http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/starwarsbattlefront/news_6084869.html
I'll make an epitome of the info I gotten about the game from my Official Playstation Magazine.

The graphics look pretty nice in the magazine, but I'm not sure if it's the PS2 version or the PC or X-Box's version. Basically you choose one of the four armies to command (Rebels vs. Imperials or Republic vs. Separatists). You cannot mix and match those armies. For instance, you cannot do Rebels vs. Separatists. You can fight on any number of planets like Hoth, Yavin IV, Geonosis, Kashyyyk (Chewbacca's home world that you will see in Episode III).
After that you pick a class such as soldier, heavy soldier, pilot, scout, or a unique unit (Imperials get lieutenants, Rebels gets spies, etc.).
Flyable known crafts are X-Wings, TIE Fighters, and Republic gunships (can hold as many as 6 troops. 1 pilot, 1 rear gunner, and 4 side gunners). You can ride AT-ATs, speeder bikes and tauntauns.
Game types include Instant Action (a quick match) and Conquest.
In Conquest, two sides take turns attacking different planets and. The winner of each match gets to choose the next planet to attack. Whoever conquers all the planets, wins the campaign. Maintaining a planet for at least a match grants bonuses to the side holding the planet; for example, whoever holds Tatooine might be able to call on Luke or Vader for reinforcements. Another possible bonus attack is the Death Star attack, where the Empire instantly wins the round (conversely, the Rebels can use Rebel Uprising for the same effect).

The Death Star attack sounds very interesting.

Sounds like a lot more fun then what I've heard about Battlefield Vietnam. Starwars/battlefield... hmmm, what an exciting concept!

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This game sounds awesome, like a game worth buying a new PC for sometime down the road (which I would undoubtedly need to do).

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If it's anything remotely like Siege mode for JA, count me in! Sounds great!

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I'll take that.

*stares off into space*

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Yeah, it sounds pretty cool..

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If they do the AT-ATs correctly, that would be one hell of a game.

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They came to sieze and take whatever they please,
Then all they gave back was death and disease.

As if tank camping wasnt bad enough in BF1942, imagine it around the ATATs on Hoth...

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There's going to be SERIOUS problems there. People might have to learn how to share. Ha! Like that'll ever happen.

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Well.. if they get AT-AT's, rebels would get Snowspeeders, which I'm sure would make pretty short work of an ATAT. (Balance wise)

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LucasArts alone?...hmmmm...

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http://www.galactic-conquest.net/ anyone?

meh, more SW FPSs =(
I hope LEC will realise how wonderful stuff like KotOR is and decide to have BioWare make more RPGs

we need games where we have to think... not more run around and shoot games (i have quake3 and UT for that, thanks)

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LOL! Poor Galactic Conquest guys must be checking their mail boxes every minute for the "Cease & Desist" letter.

Why are you guys excited about the AT-AT? They are slow, clunky and boring to drive. Yavin Canyon was one of the low points in Jedi Outcast, IMO.

It will be hard to balance this game without giving both teams vehicles, but what are the Rebels suppose to use? "Stolen" AT-ATs and Speeders that keep spawning at their base?

Probably Y-wings, B-Wings, X-Wings, and A-Wings in terms of flyable crafts. If I had a scanner I would definitely post some screenshots.

What engine is it on? Being on the consoles, it'll probably be dumbed down and also on some crappy engine with our luck these days.

And I wonder how accurate their Hoth battle is. Probably not as accurate as mine was going to be...

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as i said in a different thread...

as long as they keep jedi and lightsabers out of the game it should be ok

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Here are some pictures







I think Jedi and the like will not be playable in the game.

I think you're confusing AT-AT with AT-ST. As I recall, no Star Wars game has allowed players to pilot a AT-AT. Piloting a huge metal cow with some nasty laser cannons that can destroy a base sounds like a lot of fun.

-- SavageX

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Why are those screenshots edited out the wazoo?



I'd like to know the answer to that as well. Although you can't tell much from those screenshots (because they're so heavily edited), it almost looks like Trials of Atlantis (2nd DAoC expansion) with guns. I'm not saying that's the engine they're using, just that the graphics look very similar (which means absolutely nothing).

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I don't understand the strange glowing effect. Either some idiot put it there after they were taken, or it's a real effect in the game. Which would be dumb; it would only slow it down, and it looks terrible.

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I'd be willing to guess its the PS2 version that they're showing.. and if that's true the glow effect might just be blurry.. maybe... of course it could be a stupidly overused glow in some lame attempt to make things look pretty.. which it fails at miserably.. I guess we'll find out.

PLEASE DON'T SCREW THIS UP WHOEVER IS MAKING IT!!!

*pats his video card* soon baby, soon....

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I'll admit to Reactor CTF, Duel Abyss, Duel Turbulent, and even the CCCP, but not Sky High! (my first, be kind!) Ok so maybe I will.

hmm, that glow effect looks a bit like the trails effect in GTA3.

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