Well I underestimated the system requirements for Battlefront

Wow! The PC/Windows system requirements are slightly above what I was expecting. Talking about the RAM (computer's system memory) and the Graphics Card power.

CPU: Intel Core i3 6300T
-That's a processor that was released this year! Dual core at 3.3 Ghz with hyper threading. Basically telling you to invest in a full 4-core system if  you haven't already.

8GB of System RAM minimum (16 recommended). I only have 4 installed in this system now so I would be looking at an $80.00 dollar investment for 8 GB from the same brand and series I prefer. 

40 GB of Hard drive space is sort of the expected thing for "AAA" games these days so that's nothing all that noteworthy. 

Nvidia GTX 660 with 2 GB of VRAM. So I looked up the reference specs on Nvidia's website and that would be 960 Cuda cores at a clock speed of 980 MHz.  GDDR5 VRAM. This would be another $200.00 upgrade for me to get a GTX 960.

Just watched Battlefront trailer

It's no longer just a tease anymore. It's as real as the movie and scheduled to be released just as soon too.

I'll come out and admit to anyone reading this at 1 minute and 42 seconds into the trailer video I cried serious tears of joy. In-atmosphere Starfighter dogfights, Yes! No Outer Space but in the atmosphere you run the risk of crashing into terrain. X-Wings, TIE Fighters. Call in air strikes Y-wings for rebels and probably TIE Bombers for Imperial side.   

Most of the video was actually land-based combat but I would just spawn in the Starfighters most of the time if that turns out to be an option in the game. 


Here's what I noticed...

• Rebellion vs Galactic Empire
• Rebels had more than just human species on the battlefield 
• There will be different player classes. Trailer was more focused on the Rebel side though
• Fear the Imperial Walkers 
• You can play as Hero/Villain characters like in the previous battlefront games
• Endor, Hoth, Tatooine locations 

What I want to know more about

• What kind of force power implementation is there
• There was a Star Destroyer in the sky, will be like Elite Squadron? 

Watch the Battlefront reveal trailer for yourself ...

I certainly hope this November release date isn't some sort of hurried push  to beat The Force Awakens out the gate, which is coming out in theaters in December. DICE/EA has been receiving some bad press for Battlefield Hardline but I truly hope they make this reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront a good one.

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EA going to release an info update about the new Star Wars game today

Yesterday something very interesting showed up in my inbox and it was Star Wars related.You're probably thinking it was a page or link about the Force Awakens' 2nd trailer but nope It was about the  Revival of the Battlefront series.

As a refresher since I haven't posted about it on this blog EA has tasked DICE (developers of Battlefield shooter series) with bringing back The Star Wars 3rd person shooter back to current generation consoles and PC. The first video they released were still renders and emphasis on how excited the dev team is to work on Star Wars.

Part of me hopes that they will focus on how they plant to implement vehicles and space combat in the game.  Still, Battlefront on the Frosbite game engine sounds so exciting. We'll find out later today.

Some of the best Star Wars games in one bundle

Part of the Star Wars (Episode VII)  Force for Change  initiative Pay for games at a discount and fund a good cause (Unicef). These are for Windows PC/ Steam/Digital Downloads.



===Tier 1===
Knights of The Old Republic
Jedi Knight III: Jedi Academy
Dark Forces

The first Tier requiring a min payment of 1 USD, Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG game that came before The Old Republic MMO. Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy allows you to wield A lightsaber and force powers. Used to play this a lot over LAN.




===Tier II====
Battlefront II
Knight of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Republic Commando



===Tier III===
Empire at War (+ Forces of Corruption expansion)
Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
Force Unleashed II

Empire at War was the Real Time Strategy game where you could lead the Rebel Alliance or Galactic Empire to victory. The Force Unleashed games  are supercharged version of Jedi Academy.  Better graphics and in-game physics engine.



This would be an excellent way to get some of the best Star Wars Games that (now defunct) Lucasarts published prior to closing down shop. I already own a lot of these games on physical media or from Steam via individual purchases

Over a Week left before this bundle expires.

Pinball pack for a weekly Bundle

A cool collection of digital pinball tables for fans of Star Wars and Marvel Comics. There are only a 3 days left from the original 7 to pick this up.

Zen Studios developers of Pinbal FX2 are offering up pretty much all of the Star Wars and Marvel related tables they have released so far. Going for around 6 USD at the time of this post.

If you pay for the 2nd tier minimum you also get....

• More Marvel tables ( X-men, Thor, Deadpool) 
• More Star Wars ( based on the Prequel trilogy)  

If you can get past the "floaty" ball physics then you will be treated to tables that have some great action sequences that a physical table just couldn't really pull off all that well.

Of course you will need a Steam account and Client to redeem the Steam Key codes to play and install the game on your computer. the other cool thing about buying from this site/sale is that you can choose which groups involved should get more of your money.  Zen Studios, The charities or Humble Indie Bundle.