Who would have imagined Ubisoft of all companies would be investing in the toys-to-life genre? A sector, lest we forget, that's gradually shrinking (it's already forced Disney Infinity to be cancelled and Skylanders to take a year off). Yet here are, with a new game that brings customisable ships to a fully interactive sci-fi dogfighter. Say what?
Starlink comes with a special NFC-reading accessory that clips onto your Xbox One pad, DualShock 4 or Joy-Con controller, enabling you to physically connect your ship of choice. These toys are all modular, with any physical changes you make instantly replicated on screen.
The game itself looks like a slightly cutesy take on Mass Effect and No Man's Sky, with a bunch of intergalactic pilots attempting to halt the spread of a parasitic cosmic intelligence.
This gen has seen a lot of sci-fi dogfighting games hit the market since 2013, but the mixture of toys-to-life and customisation is a unique selling point we haven't seen since Skylanders Swap Force four years ago. We imagine this one is going to suit the amiibo-friendly Nintendo Switch most of all, but with a 2018 release date it's perhaps a little too early to tell.
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