Star Wars' game merchandise 'biggest ever'

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LucasArts is lining up what it says will be its biggest licensing programme for a video game when it releases a range of toys, books and more on the back of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

The title, due out on September 19 on PSP, Wii, DS, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360, will spawn a range of merchandise similar to that seen with the Star Wars movies.

Product lead Haden Blackman said: "This is basically the biggest licensing programme we’ve seen for a Star Wars game in recent memory, and we’re doing a chunk of products that you’d normally see for a film release.

"There’s a novel based on the story of the game, a comic book adaptation that looks at different characters’ point of view, and a really gorgeous 'Making Of' book featuring a ton of never-before-seen concept art.

'Star Wars' game merchandise 'biggest ever'

[Rebound]

A very good game, very cool trailer, but not for pc.

I would play the game, but i can´t without a pc version.

best regards

Rebound

[Aurion]

lol star wars has smashed all expectations on previous versions all the time,but as RB said they should also leak a PC version release info

[anon]

@RB: true At least you can play the PS2 version in your comp with an emulator, I think ps2 games are the most emu-friendly...

[yoco]

Can't wait for the release date.

[Aurion]

@RB: true At least you can play the PS2 version in your comp with an emulator, I think ps2 games are the most emu-friendly...

yeah but u know most advanced PC users do their chances in emulating PS3 games too,u know WWW is full of awesome goodies

[anon]

Yep, I have found a handful of PS3 emulation sites and forums after using
But my guess is that you need to have hardware that is, as a minimum, a bit more powerful than the real console's, for games to be playable...

[Aurion]

as a minimum, a bit more powerful than the real console's, for games to be playable...

well,maybe but I think u ONLY need a powerful DVD rom,a couple of 2gigs RAM stix & some HDD space

[anon]

And a powerful processor

[Aurion]

And a powerful processor

well its not important to have such a porweful processor regarding running multiple threads since the thing that counts when running heavy appz/games is the cache size of ur CPU which should be a monster one tho !!

[anon]

You're right about the cache but the PS3's processor has a clock frequence of 3.2Ghz, and if you add up the overhead of the emulator pretending to be the console's CPU for a game... this is why I thought you also need to have a powerful processor for games to be playable

[Aurion]

nah dont worry,I just need a GFX card ugently (my processor is already on 4Mb cache + my 3GB rams) so really i think im gonna grab a new one soon

[anon]

That's good!
Make sure you don't rush, and check benchmarks and gamers' opinions before buying one or the other

[Aurion]

LOL dont worry I trust my PC consultant (he gives me extraordinary offers now & then)