The highly anticipated first-person shooter video game “Star Wars: Battlefront 3” will come with a new gameplay mode called ‘Fighter Squadron.’
Game developer DICE and publisher EA made the formal revelation of ‘Fighter Squadron’ during the first day of the Gamescom 2015 on August 5 held in Cologne, Germany.
The new gameplay allows gamers to participate in a wild and hectic 20-player aerial dogfights, piloting various spaceships including the X-Wings, TIE fighters, Boba Fett’s iconic Slave I ship, and even the Millennium Falcon itself, details The Verge.
According to Sigurlina Ingvarsdotti, “Star Wars: Battlefront 3” senior producer, ‘Fighter Squadron’ will put players inside the cockpits of some of the most memorable space vehicles ever seen in the “Star Wars” galaxy.
The game is actually the third in a series of similarly-titled video games that is why it is being referred to by gamers as “Star Wars: Battlefront 3.” In reality, however, the game’s official title is “Star Wars: Battlefront” and it is technically different from the first two video games.
Ingvarsdottir added that they want to give fans the thrill of living out their “Star Wars” battle fantasies in a game that is authentic, visually stunning, and fun.
Hunting down an escapee
The premise of the ‘Fighter Squadron’ dwells on the Rebel Alliance as they hunt down an escaping Imperial transport shuttle, which the Empire team must protect.
Each ship will have its own abilities, giving the A-Wing and its homing missiles a different role than the X-Wing, notes IGN.
In July, the game developer also revealed “Blast,” a close-quarters combat mode for “Star Wars: Battlefront 3.” But the fighting on “Blast” is grounded and it will feature an on-the-ground combat between Jedi and Empire forces and shall, in fact, include Luke Skywalker too, in a Jedi lightsaber battle.
“Star Wars: Battlefront 3” will be released on the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, and the PC on November 17, about a month before the official release to global theaters of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
Available for pre-ordering
In order to further drumbeat the heightening interest of gamers on the upcoming game, developer DICE has opened “Star Wars: Battlefront 3” for pre-ordering.
Typical with pre-order offers on most video games, there are a couple of perks for fans and players of the game including early access to the “Battle of Jakku,” two new maps on the all-new planet of Jakku. The planet Jakku was first shown in the trailer of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
“The Battle of Jakku” will enable gamers to play out the pivotal moment when the New Republic confronted key Imperial holdouts on the remote desert planet in the Outer Rim.
Those who shall pre-order the game will also be entitled to a double-sided poster that features a stormtrooper on the volcanic planet of Sullust, which was mentioned in passing during the 1983 film “Star Wars 6: The Return of the Jedi” shown way back in 1983.
It is believed that Sullust will serve as one of the initial map locations alongside the other planets including Endor, Hoth, Tatooine, and eventually Jakku.
The game developer also disclosed that it has greatly used photogrammetry in the development of the “Star Wars: Battlefront 3” to give gamers and fans the most realistic Star Wars experience.
In addition to major changes in the gameplay compared to the previous two games in the series, “Star Wars: Battlefront 3” has actually done away with large-scale destruction in favor of video game fidelity through more detailed environments.
Photogrammetry is actually the technique of processing still pictures to produce a high-resolution 3D mesh. It usually involves the taking of photos of a subject or subjects first before running the images through a photogrammetry software.
When the still images are fed to the software, the program will create reference points based on the angles and create a highly detailed foundation of a 3D model.