Star Wars Battlefront: New “Battle Of Jakku” DLC Details Unveiled.
With Star Wars Battlefront‘s first expansion arriving on December 8 (or December 1, depending on whether or not you pre-ordered the game), DICE have released information about what is included in the free DLC package. The DLC serves as a distant prologue to the events of The Force Awakens.
The key features of the expansion are two new maps and a new game mode. The first map is called “Goazan Badlands”, which is playable in Blast, Drop Zone, Droid Run, Cargo, Hero Hunt, and Heroes Versus Villains modes, and the second is called “Graveyard Of Giants”, which is playable in Supremacy, Walker Assault, Fighter Squadron, and Turning Point modes. The new mode, Turning Point, is a large 40-player mode where Rebels need to locate and capture three different Imperial control points while on a time limit. If a point is captured, the time is extended and more points are available for capture, leading up to an intense battle at an Imperial fortress.
It is likely that this mode will be added to maps in the forthcoming expansions for the game, although it isn’t clear if it will be retroactively added to the maps present in the base game. It’s also possible that Jakku-specific Missions will be added to the single-player/co-op mode. With the addition of the free DLC content, the amount of content available for first-time purchasers of Battlefront will expand to 14 maps and 14 modes.
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So basically walker assault without the walkers..I can dig it.
It’s a copy of the “Rush” game-mode in Battlefield
Oh damn that’s right! It will probably be fun then.
“The new mode, Turning Point, is a large 40-player mode where Rebels need to locate and capture three different Imperial control points while on a time limit.”
Wow! that is just like the rest of the F’ing game! Jesus
do you get to play as thane or ciena? that would be pretty dope.
That would be amazing.
Was really looking forward to this, however I cant justify buying the game for full price and then paying for the season pass. (In Australia the standard game is $100.00 at EB Games, and then the DLC Season Pass is another $73.00.) Just cant justify buying 1 game that adds up to the price of half a console.)
I know people have their doubts and maybe the value proposition feels lacking from the outside… But holy crap if you love Star Wars you will be GIDDY when you play the speeder bike training mission. It is beautiful! This is my gameplay from it (UI is turned off to better appreciate it). Imagine this in clear HD at 60fps. The game was worth it for this alone haha!
http://youtu.be/VS093dl11uM
Now imagine that on my 30 foot wall screen in 4K.
And that sound editing 😉
Holy. Crap.
If you love Star Wars you dont buy this game in first place !!!
Full of crap, you are.
Awesome clip! Worth every penny so far 🙂
I’m personally happy I dished the $60 for the game as it is fun. And not hearing any 12 year old chatter is a major plus too.
But despite the game being fun, I’m honestly getting a little bored playing the same few maps on each mode over and over and there’s a lot of room for massive improvements. With this in mind, I still can’t legitimize the additional cost of buying the season pass, especially for a game that hasn’t been very transparent either – enough to disclose ahead of time as to what the content is. If this was more along the lines of the original Battlefronts for PS2 and/or PSP, I’d go all in. Even if the game played more along the lines of a Battlefield re-skin, I’d be ok with that. But there’s been so much left out I feel.
Hopefully, Battlefront 2/5 will be much more immersive than this. Cause honestly, I felt like I got more out of Ground Zeroes and that was a very appropriate $30, full retail…
Typical of Star Wars games. Regardless of the hype [for which this had plenty] it always has the potential to suffer from early peaking. Just looks at TOR. Months of buildup and it went FTP in a matter of months.
Kind of proof that spectacle never trumps story.
Loooks, no surprise here ! EA ruins everything with their business plans. Money is the enemy of creativity ! Cinema, sports, games… all our entertainement are getting spoiled by these companies. My friends, the hope is in Early Access. Despite the fail of some developers, it’s the only processus who gives quite transparency on games with litlle prices.
I wanted to buy the game, played it at friend’s – it has no story mode and after 30 minutes of shooting enemies I was bored. So I decided not to buy it. After that my friend told me that in fact after buying additional missions the total cost of this game will be the same as for two standart ps4 games. 🙂 Anyway the main reason for me is the No singleplayer.
Typical of Star Wars games. Regardless of the hype [for which this game had plenty] it always has the potential to suffer from early peaking. Just looks at TOR. Months of buildup and it went FTP in a matter of months.
Kind of proof that spectacle never trumps story.
Spectacle seldom trumps story.
Likewise. My internet is so-so and I’m not super competitive with online shooters so for me I go for the epic story! Thats the only reason I didn’t pick up battlefront (which looks gorgeous!). Hopefully they make an RPG like the original KOTOR with this level of graphics.
A video game being given official canon status to pre-open a theatrical film.
Canon status ? This game doesnt have any story !!!
The coolest part of this for me is the map names: Goazan Badalands, and Graveyard of Giants. I really hope those are canon names since they sound epic!
I’m sure the names are canon.
I actually am having fun with Battlefront. It’s not too complicated and I feel like I’m in those classic battles from the movie. Bring on Jakku!
So you don’t mind to let them get away with it. The practice that is literally KILLING the gaming industry. Thanks ALOT!
lol dude it’s the way of the world in these times. Almost every company is corrupt and money hungry.
I make a nice living, so I don’t mind paying for something I like to do and that fine sir is to play video games.
“It’s the way of the world in these times. Almost every company is corrupt and money hungry.” – Should that be some… god awful excuse or what?
It doesn’t matter if you got money for it or not, it’s simply not right.
let me just say his: I would have played battlefront if it wasn’t just random battles, and had a story. But it’s just about random battles.
Personally I’m fine with just random battles. I look to the movies, TV shows, novels, and comics for story. With this game all I wanted was an immersive experience within the Star Wars universe, which is what I got. I understand others may want more than that though.
Like seriously only thing that this game is full is EA bullshit. And ways how they trying rip you off. Even with single player campaign it would be hard to defend 110 euros cost of season pass but without it this game barely qualify as game for 30 euros.
Let them go to hell. If you care at all for the future of gaming, or even morality in this dirty capitalism YOU WILL NOT BUY those. Remember when you bought a game and had it complete without bugs AND lots of hidden features and rewards that are acquired just by playing that game? Yeah those were the days… “Before the Dark Times. Before the Next-Gen”.
Also…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7eHT9yuGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iOsK5wgQGk
My friends and I played Battlefront 2 for about 10 years, regularly. We spent 48 hours on the new one and were pretty much done with it. Wouldn’t have been that hard to throw together a Galactic Conquest mode for co-op vs bots. Can we just get a Battlefront 2 port for Xbox One? I’d be totally happy playing that another 10 years.
I love the game. It’s exactly what I wanted. Minus a campaign but still really fun. I don’t see why so many hate it. I think everyone’s so used to shooter like call of duty halo and battlefield they expect a bunch of extra crap. This is a streamlined Star Wars shooter game and it’s really good. Try playing all the game modes before you say it’s boring
game is very fun but I wish it had more as far as unlocks, weapon mods, and that han solo’s gun wasn’t so powerful
Yea that’s true. The unlocks are kinda missing and customization could be better. Maybe it will get a update and add more like battlefield premium does
The Star Wars game you guys are waiting for is the Visceral Han Solo game in the works…. which has the writer for Uncharted on it.
http://mashable.com/2015/11/21/star-wars-game-amy-hennig/#yk9qD2U.aOqV
Han Solo game ? There was no mention that game would be centered around him.
Visceral dropped a lot of hints pointing to Han, but it hasn’t been confirmed.
I hope not. We already have one shooter. Jedi and Sith centered game would be far better it is Star Wars after all.
14 maps & 14 modes with the most bland and shallow upgrade/unlock system in any modern shooter. The class system in the first two games was far and away better than the BS “customization” in this game.