You won’t have to buy the Star Wars Outlaws Season Pass to get Jabba missions, Ubisoft says

It’s just the one exclusive adventure

Marco Wutz | Apr 16, 2024

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Ubisoft took quite a beating online over the last couple of days after it became known that it had locked a Jabba the Hutt mission in Star Wars Outlaws behind the game’s Season Pass, which can be purchased separately or as part of the pricier Gold and Ultimate Editions.

However, due to some unfortunate wording on Ubisoft’s part, people jumped to the conclusion that “Jabba’s Gambit” would be the only mission involving the infamous cartel boss, hence the online rage about it being paygated behind the Season Pass.

A Ubisoft spokesperson clarified in a statement given to PCGamer that “Jabba’s Gambit” is one of many missions involving Jabba the Hutt, as his criminal organization will be one of the central syndicates in the game.

“To clarify, Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt Cartel are one of the main syndicates in Star Wars Outlaws and will be part of the experience for everyone who purchases the game, regardless of edition,” they stated. “The 'Jabba’s Gambit' mission is an optional, additional mission with the Hutt Cartel along Kay and Nix's journey across the Outer Rim. This mission will be available to those who purchase the season pass or an edition of the game which includes the season pass.”

Though people are still very much justified in ranting against the concept of a Season Pass with exclusive content in a single-player game – Ubisoft’s standard policy these days, sadly – please do make sure you don’t continue to spread misinformation regarding Jabba the Hutt around. He may put a bounty on your head and use you as a carbonite coffee table.

Star Wars Outlaws will be out on August 30, 2024, for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and GeForce NOW. Naturally, paying extra will net you three days of early access.

Published Apr 16, 2024

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg