STAR WARS™ BATTLEFRONT launched at a time when several publishers were flirting with the idea of including all maps with the purchase of the base game, ensuring that any potential community could remain engaged throughout the lifespan of a title. So where did DICE go wrong, and why is STAR WARS™ BATTLEFRONT generally regarded as a failure by the gaming industry and community at large? The question many will ask themselves is how could DICE, one of the most well-respected developers in the first-person shooter genre, fail when handling such a hot commodity as the Star Wars Franchise, especially when the gaming community were chomping at the bit for another Star Wars competitive shooter, having waited a decade (2005-2015) at that point for a sequel.

Developer Activity.ĭICE were forced to end development shortly after the release of the fourth and final season pass DLC “ Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: Scarif“, which despite being well-received, critically failed to revitalise the already diminished multiplayer community. Players take the role of soldiers in either of two opposing armies in different time periods of the Star Wars universe. Star Wars: Battlefront is a series of first- and third-person shooter games based on the Star Wars films. Welcome to “ Is it Dead or Dying?”, each edition we check out a different game widely believed to be “dead” to see if there is any development or community activity and determine if it is genuinely beyond recovery.

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