Weekly Wrap-Up: Battlefront Rogue One: Scarif arrives, plus new tidbits on sequel!
This week’s headlines were all about Battlefront and the Rogue One: Scarif expansion. Here’s how SWGO ranked the top five news highlights for the past week:
1. Rogue One: Scarif arrived!
The fourth and final expansion for Battlefront arrive in fine fashion on Tuesday. However, some users had issues downloading the files. All told, SWGO covered a number of topics regarding the DLC, so here’s the list of relevant articles:
- Details on new blasters, trait system & Rogue One playlist count for Battlefront
- Hutt Contract requirements
- Heroes in-depth; Jyn & Krennic’s weapons, abilities & more!
- How does the Infiltration game mode work?
- Check out these BattlefrontUpdates interviews with developers!
- Patch notes posted for Battlefront’s Rogue One update! Highlights here!
- 10 tidbits that didn’t make the latest Battlefront patch notes
- Link Squadron No. 10: All things Scarif!
- Producer says making Rogue One: Scarif for Battlefront was “very difficult”
- New Hero Blast info, plus video of a modded, flyable TIE Striker
2. Several attached to Battlefront discussed next year’s sequel
First, producer Paul Keslin talked about Battlefront 2 with Eurogamer. Keslin discussed such topics as space-to-ground combat, single-player content and featuring content from TV shows/comics.
Next, EA’s vice president of investor relations, Chris Evenden, said that EA has “heard the feedback” regarding Battlefront, especially with regards to “comments around depth and single-player campaigns”. While Evenden didn’t confirm anything, he did note that the team working on the sequel is taking that feedback into account.
Finally, Keslin made a clarification after rumors swirled that DICE had confirmed a campaign for Battlefront 2. Some news outlets reported that a campaign for Battlefront 2 is confirmed; however, those statements are false.
3. Lando’s Power Blast issue to be fixed; plus Heroes vs Villain will be reverted
With Lando’s Power Blast plaguing Battlefront, hero designer Guillaume Mroz acknowledged the issue on Tuesday. Then, early this morning former lead designer Dennis Brannvall wrote that a fix will hopefully arrive soon. Mroz then later expanded on that topic, confirming that Lando’s balance woes will be fixed via a server-side patch.
Brannvall also noted that Heroes vs Villains will return to its original first-to-five method after the Rogue One: Scarif update altered the mode so that it was first-to-three.
4. Jyn Erso, K-2S0 join Galaxy of Heroes
In a forum post, Jyn Erso was revealed to be a new character in Galaxy of Heroes. Then K-2SO was announced to join the fray as part of an Android-exclusive event.
5. EA announced Battlefront will join the Access Vault next week
Earlier this week, EA announced that Battlefront will join the Access Vault on December 13. This means that those who own a subscription to either EA Access on Xbox or Origin Access on PC will be able to play Battlefront at no extra cost.
