Even if you’ve never played one of them, the Battlefront series of Star Wars games have always been good fun. They weren’t RPG’s or space flight sims, only simple 3rd person shooters that revolved around zone capturing in what was considered an addictive formula.

With Free Radical (who is...Ahem, was behind the Battlefront series,) being in trouble, who knows when, or even if Battlefront 3 will come into fruition.

However, if you’re looking for a similar kind of experience in the mean time, Pandemic Studios has been working on Lord of the Rings: Conquest. With unit classes, “Hero” units, and zone capturing galore, it seems to be shaping up as a fun package.
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