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Star Wars Battlefront DLC plans revealed

EA has a lot planned for the future of Star Wars Battlefront's downloadable content.

November 17, 2015 7:03 AM

Star Wars Battlefront is now available for Rebels and Imperials to wage war online, and today, we’re learning what we can expect to keep the battles feeling fresh via its Season Pass.

The Season Pass will include four expansion packs, which will include over 20 new items, four additional Heroes and Villains, 16 new multiplayer maps taking place in new locations, and four new game modes. Those who purchase the high-priced Season Pass will be given access to each expansion pack two weeks earlier than those who purchase them separately, and an exclusive “Shoot First” emote.

The Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass retails for $50 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, which we already voiced our opinion in regards to its high price. Considering all of the content expected to be released in the four expansion packs, we wish EA would have included more content in the actual game rather than saving all of this content in its expansions.

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- vertdang
  
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  November 17, 2015 7:35 AM
  
  "16 multiplayer maps, so we can split the living hell out of the playerbase...."
- dantastic
  
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  November 17, 2015 7:44 AM
  
  i'm usually OK with season passes but isn't there only 8 maps in the original game and they want me to pay 79.99 CAD just for that? 69.99 gets me 16 more maps that will trickle out over a year...
  - crunkfunk
    
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    November 17, 2015 8:04 AM
    
    holding the maps hostage so hard
- SlingBlaze
  
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  November 17, 2015 7:59 AM
  
  Just looked up the prices in canada, $80 for the game, $70 for the Season Pass. These prices seem crazy.
  - vertdang
    
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    November 17, 2015 12:05 PM
    
    That's only because they are crazy
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  November 17, 2015 8:05 AM
  
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- Begawkiness
  
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  November 17, 2015 8:46 AM
  
  Yeah fuck this game, hard. And it will sell like hot cakes because it's Star Wars and is really fucking pretty. I hate everything.
- Begawkiness
  
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  November 17, 2015 8:56 AM
  
  http://i.imgur.com/koK0nfU.gif
  
  Never has this gif been more appropriate
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  November 17, 2015 10:09 AM
  
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  - vertdang
    
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    November 17, 2015 12:06 PM
    
    Hell, they've aready finished the DLC I'm sure. Just holding it hostage for more money.
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  November 17, 2015 10:25 AM
  
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  - waxthirteen
    
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    November 17, 2015 10:58 AM
    
    They were thinking about all the sweet, sweet loot they're most assuredly going to make off this game and its business model!
  - shirif
    
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    November 17, 2015 7:36 PM
    
    _/$\_
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  November 17, 2015 10:26 AM
  
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- greenbergMD
  
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  November 17, 2015 10:48 AM
  
  Hahaha, jeesuz! I was on the fence about this but now there is no way in hell I am buying this game. There is more content in the expansions than in the actual game. You want me to pay $110 to get the whole game? Fuck you, EA!
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    November 17, 2015 10:58 AM
    
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    - kn1fe
      
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      November 17, 2015 12:10 PM
      
      i miss the days when it was just Quake and it always had mod tools and people made their own maps for free
  - ThomW
    
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    November 17, 2015 2:38 PM
    
    This. No one is more excited than me for another Battlefront, but fuck this. I'll wait for it to hit $30 in a week. I wish it was digital, but fuck it.
    - greenbergMD
      
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      November 17, 2015 7:18 PM
      
      Knowing EA, they probably won't cut the price for a year. Hopefully then they'll have a package that includes all the DLC for $20 like they did with BF4
      - ThomW
        
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        November 17, 2015 7:32 PM
        
        Black Friday is just over a week away. There will be SOMEONE with a deal for it. If not, fuck it. I'm patient.
        
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        November 17, 2015 7:37 PM
        
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        kn1fe
        
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        November 17, 2015 7:46 PM
        
        im pretty sure thomw primarily games on consoles
        
        ThomW
        
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        November 17, 2015 7:49 PM
        
        PS4 for split screen with Tommy.
        
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  - tboomer2
    
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    November 17, 2015 7:56 PM
    
    Same here.. I was on the fence as it was but this DLC bullshit is simply too much blatant gouging. It's unfortunate as it's so well polished but I have no interest in paying over $200CDN to play a video game which is bland out of the gate.
- crunkfunk
  
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  November 17, 2015 7:47 PM
  
  Main game should be 40 if they are just gonna put 2/3s of the maps in the season pass
- AxeMan808
  
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  November 17, 2015 8:53 PM
  
  <nods> Fucking pre-orders.