Star Wars Squadrons – Stormbirds

Star Wars Squadrons is free to claim until Dec 3

Last year I reviewed Star Wars Squadrons as part of a brief diversion away from my usual flight sim content. It was a ton of fun and served as a kind of spiritual successor to some old favourites like TIE Fighter and X-Wing that I played in my more formative years. I played it a…

Star Wars Squadrons 2021 review

I’ve been watching Star Wars movies and TV shows, reading books and consuming all things Star Wars since I was very young. I was hooked when the first Star Wars games came out that let me experience the fantasy of flying an X-Wing. I played X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, and enjoyed everything…

Star Wars Squadrons is getting a free update with new map, B-Wing, TIE Defender!

When I’m not flying around in a simulated airplane, I’m zipping around the stars in an X-Wing or TIE Fighter in Star Wars Squadrons. The game has been plenty entertaining in both single and multiplayer and I’m looking forward to spending some more time with it. The exciting news is that EA and Motive Studios…

Star Wars Squadrons first impressions from a flight simmer

Last night I had a few hours with the new Star Wars Squadrons game from EA and I thought I would write a bit about my experiences with the title from the perspective of a flight simmer. I’ve found quite a bit of crossover between the more serious side of flight simming and people who…

Gameplay for StarWars Squadrons is promising

Being more of a space sim pilot in the past, it’s been a while since I picked up something new but Star Wars Squadrons might just be the thing that gets use as close to something as good as X-Wing or TIE Fighter were back in the 90’s. New gameplay footage and several articles posted…

Star Wars Squadrons – Is this closer to being the next TIE Fighter?

I’ve been a flight simmer for decades but during that time there have also been a few space sim games that have stood out to me and have captured my imagination nearly as much as my experience with flight. One of those titles was TIE Fighter and it was perhaps one of the best Star…