{"id":70142,"date":"2014-10-29T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T09:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70142"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T09:03:48","slug":"battlefield-5-star-wars-battlefront-get-release-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/70142-battlefield-5-star-wars-battlefront-get-release-dates","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 5, Star Wars Battlefront get release dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FPS fans we have some good news &#8211; EA has announced the the expected release windows for Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefield 5.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to investors over a conference call,\u00a0EA boss Andrew Wilson said that the Star Wars game will launch during &#8220;Christmas 2015&#8221;, around the same time Star Wars: Episode 7 is due to be premiered (18 December 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Wilson also spoke about the next Battlefield game &#8211; which is expected to be called Battlefield 5 &#8211; stating that the modern warfare FPS should hit the market between October and December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Battlefield 4 continues to add new players and engage existing fans a year after launch,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of the extended services and content updates that we provide, it&#8217;s clear that players want to experience the games we&#8217;re delivering for longer periods of time.\u00a0Looking into next year, we will ensure that our players have enough time between releases to fully explore the depth and innovation in our shooter titles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to give Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline players more time to enjoy these games and immerse themselves in a game, the live service, and the community,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Battlefield Hardline &#8211; a cop and robbers inspired game &#8211; is due to be released on 19 March 2015.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fewc0ddX0wE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Star Wars Battlefront, Battlefield 5, or both &#8211; let us know which option you would pick, in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2014-10-28-star-wars-battlefront-out-christmas-2015\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/70094-get-in-a-pc-time-machine-with-3d-realms.html\">Get in a PC time machine with 3D Realms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/70098-civilization-beyond-earth-review-roundup.html\">Civilization: Beyond Earth review roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/70038-this-is-why-your-afrihost-adsl-connection-is-slow.html\">This is why your Afrihost ADSL connection is slow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA has announced when you can expect the two highly-anticipated shooters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":64265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13062,813,21,10285],"class_list":["post-70142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-battlefield-5","tag-electronic-arts","tag-headline","tag-star-wars-battlefront"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}