Star Wars: Hunters Secures New Release Date

The long-delayed Star Wars: Hunters finally has a new release date. Back in 2021, Lucasfilm Games and developer Zynga announced Star Wars: Hunters, a squad-based arena shooter set after the fall of the Galactic Empire at the end of the original Star Wars movie trilogy. Players can choose from characters like Rieve, a dark-side-empowered warrior, a lightsaber-wielding droid called J-3DI, and even Utooni, a pair of junk-scavenging Jawas stacked together. Each of these characters has their own unique abilities, which will come in handy during frantic battles across several classic Star Wars locations.

While Star Wars: Hunters was soft-launched on Android devices in India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia in late 2021, it would later be announced that Star Wars: Hunters' full release was delayed from its planned 2022 launch date for almost a year. Star Wars: Hunters would then be delayed a second time in 2023, leaving curious players wondering if the game would ever be released.

Good news has finally come from Nintendo of America, which recently announced that Star Wars: Hunters will launch for the Nintendo Switch on June 4, 2024. Pre-downloads for the game are now available on the Nintendo eShop, and those who play on the Switch when Star Wars: Hunters is finally released will have access to the exclusive «Shift Veteran costume and Shift Blaster wrap» cosmetics. A new Star Wars: Hunters trailer was also posted, featuring the game’s cast of combatants battling it out on the forest moon of Endor.

The Star Wars: Hunters Nintendo eShop page also features information about the game’s story and match types. Now that the Galactic Civil War between the heroic Rebel Alliance and the oppressive Empire has ended, aspiring heroes look for thrills in The Arena on the Outer Rim world of Vespaara. There, players can challenge one another in various PVP game modes like Escort, where teams must work together to protect their payload from the