Star Wars: Battlefront Announcements Coming

EA CFO says expect to hear more about the upcoming DICE-developed game in the coming months.

During this week's Electronic Arts earnings call, CFO Blake Jorgensen talked more about the upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront game, which is being developed by DICE.

Jorgensen confirmed that the shooter is scheduled for launch before Christmas 2015. More specifically, the game aims to be "aligned with" Star Wars Episode VII -- The Force Awakens, which arrives on December 18, he said.

Jorgensen also said that DICE will share more about the project in the coming months. He also revealed that Battlefront's launch this year will be a "very large activity" for EA overall, on level with the company's blockbuster Battlefield series.

"We're extremely excited about that," Jorgensen said about Battlefront. "We think there's huge potential for that title. More to come in the next couple of months on that as more about the movie comes out as well as more about our title comes out. You should consider that a very large activity for us [this year] and a very large focus--similar to how we've thought about Battlefields in the past."

EA signed a ten-year, multi-title deal with Disney back in 2013. This deal makes EA the exclusive creator of new Star Wars games.