VIDEO Star Wars: Attack Squadrons

Disney and EA have brought new domain names for websites. Such as:

StarWarsAttackSquadrons.com
AttackSquadrons.com
StarWarsSquads.org
AttackSquadrons.com

The last time a company brought domains like this we got Halo Spartan Assault so this is a game likely to be announced in the future at NYCC or E3 2014.

If you would like to read up on the subject:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/28/disney-registers-some-star-wars-attack-squadron-domains/
http://gamerant.com/star-wars-attack-squadrons-domains/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/disney-registers-star-wars-attack-squadrons-domains-6412153

Some are theorizing that this might be connected to Rebels.





Discuss.

 

How many did they buy? Besides all of them.

 

Around thirty.

 

I was just getting caught up on all the LucasArts stuff... when I saw this... I wish there was more info.

 

Interesting title, numerous possibilities.

Could be a starship shooter or even a strategy type of game like Empire at War.

 

A co-operative starship game could be an interesting turn? Think Xwing vs Tie cooperative, but story-driven with, of course, a kick-ass multiplayer component...

 

The return of X-Wing or Rouge Squadron would be a step in the right direction. Better yet another TIE fighter!

 

Maybe an x-wing v tie fighter type sim game?


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I'm betting a skylanders / Disney infinity type of toy/kids game crossover, if this ever eventuates.

 

Just got my invitation to the beta
I'll check it out later tonight and post some thoughts

 

So, it got cancelled.

http://www.cnet.com/au/news/disney-cancels-star-wars-attack-squadrons-game/

 

Old news.

 

Thanks for letting us know.

 

It seemed fun but meh, not a biggie that it got canned.

 

There's something bigger at stake though. If it had worked, and been a success, maybe the X-Wing series might have got a reboot.

 

I don't think a revival of the X-Wing/Tie Fighter series was ever going to revolve around the success of an arcadey, f2p arena based shooter. This struck me as a half assed cash grab trying desperately to emulate the success of World of Tanks and War Thunder from the word go.

Besides, I think there's another game out there that could lead to an X-Wing revival. Star Citizen is a crowd funding darling and has over time developed a massive following for itself. If that game, or something else in the space-sim genre, becomes a trend setter then it would only be a matter of time before EA attempts to leap in and use the Star Wars IP to get a foot hold within the genre. We've seen Sega do this with Alien Isolation; They noticed Amnesia and Outlast, indie titles that generated a lot of positive buzz through word of mouth, and have stepped into the first person horror genre themselves, using a movie license to generate even more goodwill.

 

Pretty much this. I wouldn't have been satisfied with a X-Wing reboot that lacked at least some sort of campaign/story elements. No doubt a new X-Wing game would drastically change the gameplay from the original series, but adopting a multiplayer-centric F2P model would not have been appealing to my tastes at all. At any rate, perhaps the cancellation of Attack Squadrons will give more legroom for a singleplayer-centric X-Wing game to be considered.

 

I hope you two are right. I still feel if they could cancel this after beta, it doesn't bode well for Disney greenlighting Star Wars combat flight sims of any pedigree.