Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)

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Star Wars Battlefront II
Developer(s)	DICE[a]
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Director(s)	Bernd Diemer
Producer(s)	Paul Keslin Craig McLeod James Salt
Designer(s)	Niklas Fegraeus Linus Josephson
Programmer(s)	Jonas Kjellström
Artist(s)	Andrew Hamilton
Writer(s)	Walt Williams[1] Mitch Dyer[1]
Composer(s)	Gordy Haab
Series	Star Wars: Battlefront
Engine	Frostbite 3
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release	November 17, 2017
Genre(s)	First-person shooter, third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Star Wars Battlefront II is an action shooter video game based on the Star Wars franchise. It is the fourth main installment of the Star Wars: Battlefront series and a sequel to the 2015 reboot of the series. It was developed by DICE, in collaboration with Criterion Games and Motive Studios, and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released worldwide on November 17, 2017, for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes and overall includes more content than its predecessor. The single-player campaign of the game is set between the films Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and follows an original character, Iden Versio, the commander of an Imperial special ops strike force dubbed Inferno Squad, who defects to the New Republic after becoming disillusioned with the Galactic Empire's tactics. Most of the story takes place during the final year of the Galactic Civil War, before the Empire's definitive defeat at the Battle of Jakku.

Upon release, Battlefront II received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the multiplayer, gameplay, balancing, visuals, and variety, but criticism for its single-player modes, campaign, microtransactions, and progression system. The game was also subject to widespread criticism regarding the status of its loot boxes, which could give players substantial gameplay advantages if purchased with real money. A response from EA's community team on Reddit on the topic became the single most down-voted comment in the site's history, amassing over 600,000 downvotes. In response, EA removed microtransactions from the game.^[2]

Since its release, the game received numerous content additions through free updates in an attempt to repair its reputation after launch, which brought in a large number of new players. These updates ended on April 29, 2020, after Electronic Arts concluded that the game had reached its desired number of players and had substantially improved since the initial release. A Celebration Edition of the game, which includes all in-game cosmetic options, was released on December 5, 2019.

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