After less than one week on store shelves worldwide, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is on track to become the best-selling Star Wars game of all time. LucasArts today announced that more than 1.5 million customers worldwide have purchased Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, making it both the fastest-selling Star Wars game and LucasArts game ever.

Released on Sept. 16 in North America, Sept. 17 in Australia and Southeast Asia, and Sept.19 in Europe, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has demolished LucasArts sales records around the globe in record time.

Sales figures are based on the first five days of sales across all platforms worldwide.

LucasArts announced today that the demo for its highly anticipated title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has crushed download records since its release on Aug. 21. on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Eager to experience over-the-top Force powers and a brand-new Star Wars storyline that bridges the events between the two movie trilogies, fans downloaded the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo more than 1 million times in just eight days, topping the previous record by an entire day.

In addition to the record-breaking downloads on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo is also available on the PlayStation Network, and between them has been downloaded more than 2.3 million times worldwide to date.

The demo for the highly anticipated Star Wars: Force Unleashed was released yesterday evening onto both Xbox 360's Live Marketplace and PS3's PlayStation Network.

LucasArts had promised that “exclusive content” would be included with the demo. The 360 download weighs in at 904MB.

Force Unleashed is currently scheduled of an NZ release on the 17th of September, for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS and PS2.

LucasArts have released three videos (showcasing gameplay on three different platforms) for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

We've mirrored these over at GP Downloads;

LucasArts has released a new behind-the-scenes movie to promote Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which is currently in development for all console platforms and due for release in September.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The game's expansive story is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In it, players will assist Vader in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.

 

We picked Force Unleashed as a title to watch in 2008 a while back, and after viewing a demonstration and playing the game today, we're pleased we did.

LucasArts and Activision booked out a conference room at the Auckland Hilton, and invited us to partake in a presentation and hands-on gaming session for their latest Star Wars gaming title.

After being intimidated by the stormtroopers guarding the door outside the hotel, and the rather convincing Darth Vader inside, we were stepped through several scenes with expert guidance from the LucasArts representatives.