Aspyr Broadcasts Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Energy Battles Re-Launch

A brand new Star Wars recreation announcement has been made that’s a shock to make certain, however a welcome one, particularly for followers who grew up with this on title on PS1, Dreamcast, or GameBoy Advance.

Aspyr Media, identified for latest Star Wars re-releases together with the Battlefront Basic Assortment and Bounty Hunter, helps to have a good time the 25-year anniversary of Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Energy Battles. The sport was launched means again in 2000 as a film tie-in for 1999’s Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Nonetheless, it grew to become considerably obscure following not-so stellar critiques of the time (in keeping with ComicBook).

Jedi Energy Battles is a side-scroller the place gamers wield the Power and play between Jedi Knights Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Plo Koon, and Adi Gallia (in addition to Captain Panaka and Queen Amidala) because the Prequel icons battle by waves of the Commerce Federation’s Droid Military. Numerous areas from The Phantom Menace are featured, together with the Commerce Federation Battleship.

Aspyr has made a variety of enhancements and expansions to the 2000 LucasArts recreation reminiscent of tweaking the general gameplay, including a contemporary management scheme, and the choice to change the lightsaber blade colours of the Jedi to match their canon film appearances. Moreover, in-game secrets and techniques have been unlocked from the get go, sofa co-op is making a return, and 13 unlockable new characters have been added by Aspyr.

By the need of the Power, Jedi Energy Battles arrives on Thursday January 23, 2025 for PS4/PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X/S, Nintendo Swap, and PC. It at the moment has a listing value on the PlayStation Retailer of $19.99 or $17.99 for PS+ subscribers.

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