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Gamescom 2015 – Take to the skies with Fighter Squadron in Star Wars: Battlefront

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Battlefront

Star Wars Battlefront looks like a good game so far. It has gorgeous visuals, tight gunplay and signature characters such as Boba Fett and Darth Vader. But that’s alright. To be a great game, it needs something more.

And DICE may have just found the key hook for this game. Because dogfighting is coming back, in a big way. EA took the stage to start talking about living your own Star Wars fantasy, as well creating your own in the game as you either fought against the empire or stepped into the boots of an Imperial soldier and crushed Rebel scum.

And then the game took to the skies. Star Wars Battlefront will have a new mode, called Fighter squadron. It’s a 20 player multiplayer mode which showcased Rebel X-Wings going head to head with Imperial TIE fighters as they tried to intercept a transport.

The action was intense, the sky had more lasers than a drunk rave party and I may have just wet my pants when the Millennium Falcon appeared and started kicking ass, before Boba Fett’s Slave 1 was briefly glimpsed.

EA says that they’re aiming to create the most intense dogfights ever. And I might just believe that kind of hype, if it gets me a chance to pilot an X-Wing in a sky that will be filled with 20 additional AI fighters that will make my TV scream.

Last Updated: August 5, 2015

25 Comments

  1. Aries

    August 5, 2015 at 11:11

    Hoot Hoot

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      August 5, 2015 at 11:18

      Not for me. Nope.
      Looks cool and all, but EA are masters at marketing and well-edited pre-release videos.

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      • Aries

        August 5, 2015 at 11:22

        I cant help it, love Star Wars, but atleast I wont be here when the game comes out, so people can beta test it for me

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        • Captain JJ Fantasticus

          August 5, 2015 at 11:26

          Oh, I have a very special love for Star Wars, but sadly I have no trust in EA.
          I want this to be good, but secretly all I really want is a new Knights of the Old Republic.

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          • Aries

            August 5, 2015 at 13:35

            I want that too, but EA governs that so, what you going to do, besides I got a feeling Battlefront is going to be good

  2. Captain JJ Fantasticus

    August 5, 2015 at 11:16

    Slave 1 !

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  3. Alien Emperor Trevor

    August 5, 2015 at 11:27

    Hey D, did you also look at that header image & think it’s all about the game and how you play it?

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      August 5, 2015 at 11:28

      I just thought it’s a pretty picture

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        August 5, 2015 at 11:30

        That’s why I didn’t ask YOU! ;P

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        • Captain JJ Fantasticus

          August 5, 2015 at 11:35

          But you never ask me anything!
          Wait, that’s not actually a bad thing.

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  4. Daniel Hallinan

    August 5, 2015 at 11:28

    Yes. This is 100% of what I like about star wars. I want all the sci-fi dog fights.

    Also I play a lot of X-Wing: The miniatures game so obviously I’m super eager 😛

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  5. Brady miaau

    August 5, 2015 at 11:30

    Ok. So maybe I will buy this obvious FPS game.

    Wow. that does look like fun

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  6. RinceThis

    August 5, 2015 at 11:35

    $5 per laser shot?

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      August 5, 2015 at 11:36

      “permission to board star destroyer”
      “please pay $10”

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      August 5, 2015 at 11:41

      How much money do you think they’d make if you have to pay a premium for accurate laser shots?

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  7. Kromas,powered by windows 10.

    August 5, 2015 at 11:46

    Sooooooo … BF4: Air Superiority mode.

    Still super excited. 🙂

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  8. GooseZA

    August 5, 2015 at 12:15

    Never tell me the odds….

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  9. Ir0nseraph

    August 5, 2015 at 12:30

    Damn this is starting to look good, now EA I just need to wait till after release to see how EA is going to fumble at the one yard line.

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  10. R1ker

    August 5, 2015 at 13:22

    Damnit – now I so have to get this game after seeing that trailer. To be honest was not that interested initially

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  11. R1ker

    August 5, 2015 at 13:22

    Damnit – now I so have to get this game after seeing that trailer. To be honest was not that interested initially

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  12. Ranting Raptor

    August 5, 2015 at 17:07

    Ok that’s it. Buying this. Now where the pluck did I put my joystick!?!?!?!?!

    I gotta find that bloody joystick!!!!!!!

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  13. MakeItLegal

    August 5, 2015 at 18:33

    so like 4 planes ?

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