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EA has confirmed that Star Wars Battlefront II’s improved air combat will be shown at Gamescom, including a live gameplay debut of the Starfighter Assault mode. In a post on it’s blog, EA said that ‘Teams will face off in a swirling dogfight in the Fondor: Imperial Shipyard map, weaving around an Imperial Star Destroyer complete with speedy fighters, thundering bombers, distinct hero ships, and more’.
Starfighter Assault is a twenty-four player game mode that centres around aerial combat in space, this mode is played across all three cinematic eras in the Star Wars timeline. The live gameplay debut will be livestreamed on EA.com, and will provide the first look at the improved starfighter combat, the enhanced controls, deeper customisation options and the role-based team play with the new class system in place.
The livestream will broadcast at 5:30pm BST at EA.com, if you’d like to check it out for yourself. A beta for those who’ve pre-ordered the game will run from October 4-9, a public beta will go live from October 6-9, 2017. The beta will feature the game modes Galactic Assault and Starfighter Assault.
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is currently set for a worldwide release on November 17, for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
