Star Wars: Battlefront

[Houston]

The teaser trailer reminds me of the 5th movie.

[Swarley]

I saw on Reddit that the DICE team creating the new Battlefront won't be the Battlefield DICE. No, it will be the recently re-branded DICE Los Angeles, the team that just released the new Medal of Honor games. Not saying those games were bad, but they aren't anywhere near the quality of the Battlefield series.

Well yeah, I've said from day 1 that this is why DICE opened that new studio with a lot of the Danger Close employees. But this time they'll have the DICE tools and resources to use and I'm pretty sure I read that one of the DICE people is now the head of DICE LA. I'm pretty confident we'll get a much better product than the recent Danger Close games.

[Swarley]

DICE 'well into development' on Star Wars: Battlefront

DICE is "well into development" on next-gen multiplayer shooter Star Wars: Battlefront, EA Games Label president Frank Gibeau has revealed.

Gibeau discussed DICE's progress on the title during EA's FY14 Q1 earnings call earlier this evening, following the game's announcement at E3 last month.

"We showed 22 seconds of where we're going with it and the fan response was very positive," commented Gibeau. "The DICE team is well into development on that product already, so we feel very bullish about our shooter rotation over the next several years."

Star Wars: Battlefront also "has a third-person component to it", Gibeau confirmed, suggesting the game will retain the previous games' option to switch between first and third-person perspectives.

[Guest]

I've become more optimistic on the Star Wars brand as a whole. DICE can live up to the expectations and make a game that's not just great for SW fans, but for everyone.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I've become more optimistic on the Star Wars brand as a whole. DICE can live up to the expectations and make a game that's not just great for SW fans, but for everyone.

This Gen or next Gen consoles ?

[Swarley]

This Gen or next Gen consoles ?

Definitely next-gen. Development on this just started this year.

[Swarley]

Star Wars Battlefront ‘Likely’ Coming in 2015

EA has revealed that Star Wars Battlefront is “likely” to be released in summer 2015.

During EA’s annual meeting of stockholders today, CFO Blake Jorgensen said Battlefront will “most likely come out around the same time that the Star Wars movies start to come out, probably in the summer of ’15.”

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/31/star-wars-battlefront-likely-coming-in-2015

[Guest]

I am disappointed in waiting that long, but they had to start from the ground-up with the next gen consoles, as well as figure out what story they want to tell (and if it coincides with the new movie.) I also know DICE should make all of my expectations come true, so I am OK waiting.

[Swarley]

[Derrville]

Hyped... give us a Knights of the Old republic 3 too.

[Swarley]

Hyped... give us a Knights of the Old republic 3 too.

Since BioWare announced they are working on a brand new IP, doesn't look like KotOR 3 is coming.

[Slateman]

Hyped... give us a Knights of the Old republic 3 too.

I cannot like this enough

[MrBill]

Very disappointed we didn't get moar Star Wars at the EA briefing.

[Guest]

What's likely is that they are going to do what they did with Battlefront 2, and incorporate small cutscenes and story lines from the new movie to center the single-player campaign of Battlefront around. That's why you didn't get much information, and I think that lack of information is a mistake. If all you have is a small amount and you are a year away, build that excitement for next year.

[Guest]

Oh Bill, is there any word on who is developing Battlefront? Bioware is rumored to have a new Star Wars title they are developing, so if it's not Battlefront, maybe you can see if you can get a hint as to what that is.