Everything We Learned About Star Wars: Squadrons at EA Play

As promised, EA shared the first extended look at the gameplay for the upcoming Star Wars: Squadrons by revealing several different ships, customization options, and multiplayer modes during today's EA Play Live event. It was also confirmed that Squadrons will be available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One with cross-play on October 2. Star Wars: Squadrons, developed by EA's Motive studio, is a spiritual successor to the Rogue Squadron dogfight games. Players will assume the role of either a New Republic pilot and Imperial fighter pilot as part of the Vanguard and Titan Squadrons, respectively. While there is a single-player campaign, Motive's six-minute video primarily focused on the multiplayer portions. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/18/star-wars-squadrons-gameplay-reveal-and-overview-trailer-ea-play-2020"] Star Wars: Squadrons appears to lean towards the sim-side of things. Players will view the action through their cockpits, which doubles as the actual UI and there will be complicated, high-level maneuvers. Squadrons will feature several different multiplayer modes including a 5v5 Dogfight mode and a longer Fleet Battles mode. Fleet Battles are multi-stage solo or co-op battles against either AI or real players. Fleet Battles are broken down into three phases. First, players will engage in a dogfight in the middle of the map. Then, one of the teams will attack the enemy's medium-sized capital ships while the opposition defends. Finally, when both capital ships are destroyed, players will have to destroy the enemy's flagships. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=star-wars-squadrons-ea-play-screenshots&captions=true"] There will be a total of 8 different ships that were showcased during its gameplay reveal. The roles include the all-rounder fighter, speedy interceptors, support ships, and bombers. Players will be able to customize both their ships and pilots and Motive reiterated that all the customizations and 50 different ship upgrades can be earned in-game without microtransactions. Star Wars: Squadrons will be available on October 2 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. EA told IGN that Squadrons will also be available on next-gen systems at an unannounced date. Follow IGN for more on today's EA Play. [poilib element="poll" parameters="id=ef70a057-023d-4010-b970-7e0ceea805b7"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

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