Almost eight years after its original release, DICE's Star Wars Battlefront 2 has been overrun by hackers, rendering it almost unplayable online. The onus is now on EA to bring Star Wars Battlefront 2 back to a playable state.
Upon its launch in 2017, Star Wars Battlefront 2 was met with plenty of derision from players and critics. Much of the criticism was aimed at Star Wars Battlefront 2's loot box approach, which locked many of the franchise's most iconic characters behind loot box mechanics. Players could technically earn these characters through regular play, but it would take so long that the average player would never achieve it. After DICE fixed this, players were able to look at the gameplay itself objectively, which was largely considered great. In the years since, Star Wars Battlefront 2 has gained something of a cult following, with a small community keeping the game alive.
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Over the last week, several threads on Reddit and the EA forums have pointed out that hackers have infiltrated Star Wars Battlefront...
