The game remains so popular that Microsoft decided to give it away for free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers last month, even though the online features no longer work on Xbox Live. The game, based on the Star Wars film franchise, is the third major release in the Star Wars: Battlefront sub-series, but is considered a reboot to the previous games, instead of a sequel, to reflect the new Star Wars canon that. The PC version of 'Star Wars: Battlefront II' lost online support in May 2014 but the game's popularity led Steam and GOG.com, two game distribution platforms, to release a patch that restored online functionality in October 2017. Star Wars Battlefront is an action shooter video game developed by DICE, with additional work from Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts in November 2015. Characters from the movies appear in the game's hero assault mode, where they can use special abilities to take on large groups of regular players. In addition to an 18-mission long campaign, 'Star Wars: Battlefront II' is packed with multiplayer game modes, and players can select from a range of playable characters. Like the modern 'Battlefront II,' the Pandemic Studios release includes 64 player matches online, a mix of space and ground combat, and split-screen cooperative play for two players. Electronic Arts delivered several 'Star Wars' games using the license, including online shooters 'Battlefront' and 'Battlefront II the single-player adventure 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order ' and the space combat simulator 'Star Wars: Squadrons.' In celebration of this year's Star Wars Day, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the best Star Wars games over the years, ranked from worst to best:ĭeveloped by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts, the original ' Star Wars: Battlefront II' is a cult classic. Disney then licensed the 'Star Wars' brand to Electronic Arts, one of the largest video game makers in North America. The cult popularity of LucasArts titles encouraged a PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch re-release of 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' in April 2021, and 'Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy' in 2020.ĭisney acquired Lucasfilm for $4 billion in 2012, but decided to close the company's internal video game studio. Early 'Star Wars' games included 'Dark Forces,' a first person shooter for PC 'Rebel Assault,' a space combat game and a trio of adventure games recreating the original 'Star Wars' trilogy on Super Nintendo.

With no parent company to limit 'Star Wars' video game partnerships, LucasArts was free to publish games in a wide variety of genres.

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