Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Battlefront is a series of first- and third-person shooter video games based on the Star Wars franchise. Players take the role of characters from the franchise in either of two opposing factions in different time periods of the Star Wars universe. The series was launched in 2004 by LucasArts with Star Wars: Battlefront, developed by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts. The game received positive reviews and sold well. In 2005 Pandemic developed a sequel, Star Wars: Battlefront II, which was also critically and commercially successful.
| Star Wars: Battlefront | |
|---|---|
Logo under Electronic Arts | |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter Third-person shooter |
| Developer(s) | Pandemic Studios (2004–05) Free Radical Design (2006–08) Rebellion Developments (2007–09) Slant Six Games (2009–10) LucasArts (2008–13) EA DICE (since 2013) Criterion Games (2016–2017) Motive Studios (since 2017) |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts (2004–13) Electronic Arts (since 2013) |
| Platform(s) | Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable PlayStation 4 Nintendo DS Mobile phone Xbox Xbox One |
| First release | Star Wars: Battlefront September 21, 2004 |
| Latest release | Star Wars Battlefront II November 17, 2017 |
The games were followed by Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (2007) and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (2009) for handheld game consoles and Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons (2009) for mobile devices. LucasArts made several attempts to develop a third major Battlefront game but no projects were released before The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of LucasArts. Subsequently, EA DICE acquired a license to develop a new game, titled Star Wars Battlefront which was released on November 17, 2015. A sequel, Star Wars Battlefront II, was released on November 17, 2017, and was developed by EA DICE, Criterion Games, and Motive Studio.