Fresh from selling a dizzying 14 million copies across multiple formats, EA has announced that a new Star Wars Battlefront game will launch on the PlayStation 4 next year. According to boss Blake Jorgensen, the release will feature "bigger and better worlds" – some of which will be based upon areas from "the new movies", though the exec stopped short of namedropping any in particular.
The sequel is all part of the publisher's plan to release one new Star Wars game every year for the foreseeable future. While the company wasn't particularly clear with its dates, it seems that Star Wars Battlefront 2 will launch in late 2017, with Visceral Games' previously announced project following the year after. Titanfall developer Respawn is, of course, working on the franchise, too – but we don't really want to think about 2018!
[source gamespot.com]
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No Rogue One DI playset...so what Star Wars content are we getting this year? Not much
I need mah Star Wars gaming.
So...what's this year?
@sajoey lego force awakens maybe
There is only one Battlefront 2 as far as I am concerned and it's not done by EA.
I liked the beta of Battlefield Stat Wars but, if they wanna pull close the same number (14mil) they'd need to include more, especially a single player story mode.
Funny how Battlefront seems less futuristic than COD does these days xD
Ummm maybe they should spend more than <1 year on each game............
I feel like im the only one that enjoys the game still
@Draythedestroyer that's not EA though. That's TT
Who do I talk to about a shadows of empire port or remake?
I hope they make single player star wars game again like jedi knight or republic commando, those games are great.
No excuse for a lack of single player or any sort of campaign this time round. Oh and space battles, it's kind of embarrassing when the upcoming lego game looks to have done a much better job in this area
So EA are trying to alternate its yearly shooters between Barrlefront and Battlefield now?
EA has been trying for years to copy CoD's yearly cycle. It tried by having Medal of Honour alternating with Battlefield and now looks like they are going to try with Battlefront instead...
I wonder if there will be any actual content this time. The last one had some nice ideas, but there was SO much missing.
I enjoyed the game(but was disappointed with the lack of content) :-/ and I LOVE Star Wars but can't seem to get excited about this News really. Maybe if it had a 'Good' Story mode and a 4 player split-screen mode with Bots(like TimeSplitters) then I would buy it. I doubt it tho.
@Carl-G Yes, bring back the bots! Then I wouldn't have to worry about no one playing after a year.
@booshy89 Haha!
well if it actually has a proper single player mode, i might buy it this time
Give us a proper single player campaign, and a good amount of content then maybe, but we'll wait and see.
@Tasuki You're goddamn right!
@charlesnarles They are it isn't the same developer for each game, most likely each game is in development for 2+ years.
@Anchorsam_9 Maybe they will do like Infinity Ward and include a remaster of the original BF 2.
One can dream
@Jazzer94 interesting. So the sequel is being handled by a totally separate staff? A glimmer of hope streaks across an otherwise darkened sky... I also really like the idea of including a remaster!
Did not realise they would be pumping out so many of these games I will hold off buying the current game to see what the next one is like.
Single player please
It's a trap!
If they just remastered Battlefront 2 I would happily pay full price, and throw EA's Battlefront in the bin, I did enjoy this game but It's just so casual and lacks content, took me a while to notice but they screwed everyone over with the Season Pass... How can you not include the Death Star in a game based on the original Star Wars?
@wiiware
Knights of the Old Republic 3 is long overdue. I'd love to see that happen.
This should just be add on content for battlefront
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