Pop quiz, no Googling allowed: How many modes are there in Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab)? Trick question, because even if you had the previous number correct, EA and DICE revealed three more today. Say hello to Heroes vs Villains, Battles, and Training Missions. Heroes vs Villains (opens …
Read More »Remember to look before you Force Leap in Star Wars Battlefront
Rule one of Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab): don’t try to take on an enemy hero unit on your own. In a fight between Dude With His Own Music and Snowtrooper No. 12, you can guess how it usually works out. Fortunately for YouTuber Zephs, who took a …
Read More »The Star Wars Battlefront beta begins October 8
The Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) Beta will run from October 8 to October 12, EA and DICE announced today. All PS4, Xbox One, and PC players will be free to download the beta and try out Walker Assault on Hoth (complete with playable Darth Vader (opens in …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront ditches core FPS mechanics but DICE knows what its doing
It would have been so easy to just slap a skin on Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) but instead DICE is actually doing a lot of interesting things with some core mechanics that most of us take for granted. There are no classes for example, and players run …
Read More »“We didnt feel a skin on Battlefield was the way to do Star Wars justice” says DICE
Anyone who still describes Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) as Battlefield reskinned hasn’t played it (I know who you are). It’s got plenty of changes to the usual shooter format that mean not only does it take a step away from DICE’s iconic series, but away from the …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront screen has Hoth Rebel-on-Rebel action
The latest screenshot for Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) shows a squadron of Rebel soldiers in doomed defense of Echo Base. It’s the first new image released for the game in weeks, and it further teases that we’ll get to see the Battle of Hoth first-hand (or third-hand, …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront has no ironsight aiming
Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) won’t let players aim down the ironsights of their futuristic blasters – assuming they have any ironsights to begin with. It may be bad news for fans expecting the standard array of shooter stuff from Battlefront, but it is more proof that DICE …
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