

With cross-play between Steam and GOG supported, this should increase the chances of players who are looking to join an online game for the classic title. It was also supposed to address several menu and gameplay issues for different screen sizes, but according to PCGamer, there are issues with this part of the update, as there have been complaints that the game is being locked to 30 fps with broken draw distances.įollowing the addition of online multiplayer on Steam, a similar update has been released to the GOG version of Star Wars: Battlefront, according to Eurogamer. The update also adds language support for French, Italian, German, Spanish, as well as additional audio support. The Galaxy Multiplayer mode is now able to connect through the Internet option, just like how it is supposed to work. “Online multiplayer on Steam has been added to the game,” said the notes for the most recent update for Star Wars: Battlefront. However, a new update for the game has made things much simpler. When Star Wars: Battlefront was re-released on Steam last year, there were certain workarounds to get multiplayer up and running, such as installing a mod or connecting PCs through LAN cables. However, the game used GameSpy, which shut down in 2014, bringing Star Wars: Battlefront‘s multiplayer capabilities down with it. Star Wars: Battlefront, similar to the 2015 reboot Star Wars Battlefront, featured multiplayer combat through online play. Multiplayer support returns for the classic Star Wars: Battlefront, released in 2004, just in time for Star Wars Day on May 4. Finally, the game offers almost all of the vehicles seen in the movies for players to fly, drive or hover and prevail. Famous Jedi and Sith are included as NPCs only in selected battles.

Each faction has four standard unit types (soldier, heavy weapons trooper, scout and pilot) plus a fifth, special unit which differs radically for each side. The game puts two pairs of factions at war: Republic vs Separatists and Rebel Alliance vs Galactic Empire. There are three different game modes to play: Historical Campaign (featuring a series of "historical" battles from the Star Wars mythos), Conquest (in which players vie for dominance of individual planets) and, of course, Instant Action. Gameplay is based on the successful standards set by Battlefield 1942, but combat in Battlefront is even more massive and heated, vehicles are more predominant and the familiar starships are also included. Not an American user? Description For the first time in gaming history, after countless games depicting various aspects of the rich Star Wars universe (including some we never wanted to see), players have the chance to step into the boots of the average soldier in the wars that raged across the galaxy.
