An assistant producer at EA DICE, the studio behind Star Wars Battlefront, has addressed some fans' suspicions that content is being held back so that it can be sold as DLC.

Jesper Nielsen, an assistant producer at the DICE support studio Uprise, responded to various claims published by fans on Reddit. One of the most common accusations made was that content currently in development for Star Wars Battlefront would not be shipped with the game, but instead delayed so that it can be sold as DLC.

"If you think there's anything we're not including in the game to save it for DLC, I can tell you you're 100 percent wrong," Nielsen wrote in response to one such accusation.

He added: "In this project, I've never heard anyone say, 'Let's not do this for launch so we can do it as DLC instead'. Ever."

EA released a new Star Wars Battlefront gameplay trailer last Friday, whilst also confirming that the multiplayer-focused FPS will not include a traditional single-player campaign.

Nielsen, who posts on the Star Wars Battlefront subreddit under the alias DICE_TheBikingViking, also addressed some suspicions regarding the Battle of Jakku maps, which will be released after the game as free DLC.

Even though it's a free add-on, one fan claimed this content was held back because--he assumed--EA wanted to have material for marketing purposes post-launch.

"The situation was never that we had the Jakku maps in the main game, and then stripped them to put them in a DLC," Nielsen explained.

"It was that the idea to do the Jakku maps came quite late in the process and we didn't have capacity to add them for launch, so we found a way to get them out to people as soon as possible after launch.

"Of course, if you want to think we're evil, you'll always think up evil motives and method. But in all essence, this is the output of hundreds of passionate people and games, just like people here, who want to deliver great gaming experiences."

Other Reddit users have praised Nielsen for his efforts in addressing some fan concerns, unfounded or otherwise.

Star Wars: Battlefront is scheduled to ship on November 17 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

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People found a way to bitch about the free maps? Jesus.

I for one am looking forward to the game.

No space battles turned me off from this game.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Ik right?!  I also love how people are complaining there is no SP campaign when the other ones effectively had none as well.

im honestly assuming space battles will be made and sold as DLC

Doesn't mean I didn't want one!

But I'm just so happy that this game is actually getting made, they can screw me just a little bit if they want to. 

I just hope this doesn't end up like SSX. Really good in so many ways, but didn't work and no we have no chance of it ever coming back

Admitedly, I'd be very surprised if a prequel trilogy/Clone Wars DLC or expansion didn't show up at some point. I would also buy it in a heartbeat! Despite the obvious issues, the combat/military aspects of the prequels were very good (I'm really enjoying the Clone Wars TV show on Netlix at the moment)

I don't think they're screwing anyone over though. The game is forced to a deadline which may  annoy some, but they don't have to buy it at launch and can instead wait for the inevitable repackaging next fall. People forget that EA only aquired rights to the series in summer 2013, I'm sure work started before that but not much.

The thing with the prequel trilogy is that they've also got the new films to incoporate. I think they'll prioritise DLC from Episode VII+Rogue One over Episodes 1,2 &3. 

I don't think they are screwing me over, but my tolerance for them doing something like that is higher than normal

New trilogy films are probably "worth" a new release, whereas it may be best to launch the Clone Wars as DLC.

Possibly the same with Rouge One, which could just be a mission map pack? In fact, maybe bundle that with a space expansion pack to you can have dogfights around the Death Star.....

The thing that always amazed be about the lack of Battlefront III is that it seems perfect for new generation. It has such a huge scope for DLC. Just add in new campaigns and maps of various things and you can just keep selling more and more DLC

I'm all for them doing a season pass as long as the base game will have enough content to satisfy.

I'm also hoping they do old republic/clone wars/episode VII era map packs, but I think it would be best to save the factions them selves for the inevitable battlefront 2 2.