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Star Wars Battlefront

Star Wars Battlefront is a first- and third-person shooter set in the fictional universe of the original Star Wars trilogy, and a reboot of the Battlefront series. Players fight as Rebel Alliance or Imperial…

68 17 November 2015

Star Wars Battlefront is a shooter developed by EA Digital Illusions CE, released 17 November 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Star Wars Battlefront is

Star Wars Battlefront is a shooter game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and released in 2015. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Star Wars Battlefront is a 2015 action shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The game, based on the fictional universe of the Star Wars franchise, is the third main installment of the Star Wars: Battlefront series, but is considered a reboot to the previous games, instead of a sequel, to reflect the new Star Wars canon that Lucasfilm established after being acquired by Disney. The game was released in November 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 63 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars Battlefront is the 241st of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Star Wars Battlefront: Battle of Jakku in 2015. Its critic score of 68 is 3 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.

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How it was received

Star Wars Battlefront holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 465 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i3 6300T or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Star Wars Battlefront launched on 17 November 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition and Just Cause 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, Just Cause 3.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Star Wars Battlefront yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

E3 2015 Co-Op Missions Gameplay thumbnail

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Quick answers

Star Wars Battlefront — frequently asked questions

When did Star Wars Battlefront come out?
Star Wars Battlefront was released on 17 November 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Star Wars Battlefront?
At minimum, Star Wars Battlefront needs Intel i3 6300T or equivalent, 8 GB RAM, Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB graphics, 40 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Star Wars Battlefront?
The PC version needs about 40 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("40 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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