What All Is Being Added In The Rise Of Skywalker Battlefront 2 Update

Picket the trailer if nothing else

Star Wars Battlefront Two is trying its all-time to win over fans while excitement for The Rising of Skywalker is heaven-high. Starting this week, the game'due south redemption tour will include new content – a jungle planet, ruby Sith Troopers, Beginning Guild Jet Troopers, the Ovissian Gunner, and the Caphex Spy – adapted from the film. EA DICE even created a cool little cinematic to show off the December 17 update.

Curse you, Star Wars, and your way with music.

Along with those new characters, which will be playable as reinforcements, Star Wars Battlefront Two is as well calculation alternate appearances for Rey, Finn, and Kylo Ren based on The Rise of Skywalker.

A few other highlights from the patch notes:

Added a organization on Co-Op and Uppercase Supremacy that allows squadmates to signal in UI which capture point they are intending to go to.
Added faction and era selection to Co-op, including the choice for matchmaking into any game.
The histrion Health Bar has been updated to showcase when a player's health is beingness blocked from healing or health regeneration.
Polished the timings of the Damage Reduction Messaging animations when evading.
Weapon crosshairs are at present dimmed when the thespian cannot fire (such every bit when deploying a weapon).
Numerous hero and reinforcement character ability changes, besides as fixes for bugs related to Capital Supremacy, Galactic Assault, Co-op, Arcade, Kamino, and Yavin four.

The showtime update launches on December 17, just the as-yet-unnamed planet won't join the game until Dec. 20. According to the official Star Wars site, BB-8 is rolling into Battlefront Two in Jan 2020.

The game has had a significant turnaround since its troubled launch in 2017, and while I've long since moved on, I'chiliad glad that fans – at least some fans – are happy with where it's at and where it'southward heading.

I should've bought my tickets for The Rise of Skywalker a long fourth dimension agone.