Three Years After Its Controversial Launch, Star Wars Battlefront II Is This Week's Free EGS Title

Jason Winter
By Jason Winter, News Editor
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This week's free Epic Games Store offering is one of the most infamous games of the past few years. DICE and Electronic Arts' Star Wars Battlefront II, the game that prompted the most-downvoted thread in Reddit history, as well as U.S. Congressional investigation and a wave of anti-loot box sentiment worldwide, is available for free until next Thursday, January 21 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific.

The giveaway is for the $39.99 Celebration Edition of the game, which includes content that was added in the game up to and including the launch of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. That version includes hundreds of customization options, including over two dozen hero appearances -- and loot boxes that only contain credits and cosmetic items.

If you haven't glanced at Battlefront since (or because of) its controversial launch, you might be surprised to find out how much has changed. At the very least, it's got an 89% positive rating on Steam, which also has much more information about the game in general than its Epic Games Store page.

Next week's free EGS game will be for Stardock Entertainment's 4x strategy game Galactic Civilizations III. That giveaway will go live after Battlefront's time runs out on the 21st and will run until the 28th.

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Jason Winter
Jason Winter, News Editor
Jason Winter is a veteran gaming journalist, he brings a wide range of experience to MMOBomb, including two years with Beckett Media where he served as the editor of the leading gaming magazine Massive Online Gamer. He has also written professionally for several gaming websites.

Discussion (2)

Allwynd 2 years ago
The Star Wars Battlefront Classic games are better than the new ones. They have more maps, more game modes and are overall more fun. Their only drawback is outdated mechanics.

rickshaw 2 years ago
Cheers, was on it, but, you made me jump & get it :)


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