UPDATE! Star Wars Battlefront II: New Teaser, Leaked Gameplay, & More!
Electronic Arts isn’t starting their EA Play presentation until tomorrow – which will feature a new Star Wars Battlefront II trailer and an “Assault on Theed” gameplay stream – but that hasn’t stopped them from hyping things up. Ahead of the release of tomorrow’s trailer and gameplay stream, we’ve got a short teaser, a new image teasing new hero battle mechanics (shown above), a leaked clip showing what appears to be character selection and customization, and more.
Let’s get started with that first teaser, which dropped earlier today:
Forces are deploying for battle. The #StarWarsBattlefrontII gameplay trailer arrives tomorrow. See it first: https://t.co/cxGHo62t1f pic.twitter.com/k2f5yVzUKn
— EAStarWars (@EAStarWars) June 9, 2017
Here, we see the Battle Droid garrison being deployed in a sequence that almost looks to be a shot-for-shot recreation of a battle from The Phantom Menace. There’s not much else to say here, but I’m definitely interested in seeing what they come up with in tomorrow’s trailer.
Next up is an official piece covering new details on the game’s pre-order bonuses, which is where the article image came from.
Any fans who pre-order the game (or have already pre-ordered it) will be able to start playing the multiplayer Beta early. In addition, anyone who pre-orders will get instant access to an upgraded Epic Lightsaber Mastery Star Card for Yoda, available while supplies last.
Players who pre-order will also receive exclusive Star Wars™: The Last Jedi™ content including:
- Exclusive Star Wars: The Last Jedi outfits for Kylo Ren and Rey
- Instant access to six hero and starfighter epic Star Cards
- Kylo Ren: Power Reach and Solid Freeze
- Rey: Far Sight and Deep Mind
- Starfighters: Enhanced Auxiliary Power and First Order ship upgrade
- Instant access to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Millennium Falcon with updated sounds and appearance
This content will be available for everyone who pre-orders, no matter which version you plan on playing. Additionally, pre-orders of the Star Wars Battlefront II: Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition Deluxe Edition come with three-day early access to Star Wars Battlefront II and upgraded versions of all four trooper classes.
Lastly, there was a glimpse of some leaked footage showing what the class system looks like. I say glimpse because… Well, you’re going to have to see for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKI0hb8XcMg
So that’s your close-up of what the character selection menu is going to look like. On an incidental note, an image of someone playing the game was shown from a distance not that long ago:
This came from a few days ago, but I didn’t feel it deserved its own article. However, with the influx of new information, I feel as though it’s a neat way to end this piece. We’ll have a lot more to talk about tomorrow and possibly the next few days after that, but for now, this ought to satiate your thirsts for new content.
Special thanks to the good people over at r/StarWarsLeaks for the last two bits.
UPDATE!
Just ahead of the Battlefront II presentation at EA Play, we have a 12-minute gameplay video that leaked out. I’ll let it speak for itself:
Battlefront 2 leaked gameplay from Mar Tiger on Vimeo.
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I’m pretty excited for this, and I never thought I would be excited for Battlefront EA II
I think EA’s decision to have three separate studios working on the game and all the changes they’ve made from the first one to make it more like the older Battlefronts have had a drastic change on our perceptions of this game.
First of all, a lot of people don’t give DICE enough credit for their accomplishment making a Battlefront under crazy EA deadlines. I doubt any other studio could’ve accomplished the same feat. The first Battlefront is fun enough, and had the foundation laid out. All they have to do is build upon the formula now. And while you bitch at money hungry EA, think what publisher in the world could afford 3 separate studios working on a single title to ensure its quality. I was pretty happy with the first game, it left more to be desired. Confident BFII won’t disappoint!
So, the prequels content is only for online modes?
It’s highly likely that they’ve got AI available for most – if not all – modes, given the sheer scale of the game. So as long as there’s offline multiplayer, then these levels should still be represented.
– Pomojema
We can only hope!
Well look at this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-5FdMl0gQ
Annnnd they pulled it. It was gameplay of Battlefront 2. In Theed. Rey, Maul, Boba Fett gameplay. Showed off Super Battle Droids and standard units. Myriad of Clone Troopers. The voices overs were all from Clone Wars/Rebels. Seemed like Daisy voiced Rey. If not it was an awesome sound alike.
The hero units were way more vulnerable to fire… but just as deadly otherwise. IE Maul dropped people crazy fast if he got a hold of them.
Mostly took place inside a dark palace with a brighter exterior. Graphically it was quite nice. Rey’s face looked great. As did the palace light reflections on the floor. Gameplay looked pretty similar.
Yes! This is gonna be much better than BF. I really hope u can customize everything like weapon attachments sights armor lightsabers. That would make it feel immersive
This game is gonna be GREAT! And you know what the obvious success of this game means?
B A T TL E F R O N T 3
And then
B A T T L E F R O N T 4
Roger roger…
’nuff said.
https://youtu.be/P9BB0ambDQw
Thanks beautiful.
“FOR THE SEPARATIST ALLIANCE!”
This looks amazing. While I didn’t hate the new Battlefront, I was very disappointed in the lack of single player campaign. Yeah, the campaigns themselves you could argue are trite. But I loved the storyline of seeing the world of SWs through the 501st. Which on a side note, why can’t we have a SWs live action series on the 501st? You could make it Band of Brothers SWs edition. But I digress.
I liked seeing PT era content. I may not like the PT as movies, but visually its world looks amazing and I loved how they got TCW voices for the Clones. The hero characters, look cool. Rey, especially, which is saying something compared to the movie. And the gameplay looks a lot more refined.
Overall, I am excited to pick this up and the fact they are not supposedly doing a Season pass is great. Because, E.A and most of these game companies love to dime and penny their customers. I mean sheesh, it is like I need to take out a second loan for some of these games.
bro im shacking after seeing those clones and battledroids.
EA have made the first Battlefront free to play until June 18 for Xbox Live Gold members (And on Origin) for anyone that’s interested.