Senior producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir from DICE took to the PlayStation Blog to detail upcoming free content (starting tomorrow) for Star Wars Battlefront as well as outlining the content that is part of the season pass. Clearly there's a lot more content coming to multiplayer arenas in a galaxy far, far away.
Tomorrow will see a free update that unlocks the Tatooine Survival map (the is called Raider Camp) support modes including Blast, Droid Run, Drop Zone, Hero Hunt, and Heroes vs Villains. New outfits (Hoth-themed) for Luke Skywalker and Han Solo are added. And private matches are now an option if you only want to play with friends. Daily challenges and community events will also kick off to give players goals to strive for. On top of these new features there are also some general balance tweaks and fixes.
February will see even more free content headlined by a new survival map on Hoth. Furthermore a new Hoth map for the larger game modes (Walker Assault, Supremacy, Fighter Squadron and Turning Point), furthermore Turning Point will be supported on all larger maps with the February update.
March will also see a new Survival map, this time on Tatooine, and a new map for the larger modes set on Ender.
Whether the free updates will continues passed March remains to be seen, but DICE isn't ruling it out either.
The season pass will include four packs, kicking off with the Outer Rim in March. Perhaps the least exciting out of the three packs unveiled as it is clearly overshadowed by the prospect of Bespin's Cloud City and the Death Star. What the final pack will contain is a mystery for now (Dagobah?). But here's what was revealed in the blog post:
Star Wars Battlefront Outer Rim (March 2016) - Fight among the factories of Sullust and battle within Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine
Star Wars Battlefront Bespin (Summer 2016) - It's hunt or be hunted in this action-packed experience set in the Cloud City of Bespin
Star Wars Battlefront Death Star (Autumn 2016) - That's no moon! One of the most iconic locations in the Star Wars universe makes its debut in Star Wars Battlefront.
Star Wars Battlefront Expansion Pack 4 - Title TBA (Early 2017) - We will have more details to share about this exciting new expansion pack in the coming months.