Star Wars: Galactic Racer Announced At The Game Awards

At The Game Awards, Disney and Lucasfilm introduced a brand new Star Wars sport, Star Wars: Galactic Racer. It’s one in every of many upcoming Star Wars video games within the works, however this one is all about dashing previous Star Wars environments at a number of hundred kilometers per hour.

Galactic Racer definitely appears to pay homage to Episode 1: Racer, however that sport was all about podracers, whereas Galactic Racer’s trailer centered extra on extra sorts of autos, like speeders and speederbikes. The transient trailer confirmed numerous new fashions of autos we’ve not seen earlier than, however with a definite Star Wars model.

The trailer additionally made use of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, displaying a racetrack on Jakku within the shadow of the AT-AT graveyard, from Episode IX. It left off with a tease for Sebulba, the notorious racer who was rivals Anakin Skywalker in Episode 1. That is so wizard.

The solo marketing campaign will give attention to a brand new character named Shade, a racer in search of glory and revenge by way of the elite racing circuit. You will improve your racer, compete with rivals, and race throughout a wide range of planets.

In an interview on the official Star Wars site, Fuse Video games co-founder Matt Webster and vice chairman and basic supervisor of Lucasfilm Video games Douglas Reilly cited their workforce’s earlier expertise on the Want for Velocity and Burnout franchises. The pair additionally teased that Sebulba’s look is a touch at a bigger story about what occurred to him after the occasions of Episode 1, although they had been tight-lipped about particulars. The interview additionally shed extra gentle on the number of autos, like skim speeders that reward sustaining your momentum, versus speederbikes which have excessive acceleration and brake closely into corners.

The Game Awards additionally debuted one other new Star Wars sport, a return to The Outdated Republic period with Star Wars: Destiny of the Outdated Republic. For extra, see GameSpot’s rundown of all the brand new Star Wars video games which might be in growth.