Zynga and Lucasfilm Games are making a new multiplayer Star Wars game
This one's coming to the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices - for free!
Image: Lucasfilm Games
It’s raining Star Wars games.
Today’s Nintendo Direct announced Star Wars: Hunters, a new multiplayer arena game coming to the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. The game will be free-to-play and although we don’t have much gameplay to look at yet, it’ll launch later this year.
Watch the announcement trailer below:
Star Wars: Hunters is being developed by Zynga Inc. and Lucasfilm Games, bringing players together for squad-based multiplayer matches with a, “diverse array of distinctive new Star Wars characters,” according to a news release. Here’s Zynga’s official description of the game:
Set after the fall of the Galactic Empire, Star Wars: Hunters will connect players in real time to battle in settings inspired by iconic Star Wars locales. Players will select from a cast of unique and idiosyncratic new characters, including daring bounty hunters, heroes of the Rebellion and Imperial stormtroopers, in an action game that immerses players in fast-paced and visually stunning Star Wars conflict.
The trailer is more of a tease than anything, moving through a hallway in what appears to be Tatooine before revealing an arena filled with kicked-up dust, flying lasers and waving lightsabers. All signs point to a squad-based battle royale game where you get to play as new Star Wars characters, but who knows at this point?
Star Wars: Hunters will be free to download on the Nintendo Switch eShop, the App Store and Google Play. A Nintendo Switch Online membership is not required to play the game. In case you missed it, two other Star Wars games are also in the works: an open-world game from Ubisoft and reportedly, a new Knights of the Old Republic game.
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