The New Launch Trailer for ‘Star Wars: Hunters’ is Here!

Star Wars: Hunters is officially here! The free-to-play arena-based hero shooter launched today on iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. Along with it came a new trailer that makes it look quite interesting.

The launch trailer for Star Wars: Hunters features zero gameplay. However, it tries to capture Overwatch’s look and feel (back before people turned on Blizzard).

“Join the greatest Hunters from across the Star Wars™ galaxy on the planet of Vespaara where high-stakes competitions are awaiting them in the Arena. Engage in thrilling third person combat to dominate your opponents in a range of adventurous battlegrounds that evoke iconic Star Wars worlds. Choose from a range of tactically diverse Hunters, customize them, use your skill to find a winning strategy and reap the spoils of victory in the all-new free-to-play game.“

Thankfully, streams wasted no time uploading gameplay video:

Think of this as a toned-down, simplistic class shooter. There are only three types of characters: damage, support, and tank. These are made up of humans, droids, and various alien races from a galaxy far, far away. Yes, Sith and Jedi are in the mix, too.

Speaking of simple, there are only three arenas: Vespaara, the Hutt Ship, and an Ewok Village.

Out of the box, Hunters will have the following gameplay modes:

• Squad Brawl
  • The first team to reach 20 eliminations wins in this all out assault mode
• Dynamic Control
  • In this mode, teams compete to capture rotating Control Points.
• Power Control
  • In this mode, Squads must control the majority of Control Points on the battlefield and hold them firmly.
• Trophy Case

  • Two teams aim to hold the Trophy Droid, named TR0-F33! The first Squad to reach 100% wins the game.