IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
A competitive star wars-themed online third person shooter is coming to Nintendo Switch.
Star Wars Hunters | Official Teaser Trailer
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A competitive star wars-themed online third person shooter is coming to Nintendo Switch.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
CamHostage
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It's a mobile game that's also on Switch, so people are only so interested, but I do want to see this game in action.
It's being made by NaturalMotion, creators of Backbreaker, Clumsy Ninja, CSR Racing, and Dawn of Titans. (They're also the company most famous/infamous for the Euphoria physics systems use in GTA's ragdolls, but in games, the development team has kind of gone its own way, sort of like Criterion Games.) NaturalMotion got bought up by Zynga (and Zynga's pricing schemes have apparently been bad news for NaturalMotion products,) but their tech work is always interesting, even as mobile games.
The trailers are both pretty teasy with no gameplay shown, but some screens of Star Wars Hunters leaked. Curious to see if this does anything interesting on Switch.
It's being made by NaturalMotion, creators of Backbreaker, Clumsy Ninja, CSR Racing, and Dawn of Titans. (They're also the company most famous/infamous for the Euphoria physics systems use in GTA's ragdolls, but in games, the development team has kind of gone its own way, sort of like Criterion Games.) NaturalMotion got bought up by Zynga (and Zynga's pricing schemes have apparently been bad news for NaturalMotion products,) but their tech work is always interesting, even as mobile games.
The trailers are both pretty teasy with no gameplay shown, but some screens of Star Wars Hunters leaked. Curious to see if this does anything interesting on Switch.
Mister Wolf
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Same "strong woman" haircut.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
TheMay30thMan
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Looks terrible.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Lucas is rolling in his chins.
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Just toss it into the trash and make a game people want like Jedi Outcast 3. Pretty sure the best "BaTtLe ArEnA" Star Wars game was easily Jedi Academy. LAN parties with that were amazing.
CamHostage
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(*Necro-response)
I assume you've figured it out by now with the full gameplay trailer, but I think it's basically Star Wars' attempt at Overwatch.
It's being made by totally different people, by a totally different publisher, for a totally different business model, so it just doesn't work that way. Zynga is not making one game in spite of demands for another, they're a mobile publisher and this is the game they're making with the license they've got, and either it's good and we like it or it's bad and we never need to play it. There's no canon or lore to carry on here, so no worries about skipping it if it doesn't turn out okay.
(And BTW, although I like NaturalMotion, they are unlikely to be the studio you'd want making a new SW Jedi Knight; you certainly wouldn't want it under Zynga's budget limitations and monetization system...)
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ArtHands
Banned
Star Wars: Hunters Gets June Release Date for Mobile and Nintendo Switch - IGN
Star Wars: Hunters, the free-to-play team-based battle arena shooter from Zynga and Lucasfilm Games, is set to be released on June 4, 2024, on Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.
Releasing in June 4 2024
darrylgorn
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Played a couple hours on Switch this morning. Fun. It's arena-based TDM with Heroes. I had about $5 in gold points so I even grabbed the battle pass.
Obviously a mobile game, but it's fun and plays good with the Pro Controller on Switch.
Framerate is crap though, it looks better and runs at 60fps on my iPhone 13.
Obviously a mobile game, but it's fun and plays good with the Pro Controller on Switch.
Framerate is crap though, it looks better and runs at 60fps on my iPhone 13.