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Revamped progression system for SWBFII, landing on March 21st DICE surprised everyone this week and announced their plans for a new progression system coming on March 21st. In a lengthy post over at the official website, the studio offered insight on what’s in store for the game’s fans. Read More

3rd and last part for unlocking Luke's Hoth outfit is now live

The last part of Hoth’s outfit challenge is finally here. It requires you to score 25,000 battle points in order to unlock Luke’s, Hoth Crate. Please keep in mind that as of this writing, you only have a little bit over 2 days to unlock the skin. Past challenges would last for weeks. In other words, play any game mode this weekend in order to get your reward. Read More

Mod Watch: The 501st squad, Solo a Star Wars Story and more!

The Star Wars Gaming Network (SWGN) continues to feature great mods from all over the Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) community. The pace of new mods releasing every week hasn’t decreased as you can probably tell from the list below. We certainly see a lot of mods that use Star Wars movies as their basis.

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EA community manager offers insight on SWBFII's update process

Electronic Arts (EA) community manager Mat Everett offered some insight on SWBFII’s lack of updates. Everett has already announced that he’s departing the company soon to pursue other non-gaming ventures. In a series of tweets, he spoke about his past in the gaming industry and offered additional information. Read More

Battlefront 101: Mos Eisley Map Guide Part 2 by Red Wolf



The linked video is the second part of the two-part guide that was put together by Red Wolf and offers more information about Mos Eisley in Galactic Assault. As we wrote in a separate post, Red Wolf was offered to enhance the map overlays by releasing one of his amazing guides for this particular map. You will also find his video embedded with the map overlay itself.

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DICE & Criterion nominated for a BAFTA award for SWBFII

Star Wars Battlefront II nominations in audio continue. Last month, we wrote about the game’s multiple nominations including best audio and sound design for the year, among others. In addition, SWBFII won MPSE’s outstanding award for sound editing. If you already play the game, then this shouldn’t come to you as a surprise.

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EA publishes extensive FAQs for revamped progression system

With the news that SWBFII revamped progression will be landing on March 21, all hands are on deck for Electronic Arts (EA) and DICE. In addition to the formal announcement on the SWBFII website, they are also quite active in social media. On top of that, the news also generated a lot of question on how the new progression is going to work. Read More

A beloved SWBFII character finds his way into Star Wars comics

It was only last week when we first wrote about the different connections SWBFII shares with Star Wars Rebels. As you might remember, the “Rebels” TV series aired its finale on Monday. We thought it would appropriate to take a better look at all the different elements that appeared in both game and series.

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Concept Art World showcases SWBFII concept art



Concept art world recently posted a very interesting article featuring concept art from SWBFII. There are a lot of familiar locations highlighted, however, some are not in the game. It certainly sheds a light on DICE's creative process and the decisions they made while they were building the game.



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Star Wars Battlefront II Fan Art Thursday: Avenge!



This week, we’re featuring an artist that you might have seen his work before. Nick Prinzing has been active in the SWBFII community for quite some time. His impressive artwork has certainly didn’t go unnoticed by prominent YouTubers like BattlefrontUpdates as well as the protagonist of SWBFII Janina Gavankar.





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Battlefront 101: 5 tips you should know by Red Wolf



SWBFII has a ton of little details that you discover as you start playing the game. Red Wolf uncovered some of those that might be common knowledge to some or brand new things to others. Knowing small details like these can truly make a difference in your game as well as how long you stay alive.





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Battlefront 101: Mos Eisley Map Guide Part 1 by Red Wolf



The video was put together by Red Wolf and offers more information about Mos Eisley in Galactic Assault. As we wrote in a separate post, Red Wolf was offered to enhance the map overlays by releasing one of his amazing guides for this particular map. You will also find his video embedded with the map overlay itself.

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Fan creates impressive Shaak Ti hero concept



With DICE extending the time to provide some additional information about the game, fans are coming up with creative ideas to pass the time. One of the more talented fans, Sam Grant, focused on hero concept he would like to see being part of the game.





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Assets from canceled SWBF4 game emerge on the web

Before EA/DICE broke the news about the revamped SWBFII progression system, we saw a lot of interesting "blast from the past" type of news. We’re not sure if it’s a coincidence, but over the last couple of days, we’ve seen a number of leaks surfacing from canceled Star Wars games. The latest is from Free Radical’s Star Wars Battlefront 4. Read More

Lack of SWBFII updates explained by community member



This limited pace of news led to some rather interesting comments on social media from some people. The majority of fans, however, remain puzzled on why there haven’t been any. From a player’s perspective, it doesn’t make any sense for Electronic Arts (EA) nor DICE to avoid communicating. From a company perspective, however, the story is different.

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All the weekly timed challenges in one place!



As DICE and EA were preparing for the big news this week, they kept fans busy with timed challenges. All challenges kept rotating from game mode to game more and required you to complete certain objectives for a reward of 1000 credits. If you finished all of them, then you should have received 4000 credits plus Luke's Hoth skin. See them all right here! Read More