The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes Announcement

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The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes Announcement

LucasArts follows yesterday's revelation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes with the official announcement for the upcoming Star Wars game. The Star Wars: The Clone Wars Website is live, though this is just a teaser for now, redirecting to a subdirectory on LucasArts.com called "/theclonewars_franchise/," so you can place The Clone Wars on the official "franchise" list. The announcement confirms Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, PSP, and DS and a September release date. It also fills in some of the details on the game:

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – May 11, 2009 – Fans of the popular Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ TV series can continue the battle for galactic peace this September in an all-new videogame from LucasArts and Krome Studios. Based on the Cartoon Network series and collaborating directly with Lucasfilm Animation, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes allows players to take up arms on behalf of the noble Galactic Republic, while pursuing the mysterious bounty hunter Cad Bane and combating the all-new Skakoan super villain Kul Teska.

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes allows players to fight as both Jedi Knights and Clone Troopers through over 30 unique missions, all created incorporating the same ground-breaking, stunning visual style from the TV series. Featuring a brand-new storyline, players will get the chance to take part in the key events that lead directly into the highly anticipated second season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Jedi characters can slice and dice their way through countless enemies, commandeer droids and show off their combat prowess on foot and in a variety of vehicles. Clone Troopers fire things up with a heavy weapons armament that includes rocket launchers, thermal detonators and even jet packs in levels built specifically to take run-and-gun gameplay to exciting levels.

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