Star Wars Battlefront breaks sales records, free DLC coming too
While no number of copies sold were revealed, a blog post by EA's Excutive Vice President, Patrick Söderlund, claimed that Battlefront "is the biggest launch of a Star Wars™ video game ever and is the largest digital launch in the history of EA."On top of that, Söderlund also announced free DLC is coming. The Battle of Jakku, which was given as Pre-order bonuses and takes "place 29 years before the events of Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™, The Battle of Jakku is a free DLC pack* that adds two new maps (including one for popular modes like Walker Assault and Supremacy) and a new mode to the game. The coolest thing is that it’s the only place you’ll be able to experience the pivotal events that help shape the look of one of the next iconic planets in the Star Wars universe."
While no number of copies sold were revealed, a blog post by EA’s Excutive Vice President, Patrick Söderlund, claimed that Battlefront “is the biggest launch of a Star Wars™ video game ever and is the largest digital launch in the history of EA.”
On top of that, Söderlund also announced free DLC is coming. The Battle of Jakku, which was given as Pre-order bonuses and takes “place 29 years before the events of Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™, The Battle of Jakku is a free DLC pack* that adds two new maps (including one for popular modes like Walker Assault and Supremacy) and a new mode to the game. The coolest thing is that it’s the only place you’ll be able to experience the pivotal events that help shape the look of one of the next iconic planets in the Star Wars universe.”
The DLC will be coming out December 1st for those who preordered it and a week later for those who didn’t.