Star Wars Battlefront II Shares Its First Gameplay Trailer, More On What’s New

Electronic Arts unveiled the first gameplay footage of Star Wars Battlefront II during their E3 2017 press conference today, where we got a peek of the new game set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

Unlike the previous Battlefront game, Battlefront II will have the highly-demanded single-player campaign, set between the stories of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. According to EA, the developers took into consideration all constructive criticism received from players for the first game, and they say that Battlefront II will have three times the amount of content.

As far as multiplayer goes, there will be more vehicles, customization, more abilities and power-ups, classes, as well as more trooper variety. The shooting action is said to have been improved as well. Exclusive to the console version will be a split-screen co-op mode.

Here’s more from the EA press release:

With Star Wars Battlefront II, we’ve really taken feedback from our players to heart, and you see that in the base game, which has so much more content than the first game – a new authentic single player campaign, epic multiplayer, starfighter battles, and solo or co-op PvE on console – a huge game across all eras of the Star Wars films,” says Matt Webster, Executive Producer on Star Wars Battlefront II. “But just as important is how we support the game after launch. Our live service is built around the philosophy of keeping our fans playing together, with seasons that will add meaningful content and in game events on a regular basis.

 

Fans will have the chance to get hands-on with Star Wars Battlefront II multiplayer for the first time at EA PLAY 2017. Here, they will be able to experience the Assault on Theed demo, which features the updated signature multiplayer mode, Galactic Assault, on the Naboo: Theed map set in the prequel trilogy era. Players will get a sample of the new class system, ground and air vehicles like the AAT-1 and Naboo N-1 starfighter, a larger focus on team-play and heroes from all eras including Boba Fett, Darth Maul, Rey and Han Solo. EA PLAY 2017 will take place at The Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California, is free for all attendees who register for a ticket, and is open starting today, June 10^th through Monday, June 12^th. Register for a ticket here.

 

Star Wars Battlefront II is being developed by three powerhouse studios – Motive Studios, DICE and Criterion Games – each with a rich background of creating award-winning games, to bring the most robust Star Wars game to date. Star Wars Battlefront II will allow players to experience the untold story of Iden Versio, an Imperial elite special forces soldier, in an all-new single player campaign. The game will also allow players to experience epic multiplayer battles where they can pilot a First Order TIE fighter through intense dogfights in space, and play as ground troopers or iconic heroes and villains, such as Yoda and Kylo Ren, across all three Star Wars eras.

 

This fall, players will be able to jump into a galaxy far, far away with the Star Wars Battlefront II multiplayer beta on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Origin for PC. All fans who pre-order any edition of the game will get into the beta early.

Star Wars Battlefront II releases on November 17 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.