EA showed a trail­er for Star Wars: Squadrons short­ly before their EA Play event took place, but did­n’t show any game­play. They also stat­ed they were wait­ing for their event to show game­play, and they did­n’t disappoint.

The new trail­er includ­ed a clos­er look at the New Repub­lic and Impe­r­i­al Squadrons, cus­tomiza­tion options and dog­fights. Main­ly seen from the first-per­son cock­pit view, those watch­ing saw how you’ll engage in com­bat, your ship’s instru­ments and an icon of the ship with shields. Squadrons will also be playable in VR.

Play­ers will be both the New Repub­lic Van­guard Squadron and Impe­r­i­al Titan Squadron in the cam­paign. Accord­ing to EA, “two pilots will shape the bal­ance of pow­er in the galaxy.”

Mul­ti­play­er will con­sist of teams made up in squads of five, each con­tain­ing match­ing ship types: Fight­ers (X‑Wing, TIE Fight­er), Incep­tors (A‑Wing, TIE Inter­cep­tor), Sup­port (U‑Wing, TIE Reaper) and Bombers (Y‑Wing, TIE Bomber). You can cus­tomize your ships with more than 50 com­po­nents like war­heads, trac­tor beams and tur­rets. Oth­er options of cus­tomiza­tion include paint jobs and dec­o­ra­tions (like an Ewok bob­ble­head for you cockpit). 

The offi­cial site out­lines each mode and fight­ers, as well as a whole sec­tion for the maps. 

Star Wars: Squadrons is set to release on Octo­ber 2nd for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’s cur­rent­ly avail­able to pre-order now for $40.

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