Star Wars Battlefront Beta Assaults Hoth Next Month

[Fanghawk]

Star Wars Battlefront Beta Assaults Hoth Next Month

Star Wars Battlefront will finally roll out its beta in October with a Walker Assault mission and playable Jedi characters.

Star Wars Battlefront is one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year, considering <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/conferences/e3-2015/14100-Electronic-Arts-Star-Wars-Battlefront-E3-2015-Presentation>how long we've been waiting and <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/conferences/e3-2015/14142-Star-Wars-Battlefront-Preview-E3-2015>how solid the early previews have been. But if that Nov. 17 release date feels like it's in a galaxy far, far away, there's still a chance to try the beta. Electronic Arts and DICE recently revealed their October beta that will debut across all platforms, featuring a 40-player Hoth Assault mission and the newly-announced Drop Zone mode.

The Star Wars Battlefront beta's main showcase will be the Walker Assault mode, where Rebels need to take down the massive Imperial AT-AT before it takes over the base. Rebels will have to activate and defend Uplink stations to call in Y-Wing Bombers, weakening the Walker to make it vulnerable to blaster fire. On top of that, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker will be playable heroes for their respective teams, raising the stakes as the match progresses.

This beta also presents Survival mode, where two Rebels players work together to fight back progressively challenging Stormtrooper waves - a pretty standard multiplayer mode, but still fun. But the real surprise is the reveal of yet another gameplay mode: Drop Zone, which will debut in the beta. EA will reveal Drop Zone's details in the coming weeks, but I suspect it will involve reaching supply drops before you enemies can.

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More information on the beta - and how to sign up for it - should be revealed very soon. At the very least, it's a great chance to see for ourselves if Star Wars Battlefront can live up to years of expectation and hype. Here's hoping the Force is strong with it.

Source: <a href=http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/news/star-wars-battlefront-beta-announce>Star Wars: Battlefront

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[Aerosteam]

Holy fuck, the game is going to be released 1 month after the beta.

 

[AshFightsRobots]

Holy fuck, the game is going to be released 1 month after the beta.

Meaning that the game is probably more or less finished the beta will be to stress test the servers in time for launch. I believe the same thing was done by EA for Titanfall.

Still I know this is EA and we love to shit on them as a publisher but I honestly can't wait for this game!

 

[Kajin]

I really want this game to be good, but I'd probably derive FAR more pleasure from seeing it fail spectacularly and forcing EA to eat crow. Eat the crow, EA. EAT IT!

 

[Frankster]

I'd probably derive FAR more pleasure from seeing it fail spectacularly and forcing EA to eat crow

That ain't gonna happen sadly, even if the game is universally agreed to be terribad (it already is in my eyes, if someone wants a tldr on why I fucking hate Battlefront 3 and know it won't be for me, feel free to ask, otherwise sparing your sanity), the game is too big to fail now, way too much hype, marketing and overall momentum at this point.

This is Destiny all over again :/