Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Gets 25 New Characters Thanks To Mod

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A new Star Wars: Battlefront 2 mod adds 25 new playable heroes to the base game, including a few that were originally planned to be included before EA and DICE stopped adding DLC in 2020. The sequel to 2015’s Star Wars: Battlefront reboot was met with a divisive reception due to its perceived overreliance on microtransactions when it launched back in 2017, but later expansions built upon Star Wars Battlefront 2’s assortment of characters and worlds from across the ever-expanding Star Wars franchise and ushered in a renewed sense of goodwill for Battlefield developer DICE’s multiplayer action title.

In the end, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 was seen by many as one of the better titles to come from EA’s controversial tenure as the sole publisher of Star Wars video games. Despite the initial player reception, DICE eventually ended its support for Battlefront 2 and scrapped its rumored plans for a third game to focus on refining Battlefield 2042. As it turns out, the developers would add adding fan-favorite characters like Ahsoka Tano and Asajj Ventress as playable heroes to Star Wars: Battlefront 2.

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Now, a pair of modders by the handles of PianoBoy1764 and this_guy446 are bringing some of this cut content to Star Wars: Battlefront 2, as well as a vast array of other heroes and villains from across the Star Wars galaxy. They recently posted the “Battlefront 2022” mod to Nexus Mods (via The Gamer), which started as two separate projects before being joined into one. The Battlefront 2022 mod adds a total of 25 new playable characters among other quality-of-life refinements. These new heroes and villains feature a wide range of popular characters like the