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“Star Wars: Battlefront II” has been a center of controversy for long. Electronic Arts Corporation, its parent company has finally put the issues around in-game purchases in the game to rest in a last-minute reversal before the game’s launch. The company has shut off in-game purchases for the game. In-game purchases have been a part of controversy around the game’s Loot boxes — while players can buy new heroes, equipment, and vehicles by earning credits within the game, they can also buy more crates with “crystals” sold for real-world money. This basically encouraged players to pay, rather than play to win. The company has finally shut off the feature, but […]

The Belgian Gaming Commission has launched an investigation on EA’s “Star Wars Battlefront II” over its loot boxes. The regulatory body of Belgium is trying to determine whether the loot boxes offered by the upcoming "Star Wars" game is considered as gambling. EA’s “Star Wars Battlefront II” hasn’t even been released yet, but it has already garnered a lot of negative criticism over its loot box system. Loot boxes in “Battlefront II” can contain items that can affect gameplay and could give some users an advantage over other players. These loot boxes can be earned by playing the game or by spending real money. Due to the randomized contents of […]

Electronic Arts has responded to the complaints of players regarding “Star Wars Battlefront II’s” 40-hour-character-unlocking controversy. The publisher has given an explanation about the controversial system and has also promised changes in light of the numerous complaints. When one player complained on the official “Star Wars Battlefront” subreddit about having to pay $80 to unlock Darth Vader in the game, EA responded with a lengthy post that starts with a justification why it took this path for this aspect of the action shooter video game. “The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes. ” EA then explained that the cost of […]

Let's get straight to the burning issue, shall we? Towards the tail-end of Star Wars Battlefront's release, EA made noises that it was thinking about doing away with the traditional season pass that accompanied its big ticket console games, a model its multiplayer shooters had been stuck with for some time - with numerous associated problems. The base games often felt a little lacking, and more painfully the player base was split - an issue that had an impact on long-term players as numbers dwindled and were spread too thin. Developer: DICE/Motive/Criterion Publisher: EA Platform: Reviewed on PS4 and PC Availability: Out November 17th on PS4, PC and Xbox One […]

Those with EA Access can already experience Star Wars Battlefront II on Xbox One ahead of its November 17 release. The game certainly comes with much more content than its predecessor, and new details provided by EA give us a good luck at what post-launch content we can expect in the weeks to come. Beginning in December, players will receive a wealth of new content for Star Wars Battlefront II free of charge provided they have Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus memberships. This content, dubbed ‘Star Wars Battlefront II The Last Jedi Season’ leads into the next film’s highly anticipated release. This means that new content from the movie […]

Star Wars Battlefront II is now very close to release, and PC and Xbox One owners can get a taste of the full experience through the trial that’s available on EA and Origin Access. Among the players with access to the trial, there is one that has managed to play the full single player campaign due to some error. Reddit user CiaranG99 has managed to play through the whole Star Wars Battlefront II single player campaign, confirming some interesting details. Just like revealed by members of the team, the campaign takes around 6 hours to complete on Normal difficulty. The reward for completing missions are crates. Normal difficulty 5-6 hours […]

Update: Star Wars Battlefront 2 made an appearance at Disney's D23 Expo over the weekend in the form of a Behind the Scenes trailer that gave fans a look at the game's single-player campaign mode. The video shows a selection of developers and actors working on the game discussing their involvement in the game. Aside from a short clip of protagonist Iden at the start, we don't see any new in-game footage from the campaign mode but the video goes a long way to showing how much effort and passion has gone into creating the game mode. You can see it for yourself below: Original story continues below... Things are […]

“Star Wars: Battlefront 2” will have a single-player campaign starring an Imperial commander named Iden Versio. Now, another character for the upcoming shooter has been confirmed. Actor Paul Blackthorne, mostly known for playing Quentin Lance on The CW’s “Arrow,” will be playing the character of Gideon Hask. Blackthorne gave the name of his “Battlefront 2” character on Twitter when asked about it by a fan. The actor was first briefly seen on the behind-the-scenes video for “Battlefront 2” during Star Wars Celebration this past weekend, but details on who he was playing wasn’t given out at the time, according to IGN. Gideon Hask will be part of the Inferno Squad, […]

DICE and Electronic Arts are finally rolling out the January 2017 patch for their action shooter video game “Star Wars Battlefront.” The patch is available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC versions of the game, and it comes with improvements and fixes that enhance the overall gaming experience. The brand new patch brings a minor art update on the Rogue One: Scarif maps. It also fixes various UI issues and lighting problems, as first reported by DSOGaming. Issues with the Weapons, Star Cards and Heroes are also addressed by the game’s first patch for this year. When it comes to Game Modes, the patch has fixes for several […]

Have you been wanting to play Star Wars Battlefront II, but haven’t been able to pull the trigger due to the game’s, shall we say, mixed reception? Well, if you’re an EA Access subscriber, you can now try out Star Wars Battlefront II at no additional cost. Welcoming Star Wars Battlefront II to the EA Access family. Deploy onto the battlefront today. https://t.co/bqXvORmSOV pic.twitter.com/aWumJ5Xg3x — EA Access (@EAAccess) December 13, 2018 For those unfamiliar, EA Access is very similar to Origin, the main difference being it’s on Xbox One instead of PC. An EA Access subscription lets you play new EA titles early, and gives you the key to The […]

Here's a first proper look at Obi-Wan Kenobi and the planet of Geonosis ahead of their arrival in Star Wars Battlefront 2 next Wednesday, 28th November. Geonosis is the planet where the battle takes place at the end of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, the one with loads of Jedi in it. That was really exciting at the time - we hadn't seen Jedi fight in those numbers before. It's also where Count Dooku chops Anakin's hand off (planting a seed of inspiration for later life) and old bogey-face Yoda wades in, jumping and spinning an awful lot. That was also quite exciting - we hadn't seen […]

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a popular game available for both the Xbox as well as Windows platform including others. The Xbox and Windows users have reported a string of errors while playing the Star Wars Battlefront 2 game on their devices. The error can occur when trying to connect online or while trying to search something in the game. Some of the most common Star Wars Battlefront 2 errors with their numerical codes are listed below. 721 1017 2593 524 201 In case you are looking for a way to fix one of these Star Wars Battlefront 2 errors, here is an article with the best possible solutions to […]