If images don't display below click "Display Images" Welcome to Star Wars Gaming Network's Weekly Newsletter! April 23 - April 29, 2018

SWBFII Season 2 reveal in early May; potential leak points to Solo movie DICE successfully completed the release of the revamped progression system in Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) as well as adding character customization. This was something that fans knew ahead of time and were waiting for it. Up to recently, another area that didn’t get enough mention is Season 2 timing and themes. Read More

Leaker claims that General Grievous UI metadata are active in SWBFII

Over the past months, we have been reporting on different Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) leaks that seem to be appearing out of nowhere. In most cases, there is no way to confirm these leaks. Usually, some skilled fans go through the game’s files and try to mine any information they can find about upcoming content.



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Updated map rotation for Star Wars Battlefront II goes live on Monday DICE continues to make adjustments to Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII). Some of them might be big changes like changing weapon damage or equipment effects, while others are more subtle. The ones falling into the former category normally mean that there is a patch coming our way. The current patch cycle is once a month and is usually followed by new content deployment. Read More

Community lead shares details on SWBFII's comms plan

The Star Wars Gaming Network has written quite a few articles about Ben Walke, EA’s new global community lead for Star Wars. Ben has been leading community efforts for Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) for about a month now. To say that he immediately made an impression is an understatement. He has been quite active on Reddit, Twitter, Discord, and other social media. Read More

Janina Gavankar interviews Gordy Haab, SWBFII's music composer



Janina Gavankar has been busy lately. In most cases, she participates in projects not relating to Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII). Every now and then, however, she pops back in the world of SWBFII and conducts interesting events. The most recent one was when she was interviewed by IGN. She specifically talked about her first impressions after seeing Iden Versio’s cutscenes.



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SWBFII Fan Art Thursday: Inferno's finest



Fan Art Thursday is back with yet another Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) inspired piece. The artist, Robert Shane, was kind enough to share his art with us, as well as, sit down with us for an interview. He came up with this Inferno Squad concept as he began thinking about how a regular trooper would look like with the squad's colors.





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Ewok Hunt designer posts thank you note to all SWBFII players



Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII)’s latest game mode, Ewok Hunt, ended last Sunday and it already feels like a month. The game mode was hugely successful and gathered praise from fans and media. Fans are already asking for the next iteration of Ewok Hunt while DICE developers are teasing that the game mode might come back as a permanent game mode. Read More

DICE deploying fixes for SWBFII issues; apology crate to be rewarded

On Monday this week, DICE deployed some map rotation changes for Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII). These were sought by the community for a long time. The changes tweaked rotation so players would get to experience other maps instead of the same ones over and over again. Apparently, the changes also had some unintended consequences… Read More

SWBFII parts to skill points: DICE is asking for your feedback

DICE continues to look into new ways into improving Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII). Usually, fans provide their feedback via social media or the official forums. More recently, we’ve seen an effort to keep incoming feedback more focused on specific topics in order to make it more effective. The latest effort lead by, non-other than, Ben Walke asks SWBFII fans opinions on parts to skill point conversion. Read More

Lights-out! A fan fiction story inspired by SWBFII's Ewok Hunt!

The article you’re currently reading is certainly a first. Not only because it offers one of the first pieces of Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) fan fiction out there, but also because how it came about. When Ewok Hunt came out last week, a lot of fans mentioned that playing the game mode felt like they were in the middle of a horror movie. The furry little creatures with the pointy sticks, certainly scared a lot of us when we played Ewok Hunt. Read More

Mod Watch: Ewoks in arcade, better lightsabers and more!

Considering the Ewok Hunt was out for only 5 days it’s quite impressive how quickly we got an Ewok mod. This particular mod replaces Wookie Warriors with Ewoks and adds them to Arcade. It was created by Tupe12 was surfaced via Darth Vader Modding. You can download the mod from this link.





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DICE working on bringing SWBFII's Starfighter Assault to arcade

One very important segment of the Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) player base deals with single-player gamers. These fans, focus primarily on game modes like campaign or arcade. These offer a more relaxed experience as compared to multiplayer. In addition, if you’re playing on consoles, they don’t require you to pay a subscription.



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Star Wars Battlefront II service restored! Apology crate incoming!

DICE restored online play on Thursday for Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) after 10+ hours of downtime. This was probably one of the longest maintenance periods the game had since launch. Nevertheless, the people at DICE, worked around the clock to ensure that everything was good to go before deploying the necessary fixes





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SWBFII Ewok Hunt set to return today (refers to Thursday Apr.26)

Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) latest game mode, Ewok Hunt, turned out to be extremely successful. Fans, including ourselves, have been posting their Ewok Hunt inspired comments, artwork and fan-fiction stories over at social media. With the patch that was released today, cave lighting was tweaked. We also learned that Ewok Hunt is set to return today. Read More

Bigger hitboxes and new map rotations! A video by Red Wolf

Red Wolf returns with another very interesting video for Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII) fans to enjoy. In specific, he takes a closer look at the new customizations and whether they have any impact on the game (other than the visual aspect of course). He also covers the latest map rotations that were implemented yesterday (refers to Monday).









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New SWBFII reviews start appearing in the media



Earlier this month, we wrote about the gaming press and mainstream media, picking up on the story of Star Wars Battlefront II (SWBFII). As you know, the game went through a serious revamp that started with its progression system and continued with customization. Today, SWBFII is a different game as compared to the one we got at launch. Read More