November 2004
10-11-04 : New Star Wars RTS confirmed.

Could it be? Another bit of videogame goodness graced by the Star Wars universe? It looks that way, as LucasArts President Jim Ward told Reuters that a new Star Wars RTS title for the PC is on the way.

"I think there's a bright future there for games based on these new properties as well as original Star Wars games like a new real-time strategy PC game that Petroglyph is developing for next year," Ward explains in the article.

Ward describes the new project as taking the RTS genre in a new direction, while balancing gameplay "between the hard-core gamers who buy these games and the broader audience that's familiar with the Star Wars brand."

Petroglyph Games is a small, independent developer based in Las Vegas. Members of its team have worked on projects such as Earth & Beyond, the Command & Conquer, and even classics like California Games.

The company's website mentions an unnamed "amazing product," to be revealed shortly. We suspect that project may have just been revealed.

Of course, we'll be back with more as soon as we have details. Stay tuned

Having known for some time that Lucasarts were indeed working on a new RTS game, brings great joy to the current Galactic Battlegrounds community and those still playing Rebellion/Supremacy.