The new Star Wars: Squadrons trailer showcases the various pieces of new content coming to the game. Despite initially announcing that there were no post-launch plans, Star Wars: Squadrons‘ developer has decided to release the update entirely free.
EA and developer Motive Studio’s Star Wars dogfighting game has met with a lot of success since its October release. The new, free update was announced last month, promising players a new map and starfighters before the end of 2020.
Players will see the roughly minute-long trailer open up at what appears to be the new map, Fostar Haven. A modified version of the prologue mission location, the map appears to offer a mix of both close-quarters and open-space areas. Heavily featured are each side’s new starfighters: the New Republic’s B-Wing, and the Galactic Empire’s TIE Defender. The B-Wing is classified as a bomber, whereas the TIE Defender is a fighter for the Imperial Navy. The trailer then highlights the remaining features arriving, including new pilot and vehicle cosmetics and several new attachments. This includes a gyro/aux control model, what appears to be a unique control method for the new B-Wing. Finally, the end of the trailer confirms the addition of the long-awaited custom matches feature.
The release of the free Star Wars: Squadrons content has come in two parts, Update 3.0 and 4.0. The first update arrived November 25, which saw the addition of the Fostar Haven map, new attachments, and various next-gen improvements to Squdarons. The other major part of 3.0 is components, with four being added: The Boost Extension Kit, Ion Rockets, Prototype Piercing Torpedoes, and Anti-Material Rocket Turret. However, certain components only work with select ship classes. Update 4.0, releasing now, sees the addition of the two new starfighters as well as custom matchmaking.
Given its notorious reputation for including microtransactions, EA giving out free content is a welcome surprise. The company was infamously embroiled in controversy due to its Star Wars: Battlefront 2 loot boxes. Thankfully, it appears the video game publisher is learning from its past mistakes. It’s currently unclear whether Star Wars: Squadrons will be getting any additional content after Update 4.0.
Star Wars as a franchise has a huge few years coming up. Parent company Disney recently announced several new projects for the IP, including a Rogue Squadron movie helmed by Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins. Unfortunately, Jenkins has confirmed that Rogue Squadron is not based on the video games. However, that doesn’t mean that it won’t at least take some inspiration from them.
Star Wars: Squadrons is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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