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It’s not often that an executive for a company like Saber Interactive goes online and promises a release window for not one but two major games. However, that’s exactly what happened when newly appointed chief business officer Steve Allison responded to a fan about monetization, stating that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3, its untitled John Wick game and “hopefully” Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake would launch in 2028.

Despite skepticism around the statement’s legitimacy, Saber told IGN that it’s indeed real. However, it sought to clarify several things – including that none of the above have official release dates. “Steve was responding to a player primarily asking about plans for microtransactions in future titles, and he was speaking broadly, not officially, about the future slate of Saber games, which he’s incredibly excited about.

“We have not announced any release dates or confirmed launch windows for Saber’s upcoming titles.” Instead, it asked players to look forward to titles like Turok: Origins, which launches later this Fall.

When announced in March 2025, Space Marine 3 was said to be “years” off from release. Creative director Oliver Hollis-Leick later revealed that its development cycle would mirror Space Marine 2. The latter took “something like four years,” and assuming the former already began development in 2024, a 2028 release window isn’t impossible.

The same goes for John Wick, developed in collaboration with Lionsgate, which is slated to be a prequel to the movie series. Unveiled earlier this year, we’ve yet to see any gameplay, and its only confirmed platform is PS5. Depending on how the reveals shape up in the coming year, the action title could be closer than expected.

As for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake, nothing is certain. Saber assured fans last March that it’s still in development, but that’s it. Mad Head Games is allegedly working with the studio on the project.

Regardless of its dates, Saber Interactive has a packed release schedule ahead, and that’s not even accounting for Jurassic Park: Survival. Stay tuned for updates, as always.

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The history of Game Pass since its launch in 2017 is one of ups and downs. It’s resulted in tens of millions of subscribers while delivering one of the best subscription-based packages to players. However, over time, the sustainability of the model has been called into question, whether it’s CEO Asha Sharma confirming that it fell short of targets, or reports of 30 million subscribers, significantly below former head Phil Spencer’s goal of 77 million by the end of fiscal year 2026.

So it shouldn’t be surprising that there are those within Xbox itself who aren’t fans of the model. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported on the Triple Click Podcast that, “There are a lot of people out there in studio leadership within Xbox who absolutely detest Game Pass and think it has destroyed the value of their games. They think it has taken away the value from all games in general and has been a detriment to the games industry because of how it devalues games.”

It’s hard to argue with that logic, considering Xbox itself removed day-one launches for new Call of Duty titles, starting with this year’s Modern Warfare 4. Even if it never explicitly said it’s because Game Pass is eating into player numbers, the lack of growth, combined with Call of Duty being its biggest moneymaker, would certainly indicate a lean towards sales over player numbers.

Regardless, Xbox has plenty of other titles coming to the service on day one, including Gears of War: E-Day, Fable, Clockwork Revolution, and more. And even if it eventually overturns day one releases for its first-party titles (as Schreier suggests), there’s plenty more to look forward to on the third-party side such as Beast of Reincarnation, Persona 4 Revival, and Stranger Than Heaven.