Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to be released in September @ Gaming Target

Written by Kris Rosado on April 03, 2008

News: Jedi hunting season is open.

LucasArts have announced that their highly anticipated Star Wars: Force Unleased will be released this September.

Peter Hirschmann, Vice-President of Product Development, had this to say:

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is one of the most ambitious projects LucasArts has ever launched. The combination of a great new Star Wars story with revolutionary new technology and game play means more fun than you've ever had in the Star Wars universe. We can't wait until gamers get their hands on it this September.

Not only has a release date been announced, but Spike TV has said they will be airing five mini-segments showcasing "exclusive announcements or new gameplay footage" during a broadcast of all six Star Wars movies over the next two weekends. The segments will air at the following times:

April 6 at 7:58 PM ET/PT Ц between the premiere of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

April 11 at 10:52 PM ET/PT Ц At the end of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

April 12 at 12:00 PM ET/PT Ц throughout an episode of GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley filmed at LucasArts' headquarters in San Francisco

April 12 at 5:06 PM ET/PT Ц before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

April 13 at 5:06 PM ET/PT Ц before Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back

The game will ship to North America on the 16th and Europe on the 19th.