Surprise: LucasArts announces Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for DS/PSP
by JC Fletcher 
{ May 26th 2009 at 1:41PM } 
The new portable addition to the Battlefront series -- shipping on both platforms this fall -- stars X2,
The press release suggests that the DS and PSP are getting s ubtly different games, with the DS version promising a "class-based gameplay experience" with different weapons for each class, and the PSP version allowing players to "personalize and build their character with more weapons and items than ever before." The PSP game has 16-player multiplayer with "in-depth stat tracking," and the DS release has "intense 4-player skirmishes" in different multiplayer modes.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Latin_Trident @ May 26th 2009 6:44PM
Why did you remove this post from earlier today? Did George Lucas have you in the Death Grip???
MystileArmor @ May 26th 2009 7:15PM
Yoda farted and the force blast created a ripple in time. True story.
Bailers @ May 26th 2009 6:45PM
Just as a general question, how much bigger could PSP games be if they didn't have the limitation of the UMD drive? Would the PSP Go and allow for a bigger game, or is that a limitation of the memory and system itself. Just wondering.
ViRGE @ May 26th 2009 9:30PM
The next limitation would be the file system. FAT32 files max out at 4GB, so there's your limit in game size. The PSP doesn't seem to have an internal limit on game size.
However 4GB is only useful if you can do something with it. You're still limited to 32MB of RAM (what the original PSP has), so it's not as if you can have more stuff loaded at once. More space can only make for a longer game, less repetition of assets, etc.
Cr4sh Dummy @ May 26th 2009 6:46PM
Seriously? Another PSP game?
Clinton @ May 26th 2009 6:51PM
hope it dont become as hacked as the other battlefront game on the psp
Ryan @ May 26th 2009 7:43PM
Too bad "Life finds a way"
Too many hackers on renegade squadron
Clinton @ May 27th 2009 6:59AM
yea but maybe they well find a way to stop it, but i really doubt it
The Dark Wayne @ May 26th 2009 6:58PM
what happened to the old replies?
MystileArmor @ May 26th 2009 7:14PM
According to my comment history, the old replies now belong to a topic called "Star Wars Battlefront Thing" but clicking on it just brings you on the main page.
Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 27th 2009 12:07AM
joystiq's been wonky lately.
MRLN @ May 26th 2009 7:18PM
Translation: DS cartridges are too damn small.
Robert @ May 26th 2009 7:51PM
This game sounds awesome! A definite buy for me
TM @ May 27th 2009 12:17AM
sweet mary moses....
David Black @ May 27th 2009 11:01AM
Oh Star Wars Battlefront, why can't I quit you?
tuunicopapi @ May 27th 2009 12:59PM
IMHO the PSP version is sounding better but i wouldn't be so quick to judge the DS version. i'll have to see when they are both released and will definitely try both. also Lucas Arts needs to develop battlefront 3. QUICKLY! before the end comes!!
TM @ May 27th 2009 2:43PM
console owners have not gotten a Battlefront game since 2005. That's sad....
Don @ May 27th 2009 3:07PM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
Best news for the PSP & DS all year.
But no details on developer? Probably Rebellion again?
And "this fall" meaning..... October?
http://handheldaddict.blogspot.com/
dimaskrenz @ May 29th 2009 3:22AM
Battlefront in handheld?!
God, when will Battlefront 3 comes out?!!
The Dark Wayne @ May 30th 2009 11:23PM
auugghhh this is tearing me apart! I need a real battlefront 3! Next gen visuals! Online! Lasers! Ground to space transitions! Make it happen Rebellion and FFS please get your hands on the stuff Free Radical already did!