STAR WARS SQUADRONS - UPDATE ONE: The first trailer for EA's brand new Star Wars game has been revealed today.
A game engine trailer for Star Wars Squadrons was unveiled today, showcasing the kind of dogfighting gameplay players can expect from the upcoming EA hit.
Click here if you want to watch the first trailer for Star Wars Squadrons, which has an October 2 2020 release date pencilled in.
Star Wars Squadrons will be coming to the PS4, Xbox One, Origin, Steam and Epic Games Store.
It will also be playable in VR on the PS4 and on PCs.
ORIGINAL: Star Wars Squadrons is getting its big reveal today by EA ahead of the gaming giant's EA Play event later this week.
At 4pm BST the first trailer for Star Wars Squadrons will be revealed, which looks to be a space dogfighting game in the vein of the classic Rogue Squadron titles.
Official confirmation of an inbound Star Wars Squadrons trailer was announced on Friday after artwork for the game leaked on the Xbox Store.
On June 12 the EA Star Wars Twitter account posted: "Pilots Wanted.
"Tune in for the reveal trailer of #StarWarsSquadrons this Monday, June 15th at 8:00 AM Pacific Time".
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Since then the official @EAStarWars account has posted teaser art of classic Star Wars fighter ships with the tagline 'Pilots Wanted'.
Alongside an image of an X Wing the EA Star Wars account wrote: "'Remember why we fly.' Join the official premiere of #StarWarsSquadrons this Monday at 8:00 AM Pacific".
While besides artwork for a TIE Fighter @EAStarWars tweeted: "'You are the Empire's Strength.' Be among the first to see the #StarWarsSquadrons reveal trailer".
In a post on VentureBeat in-the-know journalist Jeff Grubb revealed more details on Star Wars Squadrons.
Sources told Grubb that Star Wars Squadrons will be a space combat game where fighter ships face off in head-to-head battles.
There will be a single player campaign but the main focus will be on multiplayer which will offer team battles featuring iconic Star Wars fighter ships.
It is believed that EA are planning to release Star Wars Squadrons this autumn on consoles and PCs.
EA has had mixed fortunes with their Star Wars games, but this all changed with last year's Jedi Fallen Order which was warmly received by gamers and critics alike.
Fans will surely be hoping that EA continues this run of form with Star Wars Squadrons, with plenty of excitement already swirling around today's reveal.
Dogfighting games have long been a big draw for Star Wars, with undoubtedly the best examples of this being the Rogue Squadron games.
This series first debuted on PCs and the N64 towards the end of the 90s, with great arcade-style gameplay and stunning visuals that still are impressive to this day.
