'Star Wars: Attack Squadrons' Cancelled

By: Dominic Jones

It's another sad day in the world of Star Wars video games.  It was announced today that the upcoming free-to-play browser game Star Wars: Attack Sqaudrons has been cancelled.  The following was posted on the game's official Facebook Page,

We want to thank all of the fans who participated in the closed beta of Star Wars: Attack Squadrons.

After much consideration, we have decided to cease development so that we can focus on other Star Wars game experiences.

We truly appreciate the time you spent engaging in the beta.

The game was announced back in December and Beta testing had been going on for a few months now.   As for the future of Star Wars video games, we do have the next installment in the Battlefront franchise to look forward to.  Plus E3 is next month so who knows what else could be announced!

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'Star Wars: Attack Squadrons' Announced

By: Dominic Jones

StarWars.com announced today a brand new Star Wars video game coming from the studio Area 52 in association with Disney interactive and LucasArts.  The game, Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, will be a "free-to-play, open web, space combat game".  They also promise that fans will be able to "players will enter exciting dogfighting action with up to 16 players at a time as they maneuver through iconic Star Wars locations."   The game seems to be fairly well along in its development as you can already sign up to beta test the game.

They also reveal that "Future ships, environments, and game details will be announced in the coming weeks", could we get our first look at some locations from upcoming projects like Episode VII or (more likely) Rebels?  Probably not "in the coming weeks", but this might be a cool way to introduce some new locations somewhere down the road.

Lucasfilm has also released an awesome trailer for the game, check it out below!


 
Source: StarWars.com

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