Star Wars Battlefront II Announced This Weekend, Arrives November

<p>In case you somehow missed it&comma; Star Wars Celebration happened this weekend in Orlando&comma; Florida&comma; and with it came two huge trailers&period; One was obviously the first footage of <em>Star Wars Episode VIII&colon; The Last Jedi<&sol;em>&comma; but for gaming fans&comma; the big one was <em>Star Wars Battlefront II<&sol;em>&period; You can watch the trailer above and get a feel for the scale and setting for the new game&comma; which unlike its predecessor&comma; will feature a full-fledged&comma; original single-player story&period; <em>Star Wars Battlefront II <&sol;em>will launch on November 17th for PS4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and PC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;Kae-JjbLsgA" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;124369" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-124369" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-124369 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;17100722&sol;swb2bago2-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Star Wars Battlefront II" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-124369" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Star Wars Battlefront II&comma; EA&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Battlefront II <&sol;em>follows Commander Iden Versio&comma; who serves as leader of Inferno Squad &&num;8211&semi; the Galactic Empire&&num;8217&semi;s elite special forces unit&period; Taking place from the Battle of Endor onward&comma; this is an original story that will lead up to the rise of the First Order&period; Your adventure will span over 30 years&comma; with plenty of opportunity to run into many of the series&&num;8217&semi; iconic characters&period; The trailer above shows many of them&comma; such as Luke Skywalker&comma; Darth Maul&comma; Kylo Ren&comma; and Rey&period; These hero characters will be avilable in the all-new multiplayer as well&comma; with the option to even pit them against each other&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite there being a campaign now&comma; <em>Battlefront II <&sol;em>will also feature the usual online play that will allow up to 40 players to compete in galactic warfare&period; New starfighters will be available to players and a larger arsenal of weapons&comma; which also accompany the game&&num;8217&semi;s new modes&comma; which will be announced at a later date&period; Those who pre-order the game will have access to &&num;8220&semi;<em>a whole range of rewards&comma; including exclusive Star Wars&colon; The Last Jedi™-themed looks for Kylo Ren and Rey&comma; an ability modifier that upgrades the Millennium Falcon&comma; epic ability modifiers for Rey and Kylo Ren&comma; and more&period; Players purchasing the Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition receive upgraded versions of all Trooper classes&comma; a A280-CFE blaster rifle instant weapon unlock&comma; an enhanced scope modification&comma; and an epic ability modifier&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;124370" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-124370" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-124370 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;17100730&sol;swb2bago3-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Star Wars Battlefront II" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-124370" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Star Wars Battlefront II&comma; EA&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re looking to play the game early&comma; EA Access members will get to start on November 9th&comma; while pre-ordering the Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition will give you access to the game on November 14th&period; Everyone else will just have to wait until November 17th&period; Let us know in the comments below if you&&num;8217&semi;re excited for this new <em>Battlefront <&sol;em>title&comma; and if you&&num;8217&semi;ll be picking it up day one&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ea&period;com&sol;games&sol;starwars&sol;battlefront&sol;battlefront-2&sol;news&sol;star-wars-battlefront-ii-2017&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;swbf2&lowbar;hd&lowbar;ww&lowbar;ic&lowbar;soco&lowbar;twt&lowbar;swbfii-announceblog-41517-tw&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;cid&equals;31213&amp&semi;ts&equals;1492297551725&amp&semi;sf53662924&equals;1">EA News<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;