What is Star Wars: Battlefront. Star Wars Battlefront is an upcoming action video game based on the Star Wars franchise. The third major release in the Star Wars: Battlefront series, it is being developed by EA DICE and will be published by Electronic Arts. Despite this, it is not being considered a sequel to the previous games, but rather a reboot. It is scheduled for release on November 17, 2015 in North America, November 19, 2015 in Australia and November 20, 2015 in Europe for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One..