In a devastating blow to one of the most beloved multiplayer Star Wars games of the modern era, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) is now being described by players as “completely unplayable” on PC—not due to bugs or poor servers, but because of an aggressive hacker infestation that has rendered online gameplay nearly impossible.
🛑 A Game Brought to Its Knees
Reports have been flooding in across forums, Reddit threads, and Steam reviews from longtime Battlefront II players who say that hackers have completely overtaken the game’s PC servers. The issue primarily affects the popular multiplayer modes, where:
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Hackers dominate matches with aimbots, speed hacks, and instant kills
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Some can crash lobbies on command
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Players report being kicked or soft-banned by modded accounts
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Matchmaking often results in immediate entry into mod-infested games
The situation is so bad that the game’s online component has become functionally broken for anyone playing on PC without similar exploits.
💻 Where Is EA?
What’s enraging the community even more than the hacking itself is the complete silence from EA and DICE. Despite countless support tickets and forum posts, no patches, updates, or public statements have been issued in recent months regarding the problem.
Many speculate that because EA officially sunset major support for Battlefront II in 2020—shortly after its “Celebration Edition” patch—there’s no internal team assigned to monitor or moderate the servers, leaving the game vulnerable to bad actors.
🚨 A Growing Trend in Legacy Online Games
Battlefront II’s downfall is part of a larger conversation in gaming about the long-term sustainability of online-only or server-reliant titles. As more games age and lose official support, they become ripe targets for exploits—and players are left with no recourse.
Other games like Titanfall, Crysis 3 Multiplayer, and Dark Souls on PC have faced similar issues in recent years, sparking calls for:
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Dedicated anti-cheat solutions, even post-support
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Community server hosting rights
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Open-source security patches or modding support
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Greater transparency from publishers about a game’s online health
