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E3 2003: Republic Commando for Xbox... and PC

Trailblazing.

News by Tom Bramwell Former Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 14 May 2003

One trailer we were quite pleased with at the Xbox conference was for Star Wars: Republic Commando, a new Live-enabled title that plans to mix squad-based combat and survival horror. The footage showed a couple of Republican guards (Saddam should sue) chasing one of those flappy-winged Episode II aliens in glorious CG, and finally cornering it only to discover a swarming-great ambush of pure death. Republic Commando is due out in 2004 - on Xbox and on PC.

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