Star Wars: Battlefront (series)
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The Star Wars: Battlefront series is a trilogy of first-person/third-person shooters based on the Star Wars films by George Lucas. The series has installments available on the PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and mobile phones. Pandemic Studios developed the first two installments, while Renegade Squadron was developed by Rebellion Developments. LucasArts was behind the entire series’ publishing.
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[edit] Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront is the first installment in the Battlefront series. It was released on September 21, 2004, with a Mac port by Aspyr released in July 2005. The game is available on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Macintosh, and mobile phones.
Jedi are not playable in this game without the help of modified files unsupported by LucasArts. Other NPCs made playable by similar files include, but are not limited to, Tusken Raiders in the Dune Sea of Tatooine, Ewoks and Gungans on the Naboo plains. A lot of knowledge in basic programming is needed to use these characters, let alone create them with the Battlefront editor.
[edit] Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Battlefront II is the second installment in the Battlefront series, released in Europe on October 31, 2005 – for the PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox, and Windows – and in North America one day later. Significant differences between Battlefront and Battlefront II include playable Jedi characters, space battles, and story campaigns, as well as Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith-related content. The release date of Battlefront II coincided with the release of Revenge of the Sith on DVD.
The game is now an Xbox Platinum Hits game, a Sony Greatest Hits game in North America, and an Xbox Classics and PlayStation Platinum game in Europe.
Battlefront II expands upon the original game's single-player experience with mission-based objectives drawn from all six Star Wars films. It is a story-based campaign which revolves around the 501st Legion (AKA "Vader's Fist") as the unit evolves from the Old Republic clone troopers to Imperial stormtroopers. There are a few more maps to choose from too. Also there are more game styles in this game like Conquest, 1 flag;Capture the flag, 2 flag;Capture the flag and space battles.
[edit] Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is the third installment and the special edition of Star Wars Battlefront, released in North America on October 9, 2007 and in Europe three days later. The game was released only for the PlayStation Portable. Renegade Squadron is also available in a bundle pack with the new white PSP redesign featuring Darth Vader on the back.
Aside from new heroes and vehicles, such as the Millennium Falcon, a notable new feature is the ability to create a character, allowing the player to adjust the character’s weapon, appearance, and speed, amongst other things, to their liking. Before the game’s release, LucasArts had stated that over one million different customizable options would be present. Another new feature allows players to enter asteroid bases on some space maps.
Commander Col Serra describes the forming of Renegade Squadron in the beginning cutscene of campaign. Then the player starts a series of missions ranging different objectives while including cut scenes in between each mission. The final mission includes the Battle of Endor, in which the objectives are similar to the footage of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
[edit] Star Wars: Battlefront III
Star Wars:Battlefront III is rumored to be the fourth game in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. It will likely be developed by Free Radical Design [1] however their website lists merely a "Secret Lucasarts Project".[2] [3] It is to be noted that neither Free Radical Design nor Lucas Arts have announced this project to be Star Wars: Battlefront III, however hints have been made about it.
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- Star Wars Games wikia
- Official Battlefront site
- Battlefront at IMDB
- Star Wars: Battlefront II on Wookieepedia, a Wikia wiki
- Xbox.com page with details on Kashyyyk Assault download for Battlefront II
- Xbox.com page with details on Battlefront II expansion pack
- Official Renegade Squadron site
- GameSpot - Star Wars opens new Battlefront on PSP
- Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron on Wookieepedia, a Wikia wiki
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