Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)

• 1. Development And Release History

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  Electronic Arts announced the development of Star Wars Battlefront II on the 10th of May 2016. DICE led the project while Motive Studios handled the single-player campaign and Criterion Games managed starfighter mechanics. Executive producer Matthew Webster confirmed the worldwide release date as the 17th of November 2017 during Star Wars Celebration in April 2017. The beta test period began for pre-order players on the 4th of October 2017 before expanding to an open beta from October 6 through October 11. A ten-hour trial version became available to EA Access subscribers on the 9th of November 2017.

  A tie-in novel titled Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad arrived on the 25th of July 2017 written by Christie Golden. This book served as a direct prelude to the game following the Galactic Empire's efforts against Saw Gerrera's rebel cell after Rogue One. Creative director Bernd Diemer replaced the paid Season Pass system used in the 2015 predecessor because it had fragmented the player community. The new expansion model allowed all players to access content simultaneously rather than paying for exclusive updates.

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• 2. Single Player Campaign Narrative

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  Iden Versio commands Inferno Squad aboard the Rebel Alliance Star Cruiser Invincible Faith during the opening scene of the campaign. She orders her ID10 droid Dio to free her from confinement before erasing an Imperial transmission about Emperor plans to ambush rebels on Endor. Iden escapes out the airlock into deep space and is picked up by the Corvus flagship where she debriefs squadmates Del Meeko and Gideon Hask on their mission success.

  During the Battle of Endor Inferno Squad eliminates a rebel patrol guarding the Death Star II shield generator before witnessing the station's destruction in Endor's skies. Admiral Garrick Versio informs his daughter about the Emperor's death while a messenger droid conveys Operation Cinder final command. Iden and Hask travel to Fondor's orbit to protect the Dauntless Star Destroyer housing experimental satellites vital to Operation Cinder. Meanwhile Del heads to Pillio to destroy an Emperor vault where he encounters Luke Skywalker who takes one spoil of conquest for himself before parting amicably.

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• 3. Multiplayer Gameplay Mechanics

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  Star Wars Battlefront II features three distinct eras including Clone Wars battles between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems. The game includes ground battles as soldiers or space battles as starfighters with unique abilities for each vehicle type. At launch fifteen locations spanned the Star Wars universe including Kamino Kashyyyk Naboo Mos Eisley Yavin IV Hoth Cloud City Endor Death Star II Jakku Takodana and Starkiller Base plus space-exclusive zones like Ryloth Fondor and Unknown Regions.

  All factions share four soldier classes: Assault Heavy Officer and Specialist alongside three starfighter classes Fighter Interceptor and Bomber. Ground battles feature additional Reinforcement classes unlocked by trading battle points earned from defeating enemies and completing objectives. Players can customize soldier appearances and unlock weapons through milestones while weapon attachments alter stats like range and fire rate. Heroes function as actual playable classes in Galactic Assault and Supremacy modes requiring 4000 battle points to unlock them.

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• 4. Loot Box Controversy And Fallout

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  During pre-release beta trials EA faced criticism for introducing loot boxes that gave substantial gameplay advantages through real money purchases. A Reddit user complained on the 12th of November 2017 that spending money on the Deluxe Edition left Darth Vader inaccessible since unlocking him required 60,000 credits. Players estimated forty hours of grinding would accumulate enough credits to unlock a single hero character.

  EA's Community Team defended the changes claiming they intended to give users pride and accomplishment after unlocking heroes. This response resulted in hundreds of negative replies with a comment score exceeding minus six hundred sixty thousand making it the most downvoted comment in site history. The comment was inducted into Guinness World Records in 2019. On the day before release EA disabled microtransactions entirely citing player concerns about unfair advantages. By end of November 2017 EA lost three billion dollars in stock value following the launch.

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• 5. Post Launch Content Updates

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  The Last Jedi Season released the 5th of December 2017 adding content based on the film including space map over D'Qar new Galactic Assault map on Crait Finn and Captain Phasma as heroes plus Tallie Lintra's RZ-2 A-Wing. Battlefront II: Resurrection campaign continuation became available the 13th of December 2017. The Solo: A Star Wars Story Season arrived the 16th of May 2018 introducing Hero Showdown mode starfighters to Arcade returning Jabba's Palace map and skins for Leia Organa and Lando Calrissian.

  Clone Wars content launched fall 2018 with Geonosis map clone trooper skins Anakin Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi General Grievous and Count Dooku as playable heroes. Capital Supremacy mode debuted the 26th of March 2019 alongside Infiltrator class major gameplay overhaul and maps like Kashyyyk Kamino Naboo Felucia and Ajan Kloss. Final updates ended the 29th of April 2020 after Electronic Arts concluded the game reached desired player numbers. Celebration Edition containing all cosmetic options released the 5th of December 2019.

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• 6. Critical Reception And Sales Performance

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  IGN's Tom Marks also gave six point five out of ten stating progression system made firing blasters an unsatisfying grind. The game was nominated for Best Shooter Best Graphics and Best Multiplayer in IGNs Best of 2017 Awards. By December 2017 the game had sold nine million copies worldwide though EA announced January 2018 that they missed their target of ten million sales blaming loot crate controversy. In Japan PlayStation 4 version sold thirty-eight thousand seven hundred sixty-nine copies placing fourth on all-format chart within first week.

  Player count surged May 2025 reaching almost nineteen thousand concurrent players on Steam significantly exceeding previous peak of ten thousand. This resurgence attributed to complete edition inclusion on Xbox Game Pass final season of Andor TV series twentieth anniversary re-release of Revenge of the Sith plus new Fortnite season themed around Star Wars. June 2025 sale event pushed player count to almost thirty-six thousand concurrent players breaking all-time record again. Demand

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• 7. Community Modding And Resurgence

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  for new Battlefront three rose dramatically among community members including actor Muhannad Ben Amor who played Wilmon Paak in Andor.

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