14 DAY TRIAL // Star Wars: Battlefront is launching in a few days, and the development team at DICE and publisher Electronic Arts are ready to deliver a live-action television commercial for the title, designed to introduce it to a wider set of potential players and to show some of the impressive battles it can create.
The two-minute-long TV ad is centered on a broad variety of players who are dropping out of their clothes, moving from our reality to one where they can play the shooter, with Anna Kendrick doing her best impression of Obi-Wan before she is taken to Hoth to take part in an engagement.
DICE and Electronic Arts are clearly trying to make sure that all fans of the movies, especially those focused on the initial trilogy, know about Star Wars: Battlefront and about the core modes and systems.
The two companies have recently offered gamers a chance to take a look at the included planets, Endor, Hoth, Sulluth, and Tatooine, with added details about the classes and the weapons each of them can wield.
Star Wars: Battlefront will feature a Hero-based system that allows gamers to briefly become some of the most powerful characters in the movie, including Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Leia, Han Solo, Emperor Palpatine, Fett and more.
Gamers will even be able to control the Millenium Falcon and Slave I to become deadlier in modes that focus on dog fights.
More will be added by the developers after launch, but no names or hints have been offered so far by the team.
Star Wars: Battlefront will get regular DLC and updates
What DICE has made clear is that it does not want its shooter to be a hit for a limited period only and there are plans to keep it interesting for at least 12 months.
That means paid downloadable content packs, which are collected in a Season Pass, will be offered for Star Wars: Battlefront starting in 2016.
DICE has been dropping hints that, in addition to new heroes and villains, it also plans to explore other planets and to deliver more modes.
The studio will also listen to player feedback and will use tracked data to improve the player experience and try to balance all the modes in order to be accessible to newcomers and to offer depth for long-term fans.
Star Wars: Battlefront will be launched on the PC, the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PlayStation 4 from Sony on November 17.
The Battle of Jakku downloadable content will be offered for free to all those who have the game on December 8 of this year, and fans who place a pre-order will be able to get access to it one week earlier.
The battle will be linked to the events of the coming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie but will take place a long time before showing gamers how the planet, which is new to the franchise, got to be ravaged by a massive engagement between the Rebels and the Empire.
DICE has said that it has no intention to link its game to the story of the film.
