"The brilliance of adapting Star Wars into gaming comes from the sheer versatility of the universe: there's combat-heavy games that emphasize the devastating potential of lightsabers, third-person shooters that hand you a blaster and put you in a Clone Trooper helmet to experience galactic warfare from a boots-on-the-ground perspective, Kinect Star Wars even went so far as to give us Galactic dance battles in the Mos Eisley cantina."
"Even though the most popular Star Wars games fall within the circle of action or RPG, there's one genre they've been trying to fine-tune for years now: the racing game. As far back as Star Wars: Demolition (a Twisted Metal riff), the franchise has been trying to find the best way to combine the high-octane competition of racing games with the iconic vehicles from the series."
"Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the soon-to-be-released game from developer Fuse Games and publisher Secret Mode, is fast approaching, and based on the gameplay, it seems as if it's going to be the first game to properly inhabit the high-octane, toyetic nature of podracing as it was first introduced by Lucas in the prequels."
Star Wars has produced diverse video games across multiple genres, from action-heavy lightsaber combat to third-person shooters and even dance games. However, racing games have remained a challenging genre for the franchise to master, dating back to Star Wars: Demolition. Star Wars: Galactic Racer, developed by Fuse Games and published by Secret Mode, appears to finally succeed where previous racing games struggled. The game captures the essence of podracing, the dangerous sport introduced in The Phantom Menace as young Anakin Skywalker's path to freedom. This upcoming title promises to deliver the high-octane competition and toyetic qualities that define podracing within the Star Wars universe.
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