Zynga had two great new announcements for us this week. First, they have a new multi-year agreement with Disney to develop a new free-to-play Star Wars game for mobile devices. on August 21st in an official press release, they shared the news of the new game: “Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Disney to develop and publish a new mobile game, with the option for a second game, that brings to life the universe of Star Wars ™ for players around the world. As a part of the agreement, Zynga will also assume operation of the live service of Star Wars ™: Commander, a free-to-play real-time strategy game developed by Disney that was launched in 2014. “Star Wars is one of the most iconic franchises in the world and has engaged generations of fans for decades. As game makers and moviegoers,…
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Star Wars: Commander Rogue One Expansion trailer
Star Wars: Commander just released an trailer for it’s new expansion now available for download. WHAT’S NEW New content inspired by Rogue One™: A Star Wars™ Story! Collect valuable new Weapons Research Crates to earn rewards in a LIMITED-TIME event, including: ● New Mercenaries: Security Droid/Drabatan Saboteur ○ These powerful units utilize sonic grenades to weaken enemy defenses for a short period of time, leaving them vulnerable to attack. ● New Starfighters: TIE Striker/Fang Fighter ○ These specialized ships can be used to devastating effect against vehicle targets. 4.6.1: Optimizations Star Wars: Commander Rogue One Expansion #2 The second wave of new Rogue One content for Star Wars: Commander is now available with new mercenaries & starships!
‘Star Wars: Commander’ Adds Maz Kanata From ‘The Force Awakens’ For A Limited Time
The popular mobile strategy game Star Wars: Commander has a new series of objectives coming for a limited time only. It adds Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens to the game, according to an announcement from Disney this past week. All players at headquarters level four and up will be able to do the new tasks in the game. From Disney: “Today we are excited to unveil new objectives for Star Wars: Commander that feature the Force™-sensitive smuggler from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Maz Kanata. During these special time-limited objectives, Maz Kanata will reach out to players through the game’s InfoNet newspaper and the Planetary View, requesting help in the completion of specific tasks. All players at headquarters level four and up will be able to participate in these new activities with each planet in the galaxy featuring different sets of objectives.” Maz Kanata will appear through the InfoNet newspaper and also the…
Star Wars Commander Soars in China
Chinese mobile game company, MGE, said that Star Wars: Commander has become a No. 1 hit in China, generating more than 1 million downloads in just four days. This is a huge sign that Western content is popular in China and that the love for Star Wars is truly universal. The Chinese love Star Wars as much as we do. Venture Beat goes on to explain a little more about this: Licensed from Disney, CMGE (China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group) tailored this Clash of Clans-like strategy game for the Chinese market and promoted on the many app stores in that country. That’s consistent with a trend of Western developers partnering with local Chinese companies to take their work to China, which has become the biggest market in the $30 billion mobile gaming industry. The Chinese mobile game market is about 51.4 billion renminbi, or about $7.8 billion, and it has more than…
Star Wars: Commander is your next Star Wars game
Disney Interactive just announced Star Wars: Commander, a free-to-play game for mobile devices. The game, which is available for iOS devices, is set between George Lucas’ original two Star Wars movies and follows players from the planet of Tattooine as their careers advance inside whichever group they choose to belong to. The combat strategy game will be familiar to fans of that genre. Players control a commander of either Rebel of Imperial forces and deploy vehicles and troops into battle. The difference, of course, is that “Star Wars: Commander” gives fans the chance to deploy Stormtroopers AT-AT’s, and X-Wings. And characters they’ll meet along the way include Han Solo and Chewbacca (voiced by sound-alikes, not the original cast). “Commander,” which like most new mobile games is free-to-play but includes paid options for players who want to advance more quickly, includes both single player and competitive multi-player options. The single player…