Star Wars Battlefront: Explore the Planets of a Galaxy Far Far Away

EA has released the Star Wars Battlefront Planets Experience, which allows you to explore the various worlds which will appear in DICE's shooter. 

The planets available to visit are Endor, Hoth, Sullust, and Tatooine. After choosing one the site will load up and bring you down to the planet, allowing you to select certain highlighted objects such as weapons or vehicles to learn more about them. 

It's a pretty neat way of getting to know the environments you'll be fighting in and the tools you'll use to do so. 

On the PlayStation Blog, senior environment artist Pontus Ryman has also discussed how the DICE team recreated the iconic planet Hoth in the game. "Our goal was to have players immersed in the gameplay and environment through the visual and audio aspects of the Hoth environment," he said, "and the fans really took this to heart. It’s been great to see players praising the fantasy of fighting in a real, snowy environment, feeling the chilly winds of Hoth.

"Hoth has always been about an epic battle within a vast, barren environment. I think we’ve captured both aspects quite well; you can traverse the huge landscape while it feels dangerously cold and barren, but when you hit the trenches or interiors you’ll witness chaos, sparks, and explosions," Ryman continued. 

"We’ve worked hard to portray what we felt and experienced during our research trip to the original filming location at Finse in Norway. The trips were incredibly tough physically, trudging through waist-high snow and extreme blizzards with tripods and equipment, with the icy temperatures taking its toll on both us and our cameras."

Star Wars Battlefront launches November 17th for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.