EA Details Star Wars Battlefront’s ‘Drop Zone’

<p>Less than a month before <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;star-wars-battlefront-getting-beta-this-october&sol;">its beta<&sol;a>&comma; it seems like we&&num;8217&semi;re still learning the basics about <em>Star Wars&colon; Battlefront<&sol;em>&period;  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Drop Zone&&num;8221&semi; is only the latest multilayer mode to be revealed and in it&comma; players will be on the lookout for falling escape pods – but probably no droids&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Drop Zone&&num;8221&semi; pits two teams of eight against one another to capture incoming escape pods&period; Players won’t know where to expect them as they hit the battlefield&comma; with each crash site marking another capture point&period; Once you&&num;8217&semi;ve captured a point&comma; the pods will provide the controlling team with a power up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;91298" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-91298" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04180122&sol;Star-Wars-Battlefron-Drop-Zone-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-91298 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04180122&sol;Star-Wars-Battlefron-Drop-Zone-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Star Wars Battlefron Drop Zone BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-91298" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Star Wars Battlefront&&num;8217&semi;s Drop Zone on the planet Sullust &lpar;EA&comma; 2015&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The mode is intended to take place over a variety of the game&&num;8217&semi;s maps&comma; including the series&&num;8217&semi; newest Expanded Universe planet of Sullust and the Forest Moon of Endor&comma; as described by<em> Battlefront<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s Dennis Brännvall&period; One of them reportedly features &&num;8220&semi;a crashed GR-75 transport ship&comma;&&num;8221&semi; around a waterfall overlooking an Ewok village amidst the map&&num;8217&semi;s concealing forestland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Like with most of<em> Battlefront<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s modes&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Drop Zone&&num;8221&semi; is intended to move quickly at ten-minute intervals and ends in an automatic victory should a team control as many as five pods&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Turrets and droids will also add some diversity to gameplay as players mow down enemies and secure capture points&period; Given the game&&num;8217&semi;s preference towards more frantic&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;star-wars-battlefronts-supremacy-mode-promises-big-frontline-action&sol;">frontline action<&sol;a>&comma; Brännvall claims that camping is something that <em>Battlefront<&sol;em> will discourage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We don&&num;8217&semi;t have any gameplay footage of &&num;8216&semi;Drop Zone&&num;8217&semi;s workings just yet&comma; but we sure will once<em> Star Wars&colon; Battlefront<&sol;em> drops this <strong>Nov&period; 17th <&sol;strong>for PlayStation 4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and PC &lpar;via Origin&rpar;&period; Xbox One users&comma; meanwhile&comma; will get a change to play the game <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;youll-get-to-play-star-wars-battlefront-first-on-xbox-one&sol;">a week early<&sol;a> with EA Access&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;starwars&period;ea&period;com&sol;starwars&sol;battlefront&sol;news&sol;fight-for-pod-control-in-the-action-filled-drop-zone-mode&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;swbf-social-us-ic-tw-swbf-dropzoneblog-982015-tw-img-site-ramp&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;sourceid&equals;swbf-social-us-ic-tw-swbf-dropzoneblog-982015-tw-img-site-ramp&amp&semi;cid&equals;43246&amp&semi;ts&equals;1441743796835&amp&semi;sf40820543&equals;1">EA<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;