PS Plus Premium’s Classic Catalogue Seemingly Adding Star Wars Rebel Assault 2 Next Month

Sony’s official update on additions to PS Plus Extra and Premium usually arrive a couple of weeks into a given month, but it looks like one of April’s retro classics has already been discovered. Fans of rail shooters, John Williams, or both, prepare yourselves — Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire looks set to join the classics catalogue soon.

As spotted by the ever observant Gematsu, PS Store pages for the PS1 game are on the backend, because they’ve appeared on PS Deals — a site that tracks prices and much more on every game on Sony’s digital shop. In short, Rebel Assault II is all but confirmed — especially as those game pages list a 16th April release date. This is likely to line up with the PS Plus Extra/Premium update.

In case you don’t know, this is an old LucasArts shooter that combines FMV footage with CG backdrops and keyed-in characters. Each level is on-rails, with most of them having you pilot an iconic Star Wars vehicle. If you’re in the mood to blast away some stormtroopers as the iconic music swells (but with the hardware limitations of 1996), you’ll soon be in luck.

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