A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far awayFantasy Flight Games announced that they were going to fulfil a lot of dreams by bringing a battle game based around Star. Beasts of War Homepage. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far awayFantasy Flight Games announced that they were going to fulfil a lot of dreams by bringing a battle game based around Star Wars to the tabletop. Welcome Star Wars Legion. The focus of the game is on skirmishes and mass battles from the Star Wars universe played out with miniatures that you build and paint yourselves. The Battle of Endor, fought between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire in 4 ABY, was one. There has been an awakening in the Force Explore the galaxy and master your Force with LEGO Star Wars products, games, apps, characters, videos, activities. Us/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Star Wars Battle Of Endor Game Model' title='Star Wars Battle Of Endor Game Model' />The core box is quite something and we got a hands on demo with the game earlier in the week. Here are some of our thoughtsThe Miniatures. First off we wanted to talk with you guys about the miniatures that you get in the box. They stand at around 3. Imperial Assault. The miniatures themselves are similar to the ones you would have got in Rune. Wars. They can be slotted togetherglued together and then painted yourself, but theres no reason to do that if you dont feel like it. As you can see above the Rebels get themselves two squads as well as Luke Skywalker to lead them and a AT RT acting as their heavier fire support on the tabletop. The Empire get themselves a similar set upThey get two squads of Storm Troopers at their command as well as Darth Vader and the 7. Z Speeder Bikes for a bit of mobile firepower. The miniatures we looked at were well detailed and really looked the part. It was nice to see that there were so many different poses in the set and the Rebels had a few nice additions like female soldiers and an alien too. As you can see some of the models have special weapons and that comes into play when you start buying upgrades for the units down the line. Youll also get all sorts of widgets, tokens, cards and more in the box and some terrain pieces to use as cover for example. The Game Mechanics. The game itself is pretty fascinating and plays very quickly and simply on the tabletop. We only played through one round but it was exceptionally killy with units dying to shooting quickly if youre not careful with where you position them. On your turn you will choose an activation card from your hand and this will dictate the number of units you can activate whenever you like, your initiative and any other special powers you choose to bring into play. While everyone has access to a set number of basic activation cards there are also those that come from your heroes that lead your forces. In the taster we played Dawn and I used our Luke Skywalker card whilst Justin and Gianna played one that activated three units. Its important to note that all of your units CAN activate during a turn but there difference is that the ones you choose using your card can be activated at any time. Your other units are shuffled up using tokens and you pick at random to see who you can use next this simulates the fog of war a little on the tabletop. Once a unit activates it can do two actions. This could be to move, attack or use a special ability for example. Typically your basic units dont have special abilities and these are tied more to your characters like Luke and Darth Vader. Moving is done using a special set of measuring trinkets which will be familiar to those who have played Star Wars Armada. You dont have to move everyone individually however either as you need only move your Leader for each unit and then place the rest of the models in coherency around himher. Shooting is also simple enough. You check the weapon profiles for each and take the corresponding dice. Much like with games like X Wing you have hits, critical hits and then special symbols which may activate dependant on your unit andor hero. Hits are then blocked using coloured defence dice from the opponent and casualties are removed. Units will then start to suffer morale as they get shot, and eventually as they take more and more they may be forced to flee the table. We didnt really follow this in too much detail during the demo but it looked like focusing fire could be very important. Of course we had to get in a duel between Luke and Darth Vader and once again, this was pretty killy Darth Vader is quite the monster in close combat as youd imagine whilst Luke has a faithful blaster if he needs it. More than anything though, the heroes felt like they were great supplementary figures for the rest of the force, allowing them to benefit from their activation cards and more. Two of the other actions you can take are to Dodge and Aim. Aim allows you to re roll any dice you want when shooting, whilst Dodge allows you to re roll your defence dice this can be critical as we found out when the poor Rebels got shot to hell by Stormtroopers Vehicles work slightly differently than infantry as they have arches of fire and plenty of weapon options. They actually simulated the speed of the Speeders for the Imperials quite well as they always have to move and cant stop still so with them its very much about working out the right angles to approach at. Upgrades Beyond The Box. One thing you will have noticed is that all of the squads have special weapons in them. Using upgrade cards you can add these into the mix and  the core box comes with a HUGE stack of cards for you to start playing around with to customise your force. The game itself is said to scale really well, from skirmishing around with a few units to full on battles with 1. It also plays out on 6 by 3 gaming spaces so they are anticipating that people are going to be expanding on their collections. Talking of collections yes, there is an aggressive release schedule for the game after its launch later this year. All of the original trilogy is going to be covered and, whilst they said that they cant specify more were thinking its going to go beyond that towards the prequels and more. Final Thoughts. From a brief look at the game this is effectively what many fans have wanted for years. Warren Lloyd can finally play out a battle on Hoth or Endor without having to come up with the rules themselves Were looking forward to where this is going next and it was a joy to get in a sneaky look at this ahead of time here at Gen Con. If you have any questions include them in the comments below and well try and answer them Are you excited for this new move from FFGStar Wars Battlefront 2 release date, trailers and news. Update Star Wars Battlefront IIs release date is almost here and EA has released a brand new trailer to whet your appetite. The trailer embedded below is just under 5 minutes long and is narrated by John Boyega, who goes over the games maps, modes, heroes, villains, vehicles and many more features besides. Star Wars Battlefront 2 will apparently triple the number of locations, vehicles and characters that were in the first game and will feature 1. Star Wars eras including Jakku, Fandor, Starkiller Base and Tatooine. By far the biggest chunk of the trailer is taken up by details surrounding the games online multiplayer. Boyega goes over the 4 different classes that players will be able to choose from, Battle Points, and the new Star Cards system. Pdf-Xchange Lite 4 Serial Key. He also mentions the 5 different multiplayer modes Starfighter Assault, Galactic Assault, Blast, Strike and Heroes vs Villains. Each of these modes will offer a different kind of play ranging from fast paced close up combat to wide ranging space battles to 2. For those not quite ready to delve into online multiplayer, its also possible to play Arcade mode offline. Its possible to enjoy split screen co op, versus or just solo play in offline mode and its still possible to earn rewards. Theres also a small amount of new footage from the games single player campaign to enjoy. Original Story continues below. November 1. 7 is drawing ever closer and that means its time to start ramping up the hype for Star Wars Battlefront 2. The latest details have come from an interesting 2. Play. Station blog. DICE Producer Craig Mc. Leod, Criterion Executive Producer Matt Webster, and Motive Creative Director Mark Thompson are all involved in the discussion and they touch on everything from the games conception to its post release DLC. Some of the more interesting points from the chat include the fact that this game was strongly influenced by fan feedback from the first Battlefront. Constructive criticism was, apparently, heard. As a result, this time around players shouldnt face a shortage of long term goals after only a few months thanks to increased depth and breadth. Now that there are more film eras, space combat, character progression and free multiplayer updates the hope is that theres now enough to allow players to feel invested for longer. These free multiplayer updates and all post release DLC have been planned with the intention of keeping the Battlefront community together and invested according to Mc. Leod We decided to embark down a model of seasons, themed around content drops. Well look to keep the community together, thats really important to us. You can watch the round table in its entirety below Things are pretty great for Star Wars fans at the moment not only are new films coming on the regular, according to EAs Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen there are going to be a handful of games from various studios too. The  next exciting title in the Star Wars franchise is, of course, EA Dices  Battlefront 2, the sequel to the franchise reboot first released in 2. When it was first released, Star Wars Battlefront  received a mixed reception with some praising how it captured the Star  Wars atmosphere perfectly with its excellent cinematic visuals while  others bemoaned its repetitive combat and limited depth and content. In  spite of criticisms, the game still sold over 1. With a sequel on the way, though, EA has the chance to learn  from the first release and create something bigger and better. If these words  from EA CFO Blake Jorgensen are anything to go by, thats exactly what  were going to get If there was criticism, they just wanted more. So  were taking that criticism to heart as we build the next game and  trying to address any of the issues that they had. And address it they have. Cut to the chase. What is it The sequel to the multiplayer focused shooter Star Wars Battlefront. When can I play it November 1. What can I play it onPS4, Xbox One and PCTrailers and screenshots. We have a new gameplay trailer from the E3 2. Its the multiplayer gameplay trailer, and the new Star Wars video shows that the new Star Wars story bridges the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, according to Electronic Arts. Its much bigger than the original game, with three times the content, more space battles and content from all Star Wars eras. In fact, EA claims that theres so much to Star Wars Battlefront 2 that it will have us playing together for years to come. Thats a pretty cold statement. This is valid, because the game will bring out new content in the form of seasons, with the first first season of DLC starring Finn and Phasma. Itll be free content this holiday season and if you buy the Star Wars Battlefront 2 on PS4 and Xbox One, you can enjoy split screen co op. It wasnt said at EAs press conference, but theres no split screen co op on the PC version. The same is true about the Star Wars BF2 Deluxe version of the game. Its so far console only. One of the biggest changes to Star Wars Battlefront 2 gameplay comes from what EA calls Battlepoints buy upgrades, vehicles and special characters. The new game will also feature customizations, not just from weapons. It goes all the way down to the characters abilities. The first trailer for the game gave fans a  glimpse of the its single player campaign which it appears will revolve around an untold soldiers story in the Empire. As well as  this single player campaign that appears to be set in the period  following the Empires defeat at Endor, therell also be a multiplayer  mode of the game which will span across all eras. This means  well see locations and characters from the series original trilogy as  well as the prequels and new films. The trailer gives us a look at  characters like Rey, Kylo Ren, Yoda and Darth Maul across a variety of  locations. It also looks like there will indeed be exciting space  battles involved. A new two minute feature called The Story of an Imperial Soldier has  been released which gives more of an insight into the games single  player campaign and its protagonist. In the video game director, Mark Thompson, and Lucasfilm creative  exec, Steve Blank, discuss Iden Versio and more about the games  imperial focused story. The  games creators say they really wanted to get into the head of an  imperial soldier through Iden Versio. As commander of the elite Inferno  Squad with an admiral father, Idens belief in the good of the Empire  runs in her blood. Apparently  the imperial army wont be a bunch of brainwashed soldiers and  conscripts itll be a complex look at how people may want to fight for  Palpatine. We imagine itd be hard to angle something called the Death  Star positively, but were more than willing to see an attempt to  humanise the Empire. The Friday before the big E3 reveal, we got  another teasing look at the games Naboo planet, too, with a  blink and youll miss it glimpse at the chatty but incompetent Battle  Droids, courtesy of an official tweet from the Play. Station account News and features. Thanks to the Star Wars Celebration panel, we now have expert insight  into what we can expect when the game comes out. There are two  important new additions here a story mode and space battles. Single player campaign. Lets start first by looking at the games new single player mode. In  it, youll play as Iden Versio, a member of the Imperial Forces elite  ops unit called Inferno Squad, a combination of expert Tie Pilots and  covert commandos. During the trailer for the game we watch Iden witness  the destruction of the second Death Star above the moon of Endor.