Star Wars Eclipse, the upcoming action-adventure game that players actually want to see more of from Quantic Dream, is reportedly struggling in its development, as we’re coming up on five full years since its reveal in 2021 and development is said to be “very slow going.” So slow that the game is apparently “years off from completion,” and that’s if it actually does get finished, which it might not if Quantic Dream’s recently multiplayer title, Spellcasters Chronicles, can’t help bring in the funds needed to get Eclipse made.
This all comes from a new report from Insider-Gaming, who claim to have spoken to sources with knowledge of the current state of Star Wars Eclipse, all of which point to the game being in a particularly bad spot.
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The report claims that while Quantic Dream has “a good portion of the game” complete, what’s left is proving to be an arduous process throughout which the development team has made “very little progress over months.”
“The game, at this stage, is still looking to be years off from completion,” one source said back in December 2025, according to the report. But the most concerning element of the report isn’t just the fact that it is taking Quantic Dream a long time to get Star Wars Eclipse out the door.
It’s that Star Wars Eclipse may never get out the door, because NetEase, Quantic Dream’s parent company, might end up rethinking its strategy with regard to the existence of Quantic Dream as a studio.
Last year, NetEase cut its funding for a dozen projects as part of its decision to pull back from investing in foreign studios. It was such a dire situation that Quantic Dream had to release a statement attempting to reassure players that it would be okay despite NetEase’s cuts elsewhere.
Later that year, we learned Quantic Dream was making a free-to-play multiplayer title alongside Star Wars Eclipse titled Spellcasters Chronicles, which, you may have forgotten, actually launched already in early access back in February 2026.
We last went hands-on with it in a preview setting in November 2025, and at the time called it a game that “feels like it’ll be the FBC: Firebreak of MOBAs,” which you may be able to guess is not exactly a compliment or a vote of confidence in its ability to attract players. When we spoke to Quantic Dream about Spellcasters Chronicles in an interview alongside that preview, the studio said it aimed to support the game “for the long term.”
Now, Insider-Gaming’s report adds that revenue from Spellcasters Chronicles is expected to help fund the development of Star Wars Eclipse. The report claims that, “Should Spellcasters fail commercially, NetEase is expected to re-evaluate its commitment to the studio and could opt to discontinue further investment.”
At this point, it’s worth noting that even an outlet as reliable as Insider-Gaming can make mistakes, and that information relayed from its sources, or anyone’s sources, can change from day-to-day. So take all of this for what it’s worth.
That said, it is very disconcerting that, if Star Wars Eclipse really is still “years off from completion,” and NetEase wants to see a sizable return from Spellcasters Chronicles before it is sure it wants to keep funding not just Eclipse but Quantic Dream overall, then we may be nearing the end of Quantic Dream.
Especially when a quick glance at Spellcasters Chronicles player numbers on Steam shows that it peaked at 888 concurrent players, and since its launch it has struggled to reach even 200 concurrent players. At the time of this writing, there are 69 players in-game, and while its most recent reviews are ‘Mostly Positive,’ its overall review score remains at ‘Mixed.’
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