Star Wars Galactic Racer appears to have a firm launch date after the game’s own Steam page briefly displayed an October 6, 2026 release date as part of a pre-order infographic before the asset was pulled. The leak was spotted by gaming deals account Wario64, who captured the image before it disappeared, after which it spread quickly across gaming forums and social media. While neither developer Fuse Games nor publisher Secret Mode has officially confirmed the date, publishers do not typically build out pre-order infographics months before they are needed, and the Steam page going live at all, even briefly, signals that the marketing machine is actively spinning up.
The leaked infographic also revealed the game’s edition structure in detail. All pre-orders include a platform-exclusive livery with distinct variants for PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC, alongside a player banner, with the livery applicable to all speeder classes. The Digital Deluxe Edition adds a digital art book, three exclusive repulsorcraft, a Deluxe Livery also applicable to all speeders, three unique Arcade Events, and a Deluxe Player Banner in addition to the standard pre-order bonuses. A physical steelbook edition has also been confirmed for collectors purchasing the Deluxe Edition in retail format.
Star Wars Galactic Racer is developed by Fuse Games, a Guildford-based studio founded by senior developers from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed and Burnout, and has been working on the title since its founding in 2023. The game is set in the New Republic Era, after the fall of the Empire, in which an obsession with speed takes hold across the galaxy and the Galactic League emerges from the lawless Outer Rim as an underground, unsanctioned racing circuit where syndicates sponsor pilots and fortunes are won and lost in seconds. The single-player campaign follows a character named Shade as he navigates the Galactic League and pursues a personal grudge against the Bool family, while vehicle classes span podracers, landspeeders, speeder bikes, and a new vehicle type called the skimspeeder.
The online multiplayer mode supports up to 12 players, and Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster has confirmed there will be no season pass, describing the game as a premium release and noting that season passes are associated in his mind with free-to-play titles. An October 6 launch would place the game squarely in fall blockbuster territory, though it would also put it in close proximity to Grand Theft Auto 6’s anticipated November release window, making it one of the more competitive calendar placements of the year.
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