While the more recent Star Wars Battlefront II saw a revisioning in 2017 by EA (which our Nick Puleo gave a Co-Op score of 2 out of 5 here) the original included a number of timeless modes that were a blast in Co-Op. Ranging from Galactic Conquest to Hero-only fights as well as wonderful classes from Droidekas to Jetpack Clone troopers, seeing this classic game come back to life means the Force (as well as understanding what their users want) is strong in Microsoft.
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Star Wars is on everyone’s mind right now. With the release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and the Disney train going full speed ahead on the franchise, it’s difficult to not find someone talking about Star Wars. Two years after EA rebooted the Star Wars Battlefront franchise we’re now seeing a sequel hoping to bring the video gam...
Battlefront II was brought to us by the now closed Pandemic Studios, and published by LucasArts, which was also shuttered after Disney purchased all things Star Wars last year. Many of the games utilizing GameSpy were being migrated to Steamworks to keep the multiplayer element running. Disney figured a nine year old game was not worth retooling, and have resigned to shutting down the online servers.