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Star Wars: Squadrons Developers “Not Planning” to Release DLC

In an interview with UploadVR, Star Wars: Squadrons creative director Ian Frazier indicated that developer Motive Studios doesn’t intend to release any DLC for the game. “Never say never, so to speak, but as far as our philosophy goes we’re not trying to treat the game as a live service,” Frazier says. “We don’t want to say, ‘It’s almost done!’ and then dribble out more of it over time, which to be honest is how most games work these days. So we’ve tried to treat it in kind of an old-school approach saying, ‘You’ve paid the $40, this is the…
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Star Wars Squadrons Tips and Tricks: Best Loadout, Fleet Battles, How to Drift, and More

Star Wars: Squadrons finally released on PS4 and Xbox One last week, letting players step into the cockpit of several iconic starfighters and take part in frantic first-person space battles. The single-player campaign does a pretty good job of showing you the basics in terms of flying and dogfighting, but for players wanting to do much more than simply bullseye womp rats from their T-16, there are plenty of other important tips and tricks worth knowing to dominate in the galaxy far, far away. We’ve got a range of top tips that can improve your piloting ability, from best maneuvers…
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Star Wars Squadrons Review: A True Successor to X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter

Ever since Luke Skywalker braved the trench run and fired proton torpedoes into the Death Star’s core in the final moments of A New Hope, Star Wars fans everywhere have imagined what it would be like to pilot an X-wing – or any of the film’s collection of starfighters, for that matter. While LucasArts fed that curiosity with a series of excellent flight simulators and space combat games, it’s taken Electronic Arts seven years to deliver a fresh take on the space pilot fantasy with Motive Studios’ Star Wars: Squadrons. Let’s be honest, backed up by that epic John Williams…
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Star Wars: Squadrons Mission Gameplay Footage Revealed at Gamescom

Electronic Arts and Motive Studios have revealed our first look at a mission in Star Wars: Squadrons, the new space combat game set in the galaxy far, far away. The gameplay footage sees the New Republic and Imperial pilots preparing for a dogfight over Hosnian Prime, the planet that was destroyed in The Force Awakens. We get brief cameos from Wedge Antilles and Rae Sloane, too. Watch the footage below: “In Star Wars: Squadrons, players will enlist as starfighter pilots, stepping into the cockpits of iconic starfighters from both the New Republic and Imperial fleets. They’ll plan skirmishes with their squadron in…
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Star Wars: Squadrons Zoom Backgrounds Released by EA

Electronic Arts and Motive Studios are giving Star Wars fans more of what they want from the games set in the galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: Squadrons, a new space combat game and spiritual successor to LucasArts and Factor 5’s classic Rogue Squadron series, pits players against each other in 5v5 dogfights between the Empire and the New Republic. Fans will be able to zip through space in X-wings, TIE fighters, and six other ships. Unsurprisingly, Star Wars: Squadrons has quickly become one of the most highly anticipated games of the fall. But what are impatient fans supposed to…
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