Mystery Star Wars Game, Project Maverick Seemingly Leaks on PSN

Star Wars: Project Maverick has seemingly leaked on the European PlayStation Network – and it appears to be an unannounced game.Posted by Twitter bot PSN Releases, and posted on ResetEra by user soulzonic, it appears a listing was created for the game on the European PSN backend, with a logo image attached (below). While that listing won’t appear on the public store, its details can still be scraped by services like this bot – these “hidden” listings have also recently outed the likes of Resident Evil 3, ahead of their official announcement.

We’ve never heard of Project Maverick before, and it appears this is an early listing for a completely unannounced project.

The presence of a tiny group of X-Wings flying towards a Star Destroyer in the logo image has led some to speculate that this is a dogfighting game in the vein of the classic X-Wing or Rogue Squadron games.

Last month, we heard that EA had canceled a Star Wars game, codenamed Viking, in 2019, but that a “smaller, more unusual project” was still in the works at EA Motive in Montreal – it’s possible this is Project Maverick.

Star Wars games have been having a rough time in recent years: Amy Hennig & Visceral Games’ project, codenamed Ragtag, was canceled. Its assets were then repurposed for a game at EA Vancouver, codenamed Orca – which was also canceled. Here’s hoping Maverick avoids the curse.

Joe Skrebels is IGN’s Executive Editor of News and, if this is a dogfighting game, he hopes they bring back ludicrously complicated cockpit controls. Follow him on Twitter.