Star Wars Battlefront Beta Next Month

The Electronic Arts website announces that beta testing for Star Wars Battlefront will get underway next month for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, teasing a new game mode they will discuss further soon. They also gild the lily with word of a companion mobile app that will also be in beta as they test the Star Wars action game. Here's the news:
Ever since we revealed Star Wars™ Battlefront™ in April at Star Wars™ Celebration, you've been asking us if there would be a Beta. Today, we are thrilled to finally be able to answer that question, and the answer is yes!

Coming early October to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Origin for PC, the Star Wars Battlefront Beta* is a technical test and will feature Walker Assault on Hoth, a 40-player multiplayer battle featuring Rebels and the Empire. Walker Assault will also give you the chance to play as two of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars™ universe: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. The Beta will also feature our Survival Mission on Tatooine, where you and a Rebel friend must fight back waves of Imperial forces.

In addition to those two modes, we are excited to reveal a brand-new mode that will be available in the Beta, Drop Zone. We’ll be sharing more details on Drop Zone in the weeks ahead.

As part of the Star Wars Battlefront Beta we are also happy to reveal the Star Wars Battlefront Companion experience. Available during the Beta at www.StarWarsBattlefront.com, the Star Wars Battlefront Companion experience features the strategic card game Base Command, and lets you earn in-game Credits that unlock Star Cards, weapons, and more in Star Wars Battlefront. In addition to Base Command, the Companion also lets Rebels and Imperials alike check game stats and progression, customize load-outs and appearance, connect with friends, and get notified when they’re playing Star Wars Battlefront – as well as gather intel on their stats and progression so you can see how you match up! The Star Wars Battlefront Companion will be available on web and in the Apple App Store™ and Google Play™ store prior to the release of Star Wars Battlefront on November 17.

We'll have a lot more info regarding the Star Wars Battlefront Beta in the weeks ahead, so be sure to stay tuned to this page, follow us on social, and sign-up for our newsletter to get all the latest news.
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DangerDog wrote on Sep 1, 2015, 21:41:
Don't you have that backwards? Matchmaking is the last thing an e-sports game would want, let's all join X server to practice - oops.

If you can't make a server private and you have no controls over what map you're playing - good luck with that.

No details yet on how their party system works, supposedly it has one.

Anyways, a few weeks ago people were celebrating the fact that the game wasn't using Battlelog.

isn't there bots? and like a 1v1 hero mode wtih full bots? or did i make that up?

Heroes fo the Storm is an esport with matchmaking, but you can also create a custom invite only game. or just game with bots.
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Sep 2, 2015, 17:46
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Never heard the idiom "gild the lily". Looked it up.

Engage in an unnecessary and usually wasteful activity. The phrase comes from a misquotation of lines from Shakespeare's King John: Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

LOL. Your use of language never ceases to amaze Blue.
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Ugh, the more I hear about this game the less likely it is I will actually buy it. They keep dropping bombshell disappointments one after another. It'll be a near miracle, and this should have been an instant buy. Oh well, more Pillars of Eternity.
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Task wrote on Sep 1, 2015, 21:36:
I really despise how MP games have moved into matchmaker territory and completely take the customization for servers away from the player base. Dedicated servers were the shit back in the day; set up any kind of game type you wanted. And Battlefront with a matchmaker only, hoo boy, is Star Wars some sort of E-Sport now?

And that's why I don't play DICE games or shite like CoD etc. No custom servers? No custom maps? etc. No sale.
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Don't you have that backwards? Matchmaking is the last thing an e-sports game would want, let's all join X server to practice - oops.

If you can't make a server private and you have no controls over what map you're playing - good luck with that.

No details yet on how their party system works, supposedly it has one.

Anyways, a few weeks ago people were celebrating the fact that the game wasn't using Battlelog.
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I really despise how MP games have moved into matchmaker territory and completely take the customization for servers away from the player base. Dedicated servers were the shit back in the day; set up any kind of game type you wanted. And Battlefront with a matchmaker only, hoo boy, is Star Wars some sort of E-Sport now?
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I assume it's an open beta. When everyone is trying to DL the 40GB demo at the same time, the internet may finally break.
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Graphics and sound seem top notch from the alpha videos released but gameplay wise it reminds me of those really old Star Wars games they made that were nothing more than a partially interactive movie "Star Wars - Rebel Assault".

Either way it's cool they're not locking it away from people trying it out before release.

Oh yeah, Matchmaking 100% confirmed. No Server Browser, instanced servers.

http://i.imgur.com/jRgGbET.png

I can see why they want to obscure details about the game population, it becomes self fulfilling death of a game when you look at a game like Hardline with hardly anyone playing and decide not to bother.

I don't know how they're going to spin the benefits of not having a server browser. "skill based matchmaking"

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