‘Star Wars Battlefront 2’ Is Coming In 2017
Yesterday, the 2016 fiscal earnings for Electronics Arts were revealed by the video game company, revealing thatStar Wars Battlefronthas sold 14 million copies so far. The game was one of the#4 best selling title of 2015, and it’s been selling more and more each month, largely thanks to the expansion packs adding new characters, levels and game variants. With numbers like that, it should come as no surprise that a sequel is on the way.
Star Wars Battlefront 2has been confirmed by Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen during this year’s earnings call, but it won’t arrive until 2017. And it’s just one of a handful of Star Wars games intended to be released over the next few years. Find out more after the jump.PC Gamerhas the news from Electronic Arts with Blake Jorgensen saying:
Even though there have been expansion packs added toStar Wars Battlefrontsince the game’s release last fall, they’ve yet to add any characters fromStar Wars: The Force Awakens. The only addition to the game that was inspired byThe Force Awakenswas a level set during The Battle of Jakku, the war that left all those Star Destroyers and AT-ATs stranded on the desert planet for Rey to scavenge and live inside of.
Therefore, we can expectStar Wars Battlefront 2to bring in heroes like Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron, probably the older version of Han Solo as well. More than likely Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma will be brought into the mix on the villain side of things. Plus, withRogue One: A Star Wars Storyarriving this winter, maybe characters, settings and vehicles from that film will be included inStar Wars Battlefront 2as well.
The firstStar Wars Battlefrontis undoubtedly a fun game, but it’s also repetitive. As someone who spends much more time in multiplayer than campaigns, that didn’t bother because it allows you to be part of some of the biggest battles in theStar Warsgalaxy without being forced to follow a certain path. Though I do wonder what a campaign with a story might be like in today’s version of the game that was popular over 10 years ago.
There’s no indication that this format will change inStar Wars Battlefront 2, so don’t get your hopes up for a campaign mode. Personally, I spend most of my time playing the Fighter Squadron mode, because flying around in TIE Fighters, X-Wings and occasionally the Millennium Falcon or Slave I is just so damn fun.
As for the otherStar Warsgames EA has in store, the company plans to release one newStar Warstitle each year for the next three to four years, beginning withBattlefront 2in 2017. There’s a game coming from EA’s Visceral Games now confirmed for release in 2018, but we know absolutely nothing about it so far. However, there are rumors it may be in the same veinas the abandonedStar Wars 1313gamethat was previously in development. Hopefully that will change soon.
