Star Wars Battlefront is an
action shooter video game developed by
EA DICE, with additional work from
Criterion Games,
[5] and published by
Electronic Arts in November 2015. The game, based on the
Star Wars film franchise, is the third major release in the
Star Wars: Battlefront sub-series, and is considered a
reboot to the previous games, instead of a sequel,
[6] to reflect the new
Star Wars canon that Lucasfilm established (to replace the
Star Wars expanded universe) after being acquired by
The Walt Disney Company. The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised its gameplay, visuals, musical scores, technical aspects and high production values, but criticized its lack of content in both single and multiplayer modes. More than 14 million copies have been shipped. A sequel,
Star Wars Battlefront II, was released on November 17, 2017.
Star Wars Battlefront is an action game played from either a
first-person or
third-person view; players can switch views whenever desired, similar to previous games, except when controlling "hero" characters or their personal guards.
[7] Players traverse planets from the original
Star Wars trilogy, such as
Endor,
Hoth,
Tatooine,
Bespin, and
Sullust, as well as the planet of
Jakku introduced in the sequel trilogy. To navigate the game's various maps, players use a variety of vehicles, including both air and land-based vehicles, such as
speeder bikes and
AT-STs, which can be unllocked during every match by finding tokens that spawn randomly across the map.