Star Wars Battlefront

Star Wars Battlefront is an upcoming video game from DICE, a game developer owned by Electronic Arts. The game is not the third title in the Star Wars: Battlefront series, but one that is DICE's own take on the format. According to DICE, the game will not have a story of its own, unlike past Battlefront games. Instead, the game will reinterpret the stories and battles presented in the original trilogy alongside some battles presented in the novel Battlefront: Twilight Company such as the Battle of Sullust.

Publisher's summary
Star Wars™ Battlefront™ is the ultimate Star Wars battle experience, brought to life by the creators of Battlefield''. Fight in epic Star Wars battles on iconic planets and rise through the ranks playing as the heroic Rebellion or the evil Galactic Empire.''

Overview
According to Electronic Arts, the game will have the option to switch at will between first-person mode and third-person mode, much like the previous entries in the series. The game will be restricted to the Galactic Civil War era presented throughout and after the original trilogy. The game will not feature a single-player campaign like Star Wars: Battlefront II, but rather a set of co-op missions; these missions can be played alone, online, or with split-screen. An offline split-screen mode will also be available. Multiplayer will be available as well, limited to forty players, with twenty on each team. Players will be able to play as hero and villain characters such as Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Players will have the opportunity to spawn on a teammate in the Partner system. For the game's AI, the team based it off the Star Wars films, but tweaked it to make it accessible.

Multiplayer
The game will not use the Battlelog system to connect players, as provided in previous installments. Rather, a new system will be built from scratch.

A new game mode, Walker Assault, will be featured, allowing up to 40 players to take part in a match. Other modes will feature with smaller player counts. No loadouts will be featured. Other multiplayer modes included are Supremacy, Fighter Squadron, Blast, Drop Zone, and Cargo. Blast Mode will be a standard team death-match style game, with 10 players on each side. Lead Level Designer Dennis Brännvall revealed that there would be a 10-minute/100 kill limit, and that the mode would not include a chance to play as a Hero or Villain.

Singleplayer
Singleplayer and Co-Op will be available in the form of Missions. These modes include Survival, Battles, Hero Battles and Trials. Survival will only offer the chance to play as Rebels, although players can join either side in Battles mode.

Development
EA first unveiled their plans for the game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on June 10, 2013. In the hopes of creating a realistic, immersive experience for players, the DICE team visited the Lucasfilm Archives as well as filming locations for the films. The images were then turned into the 3D format by a process called photogrammetry. Additionally, preparing for the sound design, the DICE team worked with Lucasfilm and had access to their Star Wars sound library. They also had the chance to work with sound designers Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood. Audio Director Ben Minto and his team also recorded sounds in a Foley session with Dennie Thorpe and Jana Vance, and on location. On December 4, 2013, EA announced that projects from DICE, including Star Wars: Battlefront, would be delayed until performance issues in their video game Battlefield 4 were fixed. A subsequent announcement from EA clarified that the patch work would not affect upcoming release dates. Executive producer Patrick Bach revealed that the team is trying to create a new experience for players, one that isn't directly inspired by DICE's Battlefield series while still keeping ties to the original Star Wars: Battlefront series, such as perspective switch.

In October 2014, EA confirmed that it would release the game during the 2015 holiday season, near the theatrical release of The Force Awakens. On March 19, 2015, EA announced that the game would make its debut at Celebration Anaheim in April 2015. In announcing the debut, EA stated that they "could not think of a better or more appropriate place to debut the game officially for the first time than the premier event that celebrates the Star Wars universe and the legions of fans who have fallen in love with it." Soon after, EA released a letter to fans saying the first gameplay footage would be seen at E3 2015.

Reception
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015, where multiplayer information was first shown, Star Wars Battlefront garnered multiple award nominations from attendees, and received 39 wins.

Downloadable Content
Downloadable content (often abbreviated 'DLC') is the term for additional in-game content for a released video game. Downloadable content is distributed via the internet, and developed by the official developer or other third-party producers. Downloadable content varies in price, size and added value.

Star Wars Battlefront: Battle of Jakku
On April 17, 2015, EA announced the first downloadable content for Star Wars Battlefront titled ''Star Wars Battlefront: Battle of Jakku. It will feature the ''Battle of Jakku.

It will be released on December 8, 2015, approximately one week prior to the world wide release of the motion-picture Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, at no additonal charge

Players who have pre-ordered Star Wars Battlefront are eligible to play the downloadable content beginning on December 1, 2015, one week before those who have not pre-ordered.

Experience the Battle of Jakku, the pivotal moment when the New Republic confronted key Imperial holdouts on a remote desert planet in the Outer Rim. Taking place in the aftermath of the Rebel victory in the Battle of Endor, players will experience the events that created the massive, battle-scarred landscape of Jakku shown in Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™.
 * Learn what happened at the Battle of Jakku, which precedes the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens;
 * 2 maps set on the all-new planet of Jakku;
 * 7 days early access for those who pre-order Star Wars™ Battlefront™;
 * Available as a free download to all players on December 8th, 2015;

Associated media
The novel Battlefront: Twilight Company, to be released on November 3, 2015, will feature a story based on the game set following the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.