Star Wars Battlefront's January update does not contain a new map, says DICE employee

Star Wars Battlefront's January update will not feature a new map after all, lead lighting artist Oscar Carlen has confirmed.

It was reported yesterday that the upcoming update would include a free map set on Tatooine after a video from EA Brazil appeared to confirm as much. But that was "misinformation", Carlen says.

[thereapersson]

Of course...

[cfc83]

Any big maps been added since launch ?

[Aenea]

Besides the Jakku one? No

[cfc83]

Pitty. Game was lacking in them i thought. Had a 10 hour trial.

[Aenea]

Hmmm, shame, we could have used some new maps by now.

Wondering when the first DLC will be ready....

[Findingcrybabies]

Never really cared to try this game, but it came with my console. it was EXACTLY what I expected. Join a game and every single person is running around with a rocket launcher. It was so much fun...... lol. Deleted it not long after.

I used to be a huge war game fan, but I guess I've just moved on or got sick of that. Been playing Evolve lately.

[Khaotic]

Another AAA game that hid its best content behind dlc pay walls and left the day 1 60 dollar purchasers to either up more money or stay with a bare bones game. I am not one to usually hate or condemn companies for their decisions but some of the new games that were released last year were disgusting on their business tactics.

[Findingcrybabies]

I absolutely agree. I refused to buy the game until the Ultimate Edition came out with all of the content included for $40. It is a great game. I love it and am really putting the hours into it, but I will always see Turtle Rock games as money grabs and won't buy them release day.

[Austin48]

That's true trying to sucker people into purchasing a season pass that has more content then the main game also I cant say it enough it has no single player campaign is it really that hard too do? I wish EA would get it together and start doing better and actually do things people like here's hoping the next battlefront has a campaign and more content on the main game.

[Nodoze]

Hahaha wow. Abysmal community interaction from DICE. Not word 1 about what is included in DLC. DICE and EA took the money and ran.

Less than 100k active players. With supposedly 13m copies sold??? Something stinks.

EA may have shipped 13m copies to retail, but no way in hell they sold through them.

This release, while pretty, is empty and vapid. Thanks for nothing.

[pompombrum]

Actually they probably did sell close to that it's just everyone got bored and moved on. I had about 7-8 people on my friends list get the game between launch and December yet haven't seen a single one play it this year.

[PaulKersey]

I wonder how many of those 13 million got traded in and are sitting on the shelves of local game stores?

[Mikeyy]

Agreed, I too bought it at release and haven't touched it since like 2 weeks after, it's a hollow game with potential but there's nothing there right now. There are way to many good games out now. Even fallout 4 is on the back burner for a bit.

Not enough time, being an adult sucks.

[Dirtnapstor]

I enjoy Battlefront for what it is. Lacking, yes. But we have no one to blame but ourselves really. For years, gamers griped and complained about lacking MP, and the need for more innovation for MP. Too many cried about how no one really plays SP (within the FPS genre) and developers need to focus on MP only. As with most things, the naysayer's voices were louder than those who appreciated actual SP content, and now we have a slew of MP focused titles and the groaning only gets louder. I hope Battlefront redeems itself in some way or form. It's a quality game that has been hampered by its own fans.

[Helios86]

Ultimately it's the developers making the choice. They don't give a damn about what people say, not the big ones like EA, Activision and Ubisoft. They put a product on the market and see that it's selling big time, year after year, and for every time they strip more and more content and yet people keep on buying it, pre-ordering it and buying into their DLC-schemes.

We can either keep feeding them or vote with our wallet, stop pre-ordering, stop buying their DLC, or better yet - don't buy their product at all.

Our money is better spent on devs that still have a heart, a passion for what they are doing: CDProjekt, From Software, KojiPro etc. All developers who still have integrity.

[Khaotic]

I like how you pu Kojipro on there when mgsv was incomplete. And before you say well konami..yeah they were complete dbags but he had ample time and budget to finish that game. From the breakdowns ive read Konami will be lucky to make back the money spent on mgsv

[Mikeyy]

I think the added single player modes with the last update.

[TheOtherVitaOwner]

That extra 50 bucks sure is going a long way

[Nodoze]

Towards the retirement of EA execs ... yup it sure is.

Sadly it also justified this practice in the eyes of these same execs. People blindly buying something that has not even been revealed. It is really sad.