Battlefront II Roadmap Detailed at Gamescom 2022: Co-Op, New Felucia Map, Clone Commandos and More

At gamescom 2019, Die revealed the updated roadmap for Star Wars Battlefront II. There'southward a lot coming to the shooter game set in the Star Wars universe, starting with a brand new co-op mode, a new map set on the Felucia planet, the addition of Clone Commandos and much more.

Read all the details below.

AUGUST

August kicks off with both the Separatist Dreadnought and Commonwealth Venator becoming playable in Heroes vs Villains. Since the release of Capital Supremacy this add-on has been highly requested among Battlefront II fans, and we're incredibly happy to exist calculation them to our rotation.

We've taken areas within both capital ships and turned them into playable locations that we believe will be great for the small Hero gameplay.

Afterward watching discussions around Uppercase Supremacy and, in particular, the Uppercase Ship phase. Nosotros've made some changes to the interiors of both Capital letter Ships.

The set on on the Capital Ship volition continue to have two sub-phases, but both are evolving.

Once yous're breached the enemy ship, yous have five minutes to destroy it before the activeness returns to the ground. In lodge to destroy the ship, you must first capture 1 of ii bachelor Command Posts located on the transport. If yous succeed in that, your squad will gain an additional five minutes and exist able to fire on the enemy target.

Whatever impairment caused to the enemy target will be persistent, pregnant even if you fail in destroying the target fully, yous tin pick up right where you left off in subsequent Assault attempts.

Next, we're changing the Capital Ship phases to be based on a timer. This means that the attacking team will now take a v infinitesimal window to destroy the generators. Once the time runs out, the boxing volition return to the planetary phase.

Nosotros are also implementing some new changes to the artwork within the ships themselves.

We're incredibly happy with the way Majuscule Supremacy is going and these changes will continue to be something we evaluate and monitor over time.

Post-obit the trend of making updates to Capital Supremacy, we're bringing a much requested, and beloved, characteristic into Battlefront II. Through our new Contextual Spawning system you will be able to spawn on dynamic tactical assets on the battlefront, starting with Command Posts in Uppercase Supremacy and Instant Activeness.

Once y'all have been defeated in battle you will be presented the Team Spawn bill of fare equally normal. Alongside your Team members, you will now be presented with a list of Command Posts to spawn onto equally well.

Yous will accept the power to spawn onto whatever Command Posts that your team has currently captured, fifty-fifty if it is beingness contested.

You can spawn on any Command Posts:

That your squad is in full command over
You lot will spawn close to the Control Post at 1 of the pre-set spawn locations.
That is contested merely under your team's control
You will spawn a little further abroad from the Control Post at ane of the pre-set up spawn locations.

You volition not be able to spawn on a Command Post if:

It's under the enemy team'due south command, even if your team is contesting it
It is a neutral Command Mail service that has yet to exist captured

Over the last few months nosotros've released a number of appearances for Clone Troopers, across a variety of legions. So the Separatists don't feel left out, we're bringing three new appearances for the B1 Boxing Droids this month.

The Baronial update is scheduled for deployment on August 28, and we'll exist back with the full release notes side by side week.

SEPTEMBER

September is shaping up to be a peachy calendar month. We have a new big scale map, two new means to play, a new reinforcement, and a Community Claiming for one of the most requested appearances to date. Nosotros're nonetheless a calendar month away from release, only nosotros're currently targeting a deployment date of September 25.

The Separatists' invasion of Felucia is nearing its end. With only a single, powerful vehicle left to cover the evacuation of a Felucian farming community, the clones struggle to maintain their terminal line of defense long enough for Republic transports to collect a big cache of valuable medicinal plants from the village.

Every bit the droids accelerate towards the clones' position, the team chooses to get on the crime, destroying the dreadnought responsible for the attack. However, the droids have a programme of their own: Ensure the Republic can't escape with the plants by bringing down their Venator.

Similar to other Capital Supremacy maps, Felucia is cleaved up into multiple areas with a set theme for each Command Post. Themes range from the traditional Felucian subcontract, a cave that used to exist inhabited by an ethnic Rancor or the remnants of the mighty Sarlacc.

Felucia has been built from the footing upward with Capital Supremacy in heed and is shaping upward to be 1 of the all-time-looking planets we've built to date (if we may say so ourselves), and while we've been having a ton of fun during our internal playtests on it, we're eagerly pending your arrival.

In September, four role player online co-op is coming to Battlefront. For this experience, yous volition squad up with three other players (one-time friends or new) for a large scale PvE hazard. You can choose to play every bit either the Galactic Republic or the Separatist Alliance and partake in massive battles on all v Clone Wars planets in Battlefront Ii. Depending on what faction yous've selected, the experience on each planet volition exist unlike. For example, the Droid Army volition exist invading the planet of Naboo, while defending if the battle moves to Geonosis. If you make up one's mind to play as the Clone Army of the Commonwealth, the roles will be reversed on each planet.

In Co-op, all troopers, reinforcements, vehicles, heroes and villains will be available to play. All the same, the same is true for the AI, equally the new AI organization introduced in Capital Supremacy has been expanded upon to besides feature vehicles, heroes and villains in co-op.

Cardinal info:

PvE Feel
Players take on both an attacking and defending office
AI play equally attackers or defenders, including reinforcements, vehicles, and heroes(!)
Play as troopers, reinforcements, vehicles and Heroes
Bachelor for all Clone Wars era planets to get-go

We will exist inviting some fan favorite YouTuber Creators to try out Co-Op directly from gamescom, and so be sure to keep an centre on their channels.

We're happy to announce that Instant Action is making its return to the Battlefront franchise, and we call up it's something a number of y'all are really going to like. Each month, we've seen the comments about a large-calibration game mode for Battlefront 2 that can be enjoyed within a singleplayer surroundings. Nosotros know that solo players matter and tin confirm it's real and information technology's arriving in September!

In this mode, both teams are fighting over five Command Posts (similar to Uppercase Supremacy). Hold a bulk of them until your squad score reaches 100% to win the game.

Primal info

Unmarried role player large scale combat experience
Fight to control Control Posts
You fight alongside AI
You fight against a team of AI
The enemy team will exist made up of regular troopers, reinforcements, heroes, and vehicles.
Y'all tin can spawn on Command Posts using the Contextual Spawn system
Control a majority of the Command Posts until your team score reaches 100%
Able to choose to play as either lite side or night side
Can be played offline, without the need for an internet connection

At release, y'all will have access to all the maps that are currently available within Capital letter Supremacy; Naboo, Kamino, Kashyyyk, Geonosis and Felucia.

Equally one of the most aristocracy forces within the Grand Ground forces of the Democracy, the Clone Commandos would come up to be respected by allies and feared by enemies. With conflict raging across the galaxy, the Republic organized the Commandos into squads who quickly became a pivotal resource in the ongoing war effort confronting the Separatists.

The ability to switch from blaster to grenade provide the Clone Commando with a great deal of versatility, allowing him to accommodate to the situation ahead of him. We've been waiting for this moment for a while now and the arrival of the Clone Commando is nigh upon us. We think you're going to absolutely love playing as them.

For added absurd gene you'll too meet your Commando making the change from primary burn to grenade himself. In addition, nosotros've added all the necessary animations to ensure we stay as close to the source material every bit possible.

Primary Weapon : DC-17m Repeating Blaster Rifle

Left Power : Anti-Armor Attachment
Reconfigures the DC-17m into a grenade launcher that fires up to 3 small grenades, with high efficiency confronting vehicles and shields.

Right Ability : Repulsor Blast
Discharges a short-range shockwave that temporarily disorients enemies and knocks them dorsum.

Center Ability : Boxing Focus
Activates a impairment protection aura for the Commando and nearby allies. Additionally, any damage the Commando deals to enemies replenishes his base health.

During September we're releasing a customs challenge for Battlefront Two that grants you the ability to unlock a highly requested appearance.

More details volition follow closer to the claiming, but we have a sneaking suspicion that fans of Luke Skywalker andStar Wars: A New Hope will enjoy this ane.

We'll be back in September with a number of transmissions defended to Co-Op, Instant Activeness, the Republic Commando and the full release notes themselves. Exist certain to continue an eye out for all of them.

As nosotros move through the residual of the year, we volition have new reinforcements, appearances, and a brand-new front menu system which allows yous to play the era of your choosing.

Nosotros will as well exist working toward the release of Battlefront 2 content inspired by Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

While we don't want to go into the verbal specifics (no spoilers!), we can confirm that nosotros will be building a new planet and some new reinforcements based on the determination to the galaxy-spanning Skywalker Saga.