“I think everyone that’s ever seen Star Wars has had the dream of entering a fight with the legendary, slick starships of Han Solo or Boba Fett”, said Star Wars Battlefront Senior Designer Björn Sundell in a press release. Try 9.5 million players big. Expect to be able to go a lot higher when Star Wars: Battlefront launches on November 17 (in North America) and November 19 (in Europe). They reveal that almost 10 million players across the PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One all downloaded the beta to participate in the test over the course of the October 8th weekend, which then was extended into the middle of the week, ending on October 14th.
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In other stats, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker have each been spawned just under 6 million times each, while 783,392 walkers have met their end. I confess, I never got a chance to check it out (schedules being what they are), but it seemed as if everyone else I knew was playing the game.
As far as we’re concerned here at DT, there’s no such thing as too much Star Wars paraphernalia.
And judging by the number of Force choke kills, Vader’s got a few serious blood on his hands. How often this led to an actual Rebel victory wasn’t shared though.
The beta stats also show that the most popular Star Cards from those available were the Cycler Rifle, the Thermal Detonator and the Jump Pack, in that order.
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Star Wars: Vader Down #1 hits comic shops November 18, 2015 with several variant covers including retailer variants – but tell your shop you want it now, as final order cutoff is Monday.
