Big news for Wii owners. Factor 5, developers of the highly praised Star Wars Rogue Squadron series on Gamecube, is now developing a brand new game for Wii. Both Rogue Squadron games were praised for their gorgeous visuals and subperb gameplay. To this day, they are still considered to be some of the best looking games on the Gamecube.

There's not alot of details about this project yet, but we do know that this game will not re-use old Rogue Squadron tech; it will use a completely new graphics engine designed to make use of the Wii's hardware.

The maker of the hit GameCube series Rogue Squadron is back. In a phone conversation with IGN Wii this morning, company president Julian Eggebrecht confirmed that the studio is underway with at least one all-new Wii project -- and it's not a Virtual Console game. Beyond that confirmation, Eggebrecht was mum, but he did note that the new title would not simply re-use old Rogue Squadron tech; whatever it is, significantly updated or even completely new tech has been developed to help accommodate it.

Factor 5's previous title, Lair, released for PlayStation 3 to mixed reviews. However, it is worth noting that the developer is intimately familiar with the GameCube hardware, whose technology extends to Wii. Not only did Factor 5 work with Nintendo to develop GameCube's audio solution, but it pushed the console harder on a graphics level than just about every other studio, Nintendo included. Bearing that in mind, fans can rest assured that whatever the company's new Wii game is, it's a safe bet that it'll look good and push the hardware.

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