Launch trailer for Star Wars: Attack Squadrons

If you've ever fancied yourself as a member of Rogue Squadron, or maybe an TIE pilot, then you really ought to track down LucasArts' fantastic X-Wing and TIE Fighter simulators from the 90s. Failing that, you might be able to get your fix from the upcoming Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, which Disney Interactive as announced today with an official launch trailer.

Developed by Area 52, Attack Squadrons is a free-to-play online multiplayer space combat game, which the official Star Wars site describes as "offering an intense multiplayer battle experience where players can customize and tune popular Star Wars ships, including the Rebel Alliance's X-wing fighter or the Empire's TIE Interceptor. In Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, players will enter exciting dogfighting action with up to 16 players at a time as they maneuver through iconic Star Wars locations."


Star Wars: Attack Squadrons will be released next year, and fans can sign up to participate in a beta in early 2014 over at the official site.