A Star Wars TIE Fighter remake, which rebuilds and expands on among the best Star Wars video games utilizing the X-Wing Alliance engine, is accessible to play, with a model new replace, proper now. Initially launched in 1994, Star Wars TIE Fighter is the predecessor to different LucasArt dogfight simulators like Jedi Starfighter and Rogue Squadron, and even has a bypass hyperlink to Bethesda’s Starfield (extra on that later). Now you can play all the recreation, full with ray tracing, improved graphics, overhauled gameplay, further ships and extra, and it is accessible now.
The Star Wars TIE Fighter Complete Conversion mission, or TFTC for brief, simply launched a brand new model, bringing the traditional area recreation to life extra vivid than ever. Rebuilding TIE Fighter within the engine of Star Wars X-Wing Alliance, one other iconic dogfight simulation from 1999, TFTC at the moment provides 9 of the unique recreation’s 13 campaigns, utterly revamped with ray tracing, full 3D graphics, and new fashions for a few of the immediately recognizable Star Wars ships.

Why does it look so cool? As a result of the TFTC mod is itself constructed utilizing one other mod, the X-Wing Alliance Improve Challenge, which improves each side of the 1999 recreation to make it virtually visually akin to trendy video games. Future TFTC updates promise to ship the remainder of the sport’s campaigns, with creator “AngelTFTC” stating they might be accomplished by the top of 2023.
If you wish to play TFTC, you want a duplicate of X-Wing Alliance, which you should purchase from Steam, GOG or Origin. After that, simply observe the straightforward directions from the official website of the mission.
Oh, and as for Starfield, you might or could not have heard of The Tenth Planet, a recreation that Bethesda partially constructed after which canceled within the ’90s. An area fighter simulation, it took direct cues from the unique TIE Fighter. So, if you happen to’re ready for Bethesda’s RPG and Starfield launch date, TFTC is an excellent window into the historical past of the area recreation.
Alternatively, you could possibly attempt a few of the different greatest outdated video games, if you happen to’re feeling nostalgic, or maybe the most effective flying and airplane video games on PC.