‘Star Wars: Hunters’ Will Bring Galactic Arena Battles To The Nintendo Switch Later This Year
Earlier this year, Lucasfilm Games announced a new open-worldStar Warsvideo gamewas in the works, and fans couldn’t be more thrilled about the prospect of exploring a galaxy far, far away. But in the meantime, Lucasfilm Games has teamed up with online and mobile game creator Zynga to deliver a new video game calledStar Wars: Hunters, coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year.
Star Wars: Hunters Video Game Trailer
StarWars.comannounced the upcomingStar Wars: Huntersvideo game with the above teaser trailer. The title is said to be a competitive arena combat game with team-based, multiplayer battles featuring an ensemble of new, originalStar Warscharacters. Here’s a brief synopsis for the game:
The teaser trailer above shows off some of the characters you’ll be able to play as. There’s a Wookiee warrior, a Mandalorian of some kind, an Imperial Stormtrooper with some heavy weaponry, and a red lightsaber-wielding fighter. With this array of characters and the competitive arena setting, we’re guessing this is theStar Warsversion of games likeFortnite. After all, just like the popular online game,Star Wars: Hunterswill be free to download on the Nintendo Switch (where youwon’tneed an online membership to play), and it will be available from the Apple App Store and Google Play. That means there will likely be in-game purchases for costumes, weapons, and other assorted gear.
Douglas Reilly, VP of Lucasfilm Games, offered this up in a statement:
When I first saw the teaser trailer forStar Wars: Hunters, I was hoping that this might finally be the successor to the fighting gameStar Wars: Masters ofTeräs Käsifrom the original PlayStation. Though it’s not remembered as one of the betterStar Warsgames, it was a favorite of my youth, and I’d like to see some kind of next-generation update. But despite my disappointment, I’ll be givingStar Wars: Huntersa shot whenever it arrives this year.
