'Star Wars Battlefront 2' release date: game in development and will focus on latest movies

(starwars.ea.com)Poster from "Star Wars Battlefront"

While the dust has settled around the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" movie, the game "Star Wars Battlefront" is continuing to bring out DLC and new content. However, in the midst of rumors about the next game in the franchise has come an official confirmation that it will focus on the new movies that released last year and others that are due to hit the theaters in the future.

Reporting on the news about "Star Wars Battlefront 2," GameSpot states that the CEO provided more information about it in an earnings call that happened recently. Importantly, the CEO of developer Electronic Arts, Blake Jorgensen, stated that the next game is going to focus on the plot and characters that were seen in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Also, the upcoming movie "Rogue One," which is due to release in December, could be featured in the next game.

The news that "Star Wars Battlefront 2" is going to focus on the new films instead of the first three that released is going to be welcomed by many. This is mainly because there was much disappointment when characters from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" were not included in last year's game. It is also likely that the new characters will make the upcoming "Star Wars Battlefront 2" game more popular than last year's version.

Forbes commenting on the upcoming "Star Wars Battlefront 2" game states that news of its development is not a shock. However, it goes on to add that new content is needed for the next game to be better and overcome the defects that hampered last year's "Star Wars Battlefront." Among the defects in last year's game was the absence of a single-player campaign and a limited amount of content. However, last year's game has sold about 14 million copies so far, and its success is going to help fuel the development of more in the future. Electronic Arts has also indicated that it is going to be releasing a new game based on "Star Wars" every year and this trend will continue for the next four years.

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