Star Wars Battlefront on PS4 and Xbox One passes the test as EA reveal Jakku DLC plans

Star Wars Battlefront on PS4 and Xbox One has put in a solid early performance

STAR Wars: Battlefront looks to have passed the test on PS4 and Xbox One, while EA have revealed more on their plans for the Battle of Jakku DLC.

 

The EA title is hitting shelves in the UK later this week and a preliminary performance analysis for the PS4 and Xbox One show an improved experience from this year's Beta test.

Digital Foundry test both console versions and provided a detailed look on how both perform under pressure. 

It would seem that the PS4 is the more stable of the two but both shown an upward trejectory on some of EA's more recent titles, such as Battlefield 4.

 



Star Wars Battlefront lands in the UK later this week



Speaking about the PS4 performance first, the Eurogamer analysis concludes: "Looking through all of our captured footage, we have just a small number of dropped frames in total - Star Wars: Battlefront manages to deliver a very steady 60 frames per second for the vast majority of the duration.

"Even when particle effects are filling the viewport, the game just doesn't slow down. It's a level of performance on par with the likes of Halo 5 and Metal Gear Solid 5 - no mean feat.

"On Xbox One, we were able capture footage with gameplay at the 40-player limit, thanks to full access to final code via EA Access. In this case, performance is somewhat less stable than PlayStation 4 but ultimately still very smooth - and a substantial improvement over both Battlefield titles.

"Areas that gave both consoles issues in the beta, such as the hangar bay on Hoth, continue to challenge Xbox One with dips into the mid-50s."

 

Star Wars Battlefront's first DLC arrives later this month for some fans

EA meanwhile, have revealed more on their launch plans for DLC content, Battle of Jakku, which is set to get its gameplay debut on November 30.

UK players have an opportunity to be one of 40 players taking part in Star Wars Battlefront – Battle of Jakku: Live from London by submitting their entry by 23:59 on Wednesday November 25 at www.starwarsbattlefront.com/london.

Ten winning players will join Ali-A, JackFrags, PlayStation Access and others battling on Jakku, the DLC content itself was created through a collaboration between DICE and Lucasfilm, and will include two maps set on Jakku.

Players who pre-ordered Star Wars Battlefront get access to the maps one week early, while all other players will get access to this content on December 8, 2015.