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Star Wars Battlefront Game Trailer Is So Realistic It Looks Like Movie Footage

Posted by timothy on from the cgi-is-cheaper-than-actors dept.

MojoKid writes It has been a tremendous week for Star Wars fans. First we got to see Han Solo and Chewbacca make an emotional reappearance in the newest Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer (the second official trailer Disney has put out). Now, Electronic Arts is treating us to a visual smorgasbord of cinema-quality footage showing the forthcoming Star Wars Battlefront game. Battlefront will support to up 40 players divided between the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire, all shooting it out and playing with some of the coolest Star Wars vehicles and weapons around. We're talking jetpacks, AT-AT war machines, AT-STs, TIE Fighters, X-wings, and more. Though the trailer allegedly shows actually "game engine footage," it's questionable whether or not it's actual gameplay or just pre-rendered cut scenes from the game engine. Either way, it's still pretty impressive.

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  1. Render farm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they give you a render farm to run this thing on for free, or do you have to buy that yourself?

    1. Re:Render farm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would assume that the previous AC either made a typo or isn't a native speaker of English.

      Yeah. He might be American.

      ducks

  2. Re:DICE game? by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd be happy if Slashdot was owned by a EA subsidiary?

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  3. Microtransactions by FlynnMP3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Your blaster battery is low. You can either wait and let it recharge or for 20 EA bucks, purchase an unlimited charge battery."

  4. Re:Questionable? by tsa · · Score: 3, Funny

    In reality it looks like this.

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  5. It has been a tremendous week for Star Wars fans. by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    It has been a tremendous week for Star Wars fans.

    One got a job and one got laid?

    Not the same one, obviously. Let's not step into the realms of fantasy.

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