The traditional Star Wars RTS sport, Star Wars: Empire at War, acquired a serious replace on Steam from developer Petroglyph. Star Wars: Empire at War, and its growth, Forces of Corruption, was initially launched again in 2006, greater than 17 years in the past.
The newest replace was accomplished on November 20. The largest change with the replace is that the sport and its growth have now been transformed to a 64-bit software. Aside from efficiency and technical enhancements, many are hopeful that this modification will carry again modders to the sport, now that it has been transformed to 64-bit.
The newest replace notes have been made out there under:
Minor bug fixes, participant stability adjustments and optimized efficiency, an important fixes are:
▪ Both video games have been transformed from 32-bit to 64-bit purposes, which can clear up many out-of-memory bugs and crashes that gamers have been experiencing.
▪ Multiplayer out-of-sync points have been addressed, which ought to enhance stability.
▪ There have been quite a few gameplay fixes addressing stability and incorrect unit habits.
Star Wars: Empire at War seems to nonetheless be alive and lively even after 17 years. At the time of writing, the sport has 1,500 individuals at present enjoying. The newest information will probably quickly bump that quantity up even additional. It additionally seems that the neighborhood has additionally made large-scale mods for the sport that usher in Clone Wars-era content material that wasn’t there within the authentic launch.
Whether it is a signal of a doable remaster or sequel remains to be unclear. Developer Petroglyph’s most up-to-date sport is The Great War: Western Front, which was launched this 12 months. However, Petroglyph was additionally chargeable for the well-received Command & Conquer Remastered Collection which included the improved model of Command & Conquer and Command & Conquer: Red Alert. So Petroglyph isn’t any stranger to remastering traditional RTS titles.
It must also be famous that rumors of a new Star Wars RTS sport have been swirling. But there was no additional phrase on this. Outside of the RTS style, it has additionally been confirmed that new developer Bit Reactor is engaged on a Star Wars technique/techniques sport, presumably comparable in step with video games like X-Com and Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Jay Goodearl’s earliest reminiscence is of his father studying out to him the opening crawl to The Phantom Menace when he was simply two years outdated. He has been a Star Wars fan ever since.
