

A sequel, Star Wars Battlefront II, was released on November 17, 2017, and was developed by EA DICE, Criterion Games, and Motive Studios. Subsequently, EA DICE acquired a license to develop a new game, titled Star Wars Battlefront which was released on November 17, 2015. LucasArts made several attempts to develop a third major Battlefront game but no projects were released before The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of LucasArts. The games were followed by Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (2007) and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (2009) for handheld consoles and Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons for mobile devices.

In 2005 Pandemic developed a sequel, Star Wars: Battlefront II, which was also critically and commercially successful.

The game received positive reviews and sold well. The series was launched in 2004 by LucasArts with Star Wars: Battlefront, developed by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts. Players take the role of soldiers in either of two opposing armies in different time periods of the Star Wars universe. What do you make of the leaked First Assault footage? Let us know in the comments below.Star Wars: Battlefront is a series of first- and third-person shooter video games based on the Star Wars films. According to GamesRadar, the First Assault beta was just $10,000 in certification fees away from being released before Disney "declared a media blackout."ĭisney later partnered with Electronic Arts for Star Wars console games, the first of which-a new Star Wars Battlefront from Battlefield studio DICE-launches on November 17 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. It was reportedly put on hold when Disney bought the Star Wars brand in October 2013 before ultimately being canned. The person who uploaded the video said they "couldn't spawn bots or add another player."Īccording to previous reports, the digital-only First Assault was reportedly "step zero" to Star Wars: Battlefront III, a test of sorts for Star Wars shooter games that run on the Unreal Engine. First Assault was supposed to be a multiplayer game, but no combat is actually shown in this video. The video provides an overview of one map set on Tatooine as well as First Assault's array of weaponry and items.
