Attack Squadrons cancelled

Disney has announced that Star Wars: Attack Squadrons has been cancelled during beta testing.

The game, which was heavily reminiscent of the classic Rogue Squadron series of games, promised a free to play multiplayer space combat experience in your web browser.

Revealed in December 2013 Attack Squadrons was in the beta testing phase of development, but has apparently been shut down to focus on other Star Wars gaming experiences. Area 52 Games, are a first time developer who were responsible for the development of the game, and it is as yet unclear what impact this cancellation will have on the games studio.

In case you never got to see the game in action, here is some player-recorded game footage to silently weep over: