A Star Wars sport from 1999 is returning, and returning quickly.
It seems like a basic PS1 Star Wars sport is returning through PS4 and PS5. Higher but, it is going to be free through PlayStation Plus, or extra particularly, the PS Plus Premium tier, which permits subscribers limitless entry to a rising library of PS3, PS2, PS1, and PSP video games. To this finish, it seems like Disney is constant its strong help of PS Plus Premium with the addition of one other Star Wars sport. How do we all know this? Properly, as a result of it has filed a score for the sport on PS4 and PS5 in Taiwan. And this might solely be performed if the sport was coming to those platforms. Generally score boards make errors, but it surely’s very uncommon, and it’s normally an including a further platform or one thing minor.
So, what did the score board out of Taiwan particularly fee? Properly, in line with it Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace on PS1 is coming to PS4 and PS5, in what is sort of actually a PS Plus-related leak. Not solely does this score board leak reveal the port, but it surely suggests it’s occurring quickly.
All of that mentioned, proper now we do not have something greater than this leak. And there’s no timeline of when this can change. For now, take every little thing right here with a grain of salt as we await official phrase from PlayStation or Disney, however there is not any purpose to not anticipate this to occur. It is extra a matter of when not if.
As for the sport, for individuals who have by no means heard of it, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is clearly an adaptation of the film of the identical title. Launched in 1999 first on PC, however then PS1, it was really not that properly obtained, no less than by critics, garnering Sport Rankings scores of 62 and 54, respectively. That mentioned, it did promote considerable, as you’ll anticipate. And for individuals who had been gaming again then, throughout among the peaks of Star Wars fandom, it is going to be a welcomed return, and a protracted overdue one.
H/T, Gematsu.
