DICE Confirms: No Microtransactions in Star Wars: Battlefront

Survival Mission on Tatooine: This in-game mode enables players to opt for help from friends using “co-op” or “split-screen”. The more enemies you kill as the Hero, the longer you get to play as the Hero.

The question of Star Wars: Battlefront featuring microtransactions was first raised when it was announced the game would feature two separate currencies, points and credits.

And, finally, thanks to IGN’s hands-on playthrough of the upcoming beta, four new Battlefront game modes were revealed. Are you excited by the fact that there will be no microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront? But they also tie into our companion [app], so there’s a little meta of getting more credits and using the cards in more ways, even when you’re not actually by your console or pc playing the game.

The specifications for Star Wars Battlefront are on the higher side. Not only will you be capped at level 5, but your progress will not be carried to the final version either. According EA, the players will have to be connected to the internet at all times to test of the Beta. Before October. 8 hits, though, the team over at PlayStation has put together a handy rundown of everything youll need to know, no matter what platform you actually play on.

PC users who want to enjoy Star Wars Battlefront will have to meet a few relatively hefty requirements, especially when it comes to RAM for the minimum specifications. Then again, if you make a game that is so purely multiplayer, I’m sure it will be next to impossible to keep it balanced if you add in micro transactions. But design director Niklas Fegraeus says that’s not going to be the case this time around.

Walker Assault takes place on the Hoth map and lets 40 players battle each other for supremacy. Drop Zone on Sullust, on the other hand, will involve 16 players.