New Star Wars free-to-play game puts fans in command
Disney on Thursday released Star Wars: Commander, a new iPad and iPhone game that tasks players with building and protecting sci-fi military bases. However, fans of the wildly popular Clash of Clans may be quick to call this free-to-play Star Wars game the 鈥渃lone wars.鈥�
People familiar with Clash of Clans 鈥� the top-grossing game on the Apple App Store 鈥� will note that Star Wars: Commander adheres to the same formula of having players construct bases, attack others online, and generally make mayhem 鈥� but this time, you do so while the Tatooine suns shine 鈥� or the multiple聽moons, as the case may be.
Players can expect visits from Han Solo, Chewbacca, and even Darth Vader, who pop on screen with tips and vital information to aid progress.
While 鈥渇ree to play,鈥� the game offers to sell players in-game currency known as 鈥渃rystals鈥� that can be used to speed-up game play. With Clash of Clans raking in an each day through its own fake currency, you can understand Disney鈥檚 attempt to make back some of the $4 billion it spent on the acquisition of the Star Wars universe.
鈥淭he game will be promoted on Disney's StarWars.com website, which is drawing steady traffic from fans more than a year before the next film, 鈥楨pisode VII,鈥� hits theaters,鈥� 搁别耻迟别谤蝉.听
Star Wars: Commander is available for 30 days聽exclusively聽through Apple's App Store and later on Android devices.
鈥淔or the team, this has been an opportunity of a lifetime to work with the Lucasfilm team and build a game set in the Star Wars universe,鈥� Disney Interactive鈥檚 executive producer and vice president of operations, Nathan Etter, The Guardian.聽
Now players can experience what it鈥檚 like to be a battlefield commander on either the Empire or Rebel side, says Mr. Etter.
Players may begin as independent, but quickly choose a side in the ongoing galactic civil war that fans have come to know so well over the years via films, books, and games.
You can really get fan geeky with this game with rebel armaments and vehicles that hearken back to, well, the time of the Clone Wars, so to speak.
