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Star Wars: Battlefront Alpha is Not the Full Game

Lisa Clark

There is a lot of talk about Star Wars: Battlefront and understandably so. With the date of launch easing ever so closer, fans will continue to look for every little piece of gameplay info they can find. In doing so, we want to take a moment to remind you that Alpha game footage and leaks can be deceiving. Alpha is not the full game. We repeat, Alpha is NOT the full game. For a variety of reasons, the Alpha is a barebones, stripped version of the real game. This makes it easier to show testers the basic gameplay and even graphics and more but without requiring them to download the full game and also without releasing the game in entirety during a testing phase. This is standard practice with video game launches and testing. So if you’re judging the full game based on the Alpha, keep this in mind. Folks…

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Star Wars Battlefront’ Confirmed For D23: Vehicles Detailed, Split-Screen Gameplay Not On PC

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The D23 expo that is happening in August has confirmed that Star Wars: Battlefront will be there. If you are looking for any gameplay details now the project’s community manager has talked about the vehicles and the PC version’s multiplayer letdown. On August 16th Disney plans on hosting a special gathering at the Anaheim Convention Center in order to highlight the flagship products of Disney Interactive. They will be discussing Star Wars: Battlefront, Disney Infinity, and Kingdom Hearts III. Nobody knows exactly what DICE’s game developers plan on discussing, however they have promised to talk about gameplay, trailers, surprises, and new reveals. No matter what they decide to show we know that Star Wars: Battlefront will be on the show floor for player to try out. Disney has stated that guests will be able to live out their “battle fantasies” with a hands-on demonstration. EA’s community manager, Matthew Everett, has…

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Disney Infinity 3.0 developer discusses bringing iconic Star Wars characters to the franchise

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Disney Infinity 3.0 is venturing into new territories by introducing popular characters from Star Wars to the franchise. You will find characters such as Ahsoka to the iconic Luke Skywalker, each player will have its own playable character and collectible figurine. The development team has worked extremely hard to bring in each character to the game and make them as detailed as possible. The new game will be introducing play sets that expand through all of the Star Wars films and it will also introduce brand new character from the animated series and cinematic entries, The Clone Wars and Rebels. You will be able to choose which character to play as by using the real figures that go with the game. Every single character has went through a detailed process for its development. After speaking with EW, Jeff Bunker who is the VP of Art Development from Avalanche Studios, the…

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Jar Jar was Playable Hero in Cancelled BFIII: Free Radical Game Footage

Lisa Clark

This video shows leaked alpha gameplay of Star Wars: Battlefront III, which was to have been the third video game in the Star Wars: Battlefront series. Although LucasArts never announced the game, Free Radical Design developed the game from 2006 until 2008. The video gives you an example of how vast the battles would have been: all the Republic’s Cruisers you see on the video are piloted by full crews of real players. So one thing we learned from this footage is that Jar Jar would have been a playable hero. Would you play him? Would you play him just to run him into an untimely death? With all the hate on Jar Jar, it makes you wonder why they put him in the game. So I did some digging and it looks like this wasn’t necessarily THE JarJar. They just put the Gungan race in the Hunt mode. Personally,…

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Star Wars Battlefront Devs Promise “Very Different” Single-Player Campaign

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During a recent interview with The Guardian, Patrick Bach, DICE’s general manager was able to respond to many different questions from fans about the new and upcoming game Star Wars: Battlefront. Some of the answers didn’t exactly answer questions directly, but there is now a clearer picture on what Star Wars: Battlefront will actually look like. There is one major question that fans have been repeatedly asking and its why aren’t there any space battles in the new Battlefront game. Bach responded by saying: “There’s a lot of stuff we didn’t have time for, but we’ve picked the coolest moments, the ones that made most sense for multiple people playing together.” He also stated: “One design philosophy we always have is that we want different people to play together – we want flying vehicles with ground-based troops, we want to mix and match different types of gameplay on the same…

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Star Wars: Battlefront Delights, Raises Questions/Concern at E3

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Like last year, DICE, the developer behind one of the most hotly anticipated gaming titles of the Star Wars Universe, Star Wars: Battlefront, made use of E3 to add further hype to the product it’s currently working on and to showcase the progress that’s been made. The work-in-progress footage that was shown this time around was captured off a PS4 and – although impressive- it gave rise to some controversy and concern among fans in regards to a number of performance issues and game features. Most of the “problems” which apparently surfaced in this year’s E3 showing could probably be attributed to the overly impressive footage released back in April, the one about the battle in Endor’s woods, which was in-engine footage indeed, but it wasn’t in-game footage and the differences are indeed quite significant. The Endor footage was set to a totally different tune: it was rendered at a…

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Star Wars Battlefront Interview: “There Are 10,000 Ways to F*** This Up”

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After returning from E3, one of the questions you will receive first is what all did you see? The most anticipated game at E3 was definitely Star Wars: Battlefront. Lucky players got to play the magnificent demo and gave fans a wonderful experience before others. While the game plunges straight into the action as soon as you hit start, what stands out the most is the attention to detail in the landscape and surroundings. From the beautiful sparkling snow to the frozen plains with an AT-ST at your side, you will not be disappointed with this amazing game. After enjoying this amazing experience, Rob Crossley from Gamespot got to sit down with Patrick Bach, the general manager at DICE. They discussed EA’s upcoming new release, Star Wars: Battlefront. Here is a snippet of the interview. GAMESPOT: How has your E3 been? You must be very happy with the reception to…

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Apply to Become a Battlefront 3 Alpha Tester

Lisa Clark

Excited about Battlefront 3? Have you always wanted to test great games? Here’s your opportunity to be a game tester for Battlefront 3. EA Star Wars put out an official call for the testers for the closed Alpha stage of Star wars Battlefront. To apply, just go to the link, confirm your application, agree to the terms and then complete the application. If your application is accepted, you will receive an email informing you of next steps in the process. See the official post: Apply for your chance to join the Closed Alpha and help us prepare for the release of Star Wars™ Battlefront™ starting on November 17, 2015 in North America. Available for Origin on PC only, the purpose of the Star Wars Battlefront Closed Alpha is to perform a number of technical tests that will help the team at DICE as they continue the development of the game. And…

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Presenting the Most Wide &Exhaustive Selection of Casino Games

Soeren Kamper

The world of online gaming is literally endless. With the coming of a number of game developers, there have been a number of card and table games introduced for the games across the world. In such a scenario, the players are in a sweet dilemma as to select their most favorite game out of so many options. This post is going to give an enlightening view of the different gamut of online games and a selection of casino games– a comprehensive list of the most popular games played by games across the world. Online Slot Machine Games Slots are the most played online games of all times. Easy to play and easy to make good cash, the slot machine games are played by all. It is such a game that requires no special skills, but largely dependent on one’s luck. Here is a selection of all the world-popular slot games…

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Star Wars Battlefront Speeder Bikes Are Not On-rails

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All Star Wars fans will be happy to know that the Speeder Bike in Star Wars: Battlefront will not be on-rails in the game. The community manager for EA, Mathew Everett, answered some question about the game on Reddit not long ago. One fan asked if the Speeder Bike on Endor will be only on-rails in Star Wars: Battlefront. Everett replied with a “no” meaning you are able to drive them yourself. In the original Star Wars: Battlefront games, Speeder Bikes were playable without any kind of assistance from the gaming mechanics. Because of this, it was extremely easy to crash out often and we are interested in seeing how DICE will balance out this in the new game. Everett has also confirmed that the Walker Assault mode in Star Wars: Battlefront will not be the only mode that has vehicles in them. However, we won’t know all the details…

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E3 2015 Game Of The Show Nomination: Star Wars: Battlefront

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After the Star Wars Celebration and the announcement that Star Wars: Battlefront will have less maps and modes than in the previous series, there has been tons of criticism. However, the past history of the Star Wars franchise doesn’t really mesh well with what DICE is currently trying to do with Battlefront. The main concept for the game remains the same, fighting against many foot soldiers in the middle of the Star Wars universe. The rest of the game is quite different though and that’s the whole reason why it’s not being named Star Wars: Battlefront 3, they are completely starting over. Most people say that Star Wars: Battlefront is basically just a Battlefield game with a Star Wars theme, and they are correct. It’s not a bad thing at all and there are some differences in gameplay, but it’s still a DICE game all the way. When you compare…

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Amazon Reveals Exclusive ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ Deluxe Edition For PS4 And Xbox One

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The new upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront by EA and DICE game development is one of the most anticipated games in years. This is because of Star Wars’ large fan base and the hype from the anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie hitting theaters in winter 2015. We have now found out that Star Wars: Battlefront can be ordered as a Deluxe Edition from Amazon. The Deluxe Edition will feature new box art and more in-game items for players to use. It’s only exclusively available from Amazon as a pre-order for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The outside box art is quite different from the original as it features a downed Storm Trooper and the reflection of the rebels who killed him on his helmet’s visor. One particular weapon that has many fans excited is the DL-44 that is famous for being used by Han Solo. Other weapons that have…

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SWTOR KotFE Story and Companions

Soeren Kamper

Lead Writer on Star Wars: The old Republic, Charles Boyd took on the forums, expanding a bit on the story and companions for the upcomming expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire. Check it out below: KOTFE Story and Companions | 06.17.2015, 07:08 PM Hey folks! Seeing all of the discussion around our Knights of the Fallen Empire announcement has been awesome! It means a lot to the writing team to see how much y’all care about the details of the story and characters of SWTOR, and all of the insightful questions and debates that flow from that. I’m here to hopefully shed a bit of light on a few of the most common questions I’ve seen. Up front, I think the best answer I can give to any story question is that it’s always best to wait and see how the story itself will answer it. I personally just hate giving out…

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Star Wars: Battlefront – Tatooine Co-Op Demo

Soeren Kamper

As you all know, EA’s press conference was held yesterday and DICE’s Patrick Bach talked about a few details on Star Wars: Battlefront’s Missions mode. He said that there will be four different types of missions in the game and these include: Trials, Survival, Battles, and Hero Battle. A trailer shows footage of Survival mode and one special highlight was landing on a planet and a hologram of Admiral Ackbar gives you directions. During Survival mode the waves of enemies include AT-STs, TIE fighters, Imperial Troopers, and Elite Troopers. You are able to play missions solo, co-op online, or in split screen co-op Check it out: Related Posts SWTOR 4.0 Class Changes: Inquisitor and ConsularStar Wars Battlefront 4 concept art from 2009SWTOR PTS Update – 7/13/2018Firefox vs DuckDuckGo vs TOR: Which Is the Best Browser for Privacy Tutorial Stream: How to Position Effectively as a Healer in PvPSWTOR PvP Healing…

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Here are 5 minutes of gameplay from Star Wars: Battlefront — including a lightsaber battle

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Star Wars fans we have some exciting news coming to you from E3. We all are aware that EA has been giving us pieces of Star Wars: Battlefront but at E3 2015 they have debuted a brand new trailer that shows more of the game than we have seen so far. For the upcoming game, EA and DICE went through the old archives of Lucasfilm and Skywalker Sound, using models, sound effects, props from the movies, and more to build the new game. Their goal is to make Star Wars: Battlefront as authentic to the franchise as possible. By using actual sounds from the movies and props from the sets, EA is able to capture the old Star Wars feel and put it into this new upcoming game. During the Star Wars Celebration, EA decided to show actual gameplay footage, but it was done behind closed doors, which is not…

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Creating the graphics of Star Wars Battlefront

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DICE’s Technical Art Director, Ken Brown, received the news that he would be responsible for the upcoming design of Star Wars: Battlefront, he had mixed feelings. He was excited but also wondering how he could possibly create such a complex universe on screen. Once DICE told him their main goal was to replicate the universe as close to the original as possible, all of his worries vanished. “Doing it true to the source was the only way. Being respectful to Star Wars™ and doing it right was something I wanted to be a part of,” Brown says. Brown and his team have a hefty job of making Star Wars: Battlefront look as perfect as humanly possible. With the help of a technology called Physical Based Rendering and Brown’s passion to create this detailed world, Star Wars: Battlefront’s outlook is amazing. “From a rendering and a technical perspective, PBR refers to…

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Star Wars Battlefront tease reveals Han Solo following E3 gameplay pledge

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A recent picture of Han Solo’s DL-44 heavy blaster pistol was posted by the official EA Star Wars Twitter account and the comment “Keep it on the DL… 44,” was posted along with it. The heavy blaster pistol is seen wielded by Solo in the Star Wars movies and it seems like it will be featured in Star Wars: Battlefront. Solo also used it in Battlefront 2 but it seemed to not be as effective against the Sith character roster. The only confirmed characters for Star Wars: Battlefront so far are Boba Fett and Darth Vader. However, DICE developers have told fans that they will be revealing more characters in the next few months. It seems possible that there will be more heroes at this year’s E3 event in June and it could possibly even feature Han Solo himself. The Design Director of Star Wars: Battlefront, Niklas Fegraeus, confirmed during…

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Bioware need your feedback on Strike Fighters

Soeren Kamper

Alex Modny took on the official forums, asking for feedback on Galactic Strikefighter expansion, beginning with the Strike Fighter class: Let’s talk about Strike Fighters | 05.28.2015, 08:36 PM Howdy Flygirls and Flyboys! I’ll be blunt. Strike Fighters need lots of love. The original design is that they are the Jack-of-All and Master-of-None but they have filled out this role too well and because of it are rarely a compelling option. We want to talk about how Strike Fighters can be made into a good option to bring in any match, by any skill level. We have some ideas of what we want to do with them but because this community is always very impressive with communication and feedback we want to get your thoughts on what you think is the best course of action. We know there are some fantastic threads and posts aplenty that already covered this information…

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Maybe it should not be called Star Wars: Battlefront?

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EA and DICE seem intent on breaking my heart. First there’s the announcement that their upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront title won’t feature any prequel content. Understandable. Then there was the neglecting of a single player campaign, Galactic Conquest Mode, space battles, and drivable AT-AT walkers: basically unforgivable. But I still held out hope. “This is a Star Wars Battlefront title, I have to believe…” Recently, DICE announced that the new game title will be replacing the class system of the older Star Wars games that have unlockable weapons and gear. We want you to ask yourself a question, what parts of this new Star Wars game makes you think it’s a Battlefront title? The title of the game, that’s it. Besides the fact that you will be shooting things in the Star Wars setting and landscape, this game does not have any features that made fans fall in love with…

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Battlefront Third Person POV Distinction

Lisa Clark

Star Wars; Battlefront veterans are happy about the inclusion of third person POV but many are concerned with the customization options of this. It seems very few vets actually played the game from a first person POV (if you were one of them, we want to hear from you in the comments) but there are some possible issues with the default perspective of the third person POV, at least for many players. Check out this image: You can see the difference above. Battlefront vets: what say you on this? Do you want to see changes made to the third person POV? Did you play in first person mode and plan to do so again? What is the benefit or potential downside to each? Some fans are concerned that DICE will not listen to player complaints and concerns and that they are taking a “we know best” approach to the game…

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Revenge of Revan Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Mod

Lisa Clark

Here’s something really cool that’s ready (in beta) for you to download now and check it out. RevengeofRevan.com Developer Blog asks, “Can a mod be created that won’t disrupt KOTOR canon and still allow players to continue their stories from KOTOR1 and KOTOR2? Ever since the MMO was announced along with the Revan book, this has been on my mind. The short answer is: yes, it can be done. But the next part is, how you can do this without putting yourself in a corner and hurting your creative freedom?”” Revenge of Revan (RoR) does exactlly that. It will allow fans to continue their story based on the choices they make in the last two games so they can continue while still fitting the KoTOR canon. Even with the non-strict canon choice the story for the mod will still fit nicely between KOTOR2 and SWTOR in the large grand scheme of…

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Star Wars: Battlefront Gameplay Debuts at E3, New Multiplayer Mode Revealed

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For those of you that feel like you have ants in your pants for more information about Star Wars: Battlefront, we have some great news. June 15th is the official date that developer DICE will be releasing the very first gameplay footage to the public. It will be done through publisher Electronic Arts’ briefing that will be happening at E3 in Los Angeles. The designer for Star Wars: Battlefront, Niklas Fegraeus, announced this news on the games website and he also teased about DICE having “great plans for E3” overall. During the Star Wars Celebration in April, DICE showed a demo for Star Wars: Battlefront in a private area. E3 will be showing the gameplay footage to the open public as long as there are no leaks before then. The only thing that has been shown to the public is a CG trailer. While this trailer did impress us, there…

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IGN Slams the Haters

Lisa Clark

“Yes, there’s no space battles, no prequel content, and no single-player campaign, but we’re not worried yet.” Fans are pretty upset that IGN seems to be backing Star Wars Battlefront and they slam the haters in this video, giving their opinions and stating they they are not worried about the game. They read some “demands” from fans who are already expecting specific things from the game and complaining about things that have not happened yet. Of course, some fans don’t side with IGN on this one and claim that IGN is just being paid off by EA/DICE. Paid to have an opinion? Hmm… unheard of in journalism! *sarcasm* That said, it doesn’t mean they are paid fanboys. Maybe they just like the idea of the game. They do have some good points, even if you don’t agree with the overall positivity. For example, they talk about the difference in games…

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Star Wars Battlefront Won’t “Feel Like or Play Like” Battlefield, Discusses Space Combat

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Some Star Wars fans have been concerned that Star Wars: Battlefront will be no more than Battlefield with a Star Wars theme. According to DICE producer Jesper Nielsen, this is not the case at all. Mr. Nielsen goes by “TheBikingViking” on Reddit. Nielsen responded to Star Wars fans on Reddit about the concerns over similarities between games. He stated that they may share some similarities, but they will stand out alone from each other well. Nielsen addressed a concern from a gamer who felt he was “robbed” by purchasing Battlefield Hardline. “I simply don’t get the Battlefield re-skin comment; from what we’ve shown, in what way does it look like Battlefield? Are you seeing tanks, lots of destruction, etc? This will not feel like or play like Battlefield. That’s never been our intention. Its fine you’re disappointed. Ok, so from what you’ve heard and seen, the game is not what…

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