaware of the upcoming podracer from Fuse Games, it's described as a "high-stakes reinvention of racing" featuring a story-driven campaign and PvP multiplayer modes. Read the full article on purexbox.com
"The combinations are in the trillions": Star Wars Galactic Racer’s creative director on speeder specialisation, storycrafting, and having “a bit of a smash”
“It's okay to give people a bit of a smash,” Star Wars: Galactic Racer creative director Kieran Crimmins reassured me, after I asked the ex-Criterion Games dev whether rubbin’ is as viable a way of racing as it was in Burnout, the rowdy racing series his former home’s arguably best known for. "I don't think we'd ever really want to make an arcade racer without some of that fun in it."
Preview: Star Wars: Galactic Racer's physics-based destructive tech and high-speed DNA shows promise
Now this is podracing! Jet-boosting into this year's Summer Games Fest, Star Wars: Galactic Racer represents a bold new arcade-style project from the newly formed Fuse Games. While the studio is fresh, the team's pedigree is anything but; it reunites key personnel from the legendary Criterion Games, bringing a wealth of experience from the Burnout series and Star Wars: Battlefront. Having gone hands-on with a preview build on the base PlayStation 5, it is clear that the team is aiming for their
I think Star Wars: Galactic Racer might be the Burnout revival I’ve waited decades for
Fuse and Lucasfilm Games discuss Galactic Racer's high-octane action and surprisingly deep story mode
"It's like lightning in a bottle" - Star Wars Galactic Racer devs spill the beans on why it's so hard to make a game as good as Burnout Paradise
There are a rare few racing games as good as Burnout Paradise. You could argue there aren't any, though the competition for the number one spot is fierce. The game is such a classic it begs the question: Why hasn't anyone been able to make a racer quite as good since? Only a few people on this planet could answer such a question.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer May Be What F-Zero Fans Have Been Waiting For
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the latest spiritual successor to a classic Star Wars game, and it's one F-Zero fans may want to pay close attention to.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer – The First Preview
Not only were my fears of the roguelite loop unfounded, but the Burnout roots baked into developer Fuse Games’s DNA was joyously evident in every moment I spent on the track with Star Wars: Galactic Racer. And the times I wasn’t going hundreds of miles per hour when I was on foot did a great job of further Star Wars-ifying my experience. I’m incredibly optimistic about what I’ve seen from this long overdue spiritual successor to Episode 1: Pod Racer, and I can’t wait to play more of it.
How Star Wars: Galactic Racer Turns Podracing into a Challenging Roguelite
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Preview: 5 Things That Surprised Me Playing Star Wars: Galactic Racer on PS5
Now THIS is podracing. Last week, I travelled to a galaxy far, far away to play Star Wars: Galactic Racer on the PS5 – well it was just Fuse Games’ head office in sunny Guildford, actually, but I needed an exciting intro. If you don’t know about the UK games industry, Guildford – just outside of London – is a bit of a hotspot of talent. I noticed Baldur’s Gate 3 dev Larian has a space in the same office complex as Fuse Games, while the likes of Media Molecule and EA aren’t too far away. Read the
Star Wars: Galactic Racer let me play podracer ping-pong, though its high-stakes roguelike gauntlet feels more tuned for pace-focused speeder freaks
“You race like a poodoo!” podracer Ben Quadinaros, a large bit of snot whose body is 60% face, yells as we sweep through a turn side-by-side. “Right,” I think as I begin to channel my inner Dale Earnhardt, “you’re going in the wall”. The blatant side-swipe that dashes Ben and his gangly craft against the rocks of the narrow trench also wipes me out. Usually in this sort of situation I’d respawn unrepentant, but Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s geared to force you to consider any carelessness and rue
Sebulba and a whole bunch of other Glup Shittos appear in the first story trailer for Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Oh, there's a story? I was hoping it would just be racing.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Looks Like the Scrappy Arcade Racing Game I've Been Waiting For
Check out the new trailer. I don't know about you, but I've really missed the kind of aggressive, crazy-fast arcade racing games of yesteryear. Fortunately, it seems Star Wars Galactic Racer is shaping up to scratch that itch. Check out this new trailer, which definitely has shades of Burnout in among all the Star Wars stuff: Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Star Wars: Galactic Racer - Here’s What Comes in Each Edition
Everything you need to know to preorder Star Wars: Galactic Racer, including release date, preorder bonuses, and what comes in each edition.
Days after Star Wars: Galactic Racer's release date leaked, Fuse Games makes it official with Deluxe and Collector's edition details
After an earlier leak, we now have an official release date for Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the high-stakes, runs-based racing adventure set in a galaxy far, far away from developer Fuse Games .
Star Wars Galactic Racer Brings Its 'High-Stakes Reinvention Of Racing' To Xbox In October 2026
Pre-orders are now available. In addition to the Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announcement that kicked off The Game Awards 2025, it was later revealed that Star Wars Galactic Racer is coming to Xbox Series X and S in 2026, and we reckon it's gonna be great! This is the third podracing-style game after the original Star Wars Episode 1: Racer and the PS2's Star Wars Racer Revenge, with Galactic Racer being developed by the team at Fuse Games - a studio that's made up of developers that have
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Release Date Officially Revealed for October
It's almost time to take to the track once again, because Star Wars: Galactic Racer now has an official release date.
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer releases October 6
It has been confirmed today that STAR WARS: Galactic Racer is set for launch on October 6th, and you can pre-purchase it now too. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Confirms an October 2026 Release Date on PS5
Now it's official. You will be playing Star Wars: Galactic Racer on PS5 from 6th October 2026, if a temporary update to the game's Steam page is to be believed. Over the weekend, the PC platform had the release date displayed publicly, but it has been pulled in the time since. Wario64 captured the date, along with its Deluxe Edition contents, as seen below: If you opt for the Deluxe Edition, you get the following on top of the base game and a pre-order bonus of a ship skin and player banner: Rea
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches October 6
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We've had two great Star Wars games this year, probably because Lucasfilm Games says it's now "more flexible" about who it takes pitches from
This year has seen two highly-rated and beloved Star Wars games in the XCOM-like Zero Company, and the Burnout-like Galactic Racer. And both were made by independent studios rather than much bigger companies, which have typically taken on Star Wars games in recent years, such as Ubisoft with Star Wars Outlaws and EA with Star Wars Battlefront.
Star Wars Games Primed to Continue Hot Streak with 'Surprise' Titles
More to come, Lucasfilm teases. Games set in the Star Wars universe are on a roll right now, with recent releases Zero Company and Galactic Racer both launching to critical acclaim. Neither focusing on Jedi or the traditional action-adventure experience, they are a good representation of recent quotes from Lucasfilm executive Douglas Reilly. The vice president of the company shared (via The Game Business) Lucasfilm has expanded the sort of developers it'll listen to and accept pitches from that
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This week in PC games: Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Hellraiser: Revival, and a throwback tycoon game about turning utopias into carparks
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