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Star Wars Battlefront Sequel Could Arrive in 2017

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It looks like the next installment of the Star Wars Battlefront franchise could be out before the end of 2017. According to a report by GamesRadar, the planned game sequel will be out by fall 2017. The news was revealed by EA Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen during a recent conference call with financial analysts. During the call, Jorgensen said the game would arrive “a year from now” in time for the holiday season. He also added, “We’re working very hard on making sure that it’s an extremely deep and engaging offering.” This would put the time frame for the Star Wars Battlefront release in line with Star Wars: Episode VIII, the next installment of the current Star Wars sequel trilogy. The first battlefront came out just before the release of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. So it makes sense that EA wants to time the game releases to go with the movie releases. Episode VIII is scheduled for a mid December release, so one imagines that

Battlefront's Campaign Cut Because Of Force Awakens

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Despite its success, so much so that it’s getting a sequel, DICE’s reboot of Star Wars: Battlefront wasn’t without its flaws. One of which was the lack of a campaign mode, which at times was one of the best parts of previous games. During an investors meeting, EA Studios boss, Patrick Söderlund talked about why this happened, mainly because of The Force Awakens coming to theaters a month later: “The one thing that we got criticized for was the lack of a single-player campaign”, he said. “It was a conscious decision we made due to time and being able to launch the game side-by-side with the movie that came out to get the strongest possible impact.” To be fair, this did give the game massive sales, and a campaign may have pushed release until after the movie was out and the hype had died down. However, Soderlund did promise that the sequel will not suffer from Battlefronts missteps: “I think the team created a really good game based on the

EA Offers Solution To Star Wars Battlefront Problems

EA Offers Solution To Star Wars Battlefront Problems

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There’s always bugs when games go online. It’s the natural order of things, but some are worse than offers. For the recently released Star Wars Battlefront, some gamers are experiencing poor performance when they use their dual graphics cards. EA has heard these complaints and offered an explanation as well as a solution to the problem: “A driver issue causes dual graphics card setups with AMD Crossfire to suffer performance drops. AMD is working on a driver update for this issue. In the meantime, disable one graphics card to avoid performance problems. ​​AMD players can change their Crossfire settings through the Catalyst Control Center. Right-click your Desktop and select Catalyst Control Center. Open the Graphics menu. Click CrossfireX. Uncheck Enable Crossfire. Click OK to save your settings.” This is also happening to NVidia dual graphics cards, to which EA suggests: “Update to NVIDIA’s Star Wars Battlefront Game Ready driver from the GeForce Experience, or download the driver directly from GeForce.com.” Also, the Xbox One gamers have been unable to connect to matchmaking, EA has

Star Wars Battlefront Beta Impressions

Star Wars Battlefront Beta Impressions

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When Star Wars: Battlefront first released in 2004, it garnered plenty of acclaim from critics and was followed up by a sequel in 2005 that greatly expanded the gameplay and drew even more plaudits. Star Wars: Battlefront II was the last full entry in the series as a further title by TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design was eventually cancelled amid turmoil between the studio and LucasArts. It looked like the series could well be dead until Disney purchased the Star Wars property. This prompted publisher EA to acquire the rights to produce games based on the franchise, with DICE eventually given the chance to develop Star Wars Battlefront after lobbying by studio employees. The recent public beta gave everyone the chance to get to grips with the game that will release next month. The first thing that you notice when you jump into a game is that it is incredibly good looking. This is without a doubt the most authentic and realistic portrayal of the Star Wars universe that has

Industry Analyst Believes Battlefront Won't Save The Franchise

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At one point in time, Star Wars Battlefront was the pinnacle of what Star Wars games could be. And the sales were huge. Then…it slowly died. Many fans were shocked that this happened. Now, we’re only a month or so away from the release of the revitalized Star Wars Battlefront, and many are excited. Yet the CEO of Superdata, Joost van Dreunen, doesn’t believe that this game will save the franchise though. For he stated to Game Industry… “Even as the console user base expands, sales of each new addition to the [Battlefield] franchise has seen faster post-launch-month drops and digital earnings keep dropping faster,” he said, He’s also concerned about the EA servers (which have been known to have problems), and how they’ll handle matchmaking capabilities online, something the other two main Battlefront games didn’t have. “Rather than being able to peruse and select servers on their own, players are expected to wait in a lobby before being matched with other players,” he said. “EA’s recent confirmation that Star

Star Wars Battlefront to Feature New Gaming Modes

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Star Wars Battlefront is coming this November, but many have wondered just how good (or how bad) it will be. The franchise has been gone for a while, and though DICE has proven they can make great games…they’ve been known to stumble at times. This trepidation was added when certain staples of the Battlefront franchise were shown to not be returning, like space battles. To help show fans just what they could expect from the game, and possibly to calm some nerves, the design director for Battlefront took to the official site to unveil not only details of the process behind the game, but also talk about new game modes that will be in Battlefront. Check it out! “We have created new game modes and made new maps to cater to their specific experience. You could see a tiny snippet of this in our trailer where you saw the Fighter Squadron mode, where you engage in huge Starfighter battles over canyons big enough to be truly epic. Then, for those

Star Wars Battlefront Trailer and News!

Star Wars Battlefront Trailer and News!

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True to their word, EA has given the world the first trailer for the return of Star Wars Battlefront. Behold its epicness! Have you recovered from your mind being blown? Good, then we can continue. There’s a lot to digest and a lot to process, as that trailer showed that this won’t simply be a “recount of battles” of sorts like the other Battlefront games. No, this will be a non-stop thrill ride from start to finish. Aside from the trailer, there was a lot of news dropped at Star Wars Celebration about Battlefront (via IGN). For example: When you can you get it? November 17, 2015 in North America and November 20, 2015 in the UK, on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. What will the game be like? Well, aside from the obvious, the game will actually not have a campaign mode. Instead, it’ll feature a series of missions for you to complete either on your own or in co-op. This is a big departure from previous Battlefront titles.

DICE has total creative freedom with Star Wars license

DICE has total creative freedom with Star Wars license

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DICE have revealed that they feel like they have total creative freedom with the Star Wars license. Speaking to CVG the general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson explained that the Swedish developer does not feel limited working in the Star Wars universe, a license that EA acquired following Disney’s purchase of LucasFilm. “I won’t go into specifics, but what I can say is that it’s been extremely positive. We don’t feel limited in any way. We feel completely enabled within this framework. I can’t go into all the details about how that collaboration works, but what I can see is that it’s been an overwhelmingly positive experience. “The way that I would sum it up is we have one game team with a lot of experience building games, who are so passionate about Star Wars, and then you have a team inside Lucasfilm who are also gamers and want to see us make a great game. The two groups are basically coming together: passionate people with one task at hand. It’s

DICE Creating New Star Wars Battlefront Game

DICE Creating New Star Wars Battlefront Game

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At the EA press conference today a new Star Wars Battlefront game was announced. Revealed in a short 20 second teaser, the game is to be developed by DICE, but presumably the new DICE studio in LA and not the Nordic DICE who make the Battlefield games. The teaser seemed to show a player walking across a snowy region, most likely Hoth and saw a aircraft which looked like an Empire Strikes Back-era Snowspeeder crash to the ground.  Other than the short trailer all we were shown was the logo, but we do know that the game will be built using the Frostbite 3 engine. The game is presumably a next gen title but this is yet to be confirmed. The trailer can be seen below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jdkxv05_zRg Expect more info on the new Battlefront over the course of this week.