Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection ‘A Terrible Gut Punch’, Veteran Modder Says

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With Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection’s disastrous launch resulting in a backlash from players, particularly on Steam, modders have already set out to fix the game.

Battlefront Classic Collection was meant to be a nostalgia-fuelled return to Star Wars multiplayer of old, but instead was beset by matchmaking errors, crashes, and servers not appearing in the browser.

For one modder in particular, Battlefront Classic Collection hurt even more because it appeared to include their own work uncredited — before developer Aspyr patched the game.

Last month, IGN reported on veteran Battlefront modder iamashaymin, who was surprised to discover the Battlefront Classic Collection’s debut trailer suggested their mod for the original Battlefront 2 had been used for this updated release. Aspyr issued IGN a statement in response insisting the game "does not include any code or content that is taken from uncredited sources", adding it had "mistakenly" included "content that is not in the product" after capturing placeholder footage for the trailer last fall.

But eagle-eyed players discovered evidence to the contrary, at least in the release version of the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection before it received a last-minute patch. Footage taken from the PlayStation 5 version of Battlefront Classic Collection and published to reddit showed the version of Asajj Ventress from iamashaymin's mod without credit. Players have reported the latest patch replaces this version of the character with an Aspyr-created version. IGN has asked Aspyr for comment.

'The upcoming release of Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection does not include any code or content that is taken from uncredited sources.'https://t.co/GjrJY2E0wM
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A disgruntled iamashaymin told IGN they were hugely disappointed by Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection. “This release has been a total mess. The fact they had to release patches both before and immediately after releasing two