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'Star Wars Battlefront' update: Sony reveal more details on virtual reality gameplay for the PlayStation VR; Electronic Arts offers free credits!

| Mar 28, 2016 02:20 AM EDT

Star Wars Battlefront is an upcoming action video game based on the Star Wars franchise developed by DICE and distributed by EA Games.

New details for "Star Wars Battlefront" will feature more details on the virtual reality gameplay features for the PlayStation VR and free in-game credits for the game.

Electronic Arts announce that gamers who have logged in last weekend will be receiving free in-game credits for "Star War Battlefront" as the game's official Twitter page tweeted that the credits will be atleast 5,000 credits in celebration for the "Outer Rim" DLC in the game.

The credits will be available for season pass holders only on the weekends since the "Outer Rim" DLC launch last week, while other areas will be receiving it on April 5, PlayStationLifeStyle reported. EA previously released a patch update for "Star Wars Battlefront" regarding a rank level 60 issue.

The "Outer Rim" DLC will feature two new characters, Nein Nunb for the Rebel Alliance and Greedo for the Galactic Empire. There are also new weapons such as the Relby V-10 rifle and DT-12 blaster pistol. In addition, players can collect and equip a Scatter Gun, Dioxis Grenade, and Adrenaline Stim Star Cards.

New maps are also introduced in the DLC featuring Jabba the Hutt's palace, the sail barge garage and Nunb's home planet of Sullust. New game modes such as "Extraction" which allow players to protect a package from Stormtroopers and "Spectator Mode" which is free for all players.

In other news, Sony revealed more details on virtual reality gameplay details for "Star Wars Battlefront" in their new VR head gear, the PlayStation VR.

Vice President of Marketing John Keller told Fortune that the PlayStaion VR could be a "killer app" for the system as Sony has been collaborating with EA, DICE, Lucasfilm and Disney to make the VR gameplay experience possible. Keller added that "Star Wars Battlefront" will be one of the many games that will kickstart that VR experience making it different from the average PlayStation 4 games.

Sony stated that there will be atleast 50 games for the PlayStation VR as the device will launch on October at $400 in the United States, €399 in Europe, and £349 in the United Kingdom.

"Star Wars Battlefront" is currently available in stores for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and for the PC.

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