EA's latest rework of the Star Wars Battlefront series has been a resounding success across the board, bolstering astoundingly impressive graphics, an unprecedentedly epic scope and enough Star Wars trimmings to herald in an early Thanksgiving. However, in playing the beta you'll have noticed a bevy of modes on the menus aren't open to be played just yet, and that's prompted intrepid PC users to dive into the game's files, uncovering something that isn't (and was never meant to be) shown to the public just yet. Named 'Hero Battle', EA have since patched the game to change the file names - subsequently letting the cat out the bag in the process - as it appears this mode is a dedicated way of letting you play as guys like Luke, Vader, Boba Fett etc. rather than waiting to access them through pot luck in a standard match. Being these characters are extremely hard to come by in the beta, this is a welcome point of pure fan service in the face of stripping back the single-player portion of the game so much, especially by comparison to Battlefront II. Whether they'll be available offline or a Jedi Outcast-style third-person hack n' slash variant remains to be seen, but EA are staying tight-lipped for now. How have you found the beta? Let us know in the comments!
