2025-06-23 16:59 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Even though it's been out for nearly eight years, and the PC version is rife with cheaters, Star Wars Battlefront 2 just hit a new all-time Steam peak with over 35,000 players hopping on the shooter at once over the weekend. That's a whopping 2,000% player increase since April's peak of 1,500 Steam players. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Star Wars VR game in the works, as EA's Battlefront 2 gets modded Star Wars Battlefront 2 (the original) gets first patch in three years, but it's already reverted The cancelled Battlefront 3 lives on in the Legacy mod - here's a bunch of new foo
2025-05-27 10:39 UTC · VG247
Star Wars Battlefront II has been granted a new lease of life. With a community-led effort to storm back into a war-torn galaxy, far, far away, players have flocked back to EA's sci-fi shooter in great numbers, breaking concurrent player records on Steam. Read more
2022-11-29 10:50 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
A new Star Wars VR game is on its way, as one intrepid modder is rebuilding EA's FPS Battlefront 2 to integrate full virtual reality, and bring classic George Lucas and Disney locations like Tatooine, Endor, and the Death Star to more vivid realisation than ever before. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Star Wars Battlefront 2 (the original) gets first patch in three years, but it's already reverted The cancelled Battlefront 3 lives on in the Legacy mod - here's a bunch of new footage GOG are responsible for Battlefront II classic's new multiplayer patches
2021-02-10 08:34 UTC · Community Announcements · Disney
Reverting to the previous version.
2021-02-10 00:06 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
February 10, 2021 And it's gone. The classic version of Star Wars Battlefront 2 has had its first patch in three years reverted after it broke aspects of the old PC game. A post on Steam simply reads: "reverting to the previous version". Yeah, we guess there's not much more to say than that, really. Original story follows. Star Wars Battlefront 2 - as in the original, from 2005 - has already gotten a surprising number of updates to keep it viable on modern machines. A surprise hotfix landed today, adding proper controller support and better UI scaling at higher resolutions. A pleasant surprise
2020-12-04 15:13 UTC · Eurogamer
We've already seen some fairly creepy content based on Fall Guys (I'm still trying to forget the bean anatomy shared by the official Twitter account), and now there's even more. This time it takes the form of some suspiciously long legs, and some familiar crewmates are joining in on the action, as someone's made a Star Wars Battlefront 2 PC mod combining both Among Us and Fall Guys. Made by TigerVenom22 and ToastedShoes, the mod replaces all original trilogy-era infantry with Fall Guys characters on the light side, and Among Us characters on the dark. Makes sense given a selection of the crewm
2020-05-22 11:03 UTC · Eurogamer
Five of the Best is a weekly series about the small details we rush past when we're playing but which shape a game in our memory for years to come. Details like the way a character jumps or the title screen you load into, or the potions you use and maps you refer back to. We've talked about so many in our Five of the Best series so far. But there are always more. Five of the Best works like this. Various Eurogamer writers will share their memories in the article and then you - probably outraged we didn't include the thing you're thinking of - can share the thing you're thinking of in the comme
2020-05-04 14:45 UTC · Eurogamer
Hang out here long enough and you've probably noticed that the Eurogamer lot are partial to a good pun under their headlines. I'm assuming, then, there's some appreciation for the play on words that is hosting Star Wars Day on May the 4th. Star Wars and video games share a rich history, so it's no surprise to see various retailers attempt to capitalise on the festivities with their own Star Wars day deals. You can find offers on the old (Knights of the Old Republic, Jedi Knight) and the new (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Battlefront 2), plus much more in between. I've gathered the best of the
2020-05-01 17:11 UTC · Eurogamer
UPDATE 8pm: Following the appearance of Star Wars Battlefront's online-multiplayer-revealing patch notes on Steam, word has emerged that the update is also now available in the GOG version (as on Steam, it's currently discounted). Better yet, cross-play is supported between both platforms, hopefully boosting the chances of finding an online game. ORIGINAL STORY 5.55pm: If you've been looking for an excuse to pick up Star Wars Battlefront up again, you know, 16 years after it was released, now's the perfect time; entirely unexpectedly, developer Pandemic Studios' much-loved space shooter just g
2019-12-04 16:31 UTC · Eurogamer
Battlefront 2 gets Rise of Skywalker content later in December - but one addition set for 2020 rises above them all: playable BB-8. BB-8, who hits Battlefront 2 late January 2020, is a hero character for the Resistance, while their evil counterpart BB-9E is a playable villain for the First Order. Before that, on 17th December, First Order players can soar through the skies with the new Jet Trooper character as part of the Rise of Skywalker update - much to Finn's amazement. For the Resistance, there are two new classes: Gunner and Spy, both of which are played by two brand new alien species. A
2019-12-04 10:28 UTC · Eurogamer
UPDATE: EA has confirmed the Celebration Edition of Star Wars Battlefront 2, releasing on 5th December. The Rise of Skywalker content will launch for all players on 17th December. ORIGINAL: Star Wars Battlefront 2 is well over two-years-old at this point, but DICE isn't done updating the shooter just yet. A new leak paints a pretty convincing picture of a Celebration Edition of Battlefront 2 releasing later this week. The leak originates from TrueAchievements.com, and claims the Celebration Edition of Battlefront 2 releases on 5th December. The upgraded edition reportedly features all past and
2019-08-21 10:03 UTC · Eurogamer
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is still getting significant updates two years after its embattled launch - and it'll get another big one in December to tie in with movie The Rise of Skywalker. DICE outlined a new roadmap for the game, detailing new maps and modes. In September Battlefront 2 gets a new large-scape map called Felucia. Here's the official blurb: Read more
2019-08-15 13:38 UTC · Eurogamer
An EA sale is underway for today only at Amazon UK, where you can get many of the publisher's biggest releases for a pittance on PC. Leading the way is Star Wars: Battlefront 2 for 3.99. The shooter from a galaxy far, far away hasn't fared particularly well since release, what with loot box shenanigans, microtransaction woes and copious bugs. However, that price could be tempting enough just to try out the single-player campaign. In terms of sheer value for money, the best of the lot has to be the Dragon Age: Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition for 7.99. Along with the base game, you'll get
2019-06-08 13:35 UTC · Eurogamer
Star Wars Battlefront 2 gets Droidekas this month, DICE has announced. The pesky destroyers arrive in the game on 26th June as part of the Where are those Droidekas? update. For those unfamiliar, Droidekas were first seen taking on Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace. They're pretty powerful droids - so powerful in fact that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan peg it when they turn up. Read more
2019-05-05 15:52 UTC · Eurogamer
EA has added 12 Star Wars games to its PC subscription service, Origin Access, including the original Battlefront II. "Coming to The Vault in a galaxy not so far away: strategic, cinematic, laser-blasting Star Wars games," EA says in its latest Origins Access update (thanks, PC Gamer), presumably timed to tie in with May the Fourth celebrations. "Our growing collection already includes 20+ Star Wars titles, but now we're adding even more games." Available to both Origin Access Basic and Premier subscribers - but seemingly not EA Access subscribers on Xbox, at least not yet - the new titles com
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