Earlier this 12 months, we reported on Star Wars: Hunters lastly launching on the Nintendo Change, Android, and iOS after a longer-than-anticipated interval of closed beta checks. It appears prefer it was an enormous success for Disney, Lucasfilm Video games, and Zynga, which explains why it is now making the bounce to PC.
The Star Wars: Hunters PC launch announcement arrived on November 26 through Star Wars’ official web site and the sport’s social media accounts, the place it was revealed that Zynga is at present focusing on a late January early entry launch on Steam. Extra particularly, Star Wars: Hunters can be launching on January 27 if plans do not change. Earlier than that, nevertheless, followers and extra informal players alike can attempt to get into two completely different playtests that can occur in mid-December and mid-January. To request entry, merely go to the Star Wars: Hunters Steam web page.
Whereas Zynga’s player-versus-player enviornment shooter is not among the many greatest Star Wars video games of all time, it is gained fairly the next, because it’s the one present on-line Star Wars sport on the market. The ‘hero-based shooter’ house has additionally been a little bit of a goldmine in latest occasions, and with the Star Wars timeline and galaxy being so wealthy in alien species and all types of colourful factions, it was solely a matter of time earlier than the powers that be at Disney and Lucasfilm Video games acted on it.
Earlier than we dive into the PC-specific options, be certain to look at the temporary announcement trailer beneath:
PC gamers can count on visible enhancements with “increased decision textures and shadows, in addition to increased rendering high quality and excessive element PC layer in choose battlefields” on prime of excessive framerate help (as much as 300 FPS) and as much as 4K decision. Simple Anti-Cheat is included as effectively to make sure truthful play. As for management choices, you’ll bounce into the sector with both a controller or a keyboard and mouse. Furthermore, cross-play and cross-progression can be supported to make sure seamless play and unlocks throughout all platforms.
Star Wars: Hunters is a free-to-play sport supported by optionally available microtransactions for cosmetics and further objects. To date, it is had 4 seasons full of recent maps, unique heroes from everywhere in the galaxy, and new cosmetics. New content material is predicted to reach in late January alongside the PC launch, so it positively appears that Lucasfilm Video games and Zynga are simply getting began with this one.
Seeking to study extra about what the longer term holds for Star Wars video video games? Try our up-to-date checklist with all of the confirmed upcoming Star Wars video games. Additionally, remember that Skeleton Crew, the newest Star Wars present for Disney Plus, premieres with two episodes on December 2.
