Star Wars Battle Pod expands with Episode VII content

We’ve done a few updates on Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod in the past, the excellent dogfighting simulator set in the Star Wars universe. The arcade game covered some of the more notable battles from the older Star Wars films. Arcade Heroes is reporting that updates are now rolling out to Battle Pod machines that add in The Battle of Takodana from the new film.

If you don’t remember, that is the battle that begins with the X-Wings rolling in across the water, one of our staff’s favorite scenes in the movie. The aerial portion of that battle was a spectacle to see on the big screen and I would imagine it is just as impressive in playable form. I will try to make a trip to our local Dave & Buster’s later this week to see if their machines have been updated so that we can deliver some impressions of this new content.