After more than a year of teases and speculation and the debut of action figures a few days at Toy Fair in New York, LucasArts today finally released the first details for their secretive new Star Wars video game now officially named ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ In the game, players will step into the role of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice and wreak havoc throughout the galaxy in locales both familiar and new.
LucasArts describes the games as follows: “The Star Wars saga continues this November in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a videogame developed by LucasArts, which casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice” and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The expansive story, created under direction from George Lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In it, players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi – and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.
As its name implies, The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force by taking full advantage of newly developed technologies that will be seen and experienced for the first time: Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), by Pixelux Entertainment, and euphoria by NaturalMotion Ltd. Paired with the powerful Havok Physics™ system, these new technologies create gameplay only possible on the new generation of consoles. DMM incorporates the physical properties of anything in the environment so that everything reacts exactly like it should – wood breaks like wood, glass shatters like glass, plants on the planet Felucia bend like plants on the planet Felucia would, and more. Meanwhile, as a revolutionary behavioral-simulation engine, euphoria enables interactive characters to move, act and even think like actual human beings, adapting their behavior on the fly and resulting in a different payoff every single time.”
You can read more about ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ at the newly launched official website. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ is due in stores this November for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and select other platforms.
