Confirming the ESRB Ratings details, LucasArts has announced Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron is being developed for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS to be released this fall. Each version of the game will offer features not found on the other version, though not surprisingly the PSP version is looking like the better version. Check out the game’s official site for more info.
ESRB Ratings have detailed a new game in the Battlefront series, Battlefront: Elite Squadron. For Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, these games return to the 3rd person view we are all used to on a smaller scale. We can probably expect to hear about this officially from LucasArts soon especially with E3 around the corner. Here is the information from the ESRB site:
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Platform: PSP
Rating: Teen
Content descriptors: Fantasy Violence
Rating summary: “This is an action game in which players experience different battles from the Star Wars universe. Presented in a third-person perspective, the game allows players to engage in space, land, and air battles or build troops and upgrade armies in a strategy-based mode. Players can use laser guns (i.e., blasters), explosives, and lightsabers to destroy enemy robots (i.e., droids) and humans who often cry out in pain when attacked. During one dramatic cutscene sequence, an unarmed man is sliced by a lightsaber, while another character is shot in the back with a blaster.”
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Platform: Nintendo DS
Rating: Everyone 10+
Content descriptors: Fantasy Violence
Rating summary: ” Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron is an action adventure game in which players experience different battles from the Star Wars universe. From a third-person perspective, players engage in space battles, ’speeder bike’ chases, and top-down battling. The ground battle includes constant laserfire combined with hand-to-hand combat using ‘lightsabers.’ A depleting health bar and various “yelps” indicate damage inflicted upon certain characters.”
ESRB Reveals Details On New Star Wars Battlefront Games [Kotaku]
This past week (Oct 9 for the US, Oct 12 for the UK), Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, the PSP exclusive entry in the Battlefront series was released.
Already fan submitted gameplay videos have begun to surface on sites like youtube. Please join our forums to discuss the game!
From the LucasArts site:
“Star Wars Battlefront®: Renegade Squadron™ is the previously untold story of a ragtag ensemble of battle-hardened rogues and scoundrels assembled by Han Solo. Gathered to execute some of the most secretive operations in the Rebel Alliance’s war against the Galactic Empire, the Renegade Squadron participates in battles spanning the galaxy. From the Valley of the Sith on Korriban to a dogfight in space through the remains of Alderaan, Solo directs the team on missions of sabotage, rescue and retrieval.”
The title is a PSP exclusive and is slated for Fall 2007.
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo has had some exciting developments, be sure to check out the E3 2006 community forum for information on this year’s gaming show!
A big thanks to the LFNetwork representatives that went this year to bring us this information!
