Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Season 2 and New May Content

DICE released another Community Transmission announcing the release date of Season 2 for Star Wars: battlefront 2 – it’s 16th of May. In the same message they also revealed the plans for May. Let’s take a look!

As DICE previously announced, the game updates they provide are split into two big categories – seasonal and regular content updates. Below you will find out what is coming from both categories to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 this month.

THE HAN SOLO SEASON

The launch date for the second season is 16th of May 2018. This one will be themed around the new Solo: A Star Wars Story movie, which releases on 25th of May. As the season progresses you will find yourself completing challenges and seasonal quests, inspired by Han Solo’s closest friendships and against some of his greatest rivals. The season spreads across two months.

NEW CONTENT IN MAY

Several updates in terms of quantity and types are planned for this month.

HERO SHOWDOWN

Alongside The Han Solo Season will be the release of a brand new game mode. Hero Showdown is similar to the much-loved Heroes vs Villains Game Mode, but with a brand-new rule set. In this 2v2 game mode, you will begin the match by picking your Hero. Should you be defeated you must put all your hope into your teammate and wait until the round is over.

If your team is successful and wins the round, you are unable to use the Heroes that you previously used. However, if your team loses the round you’re free to pick any available Hero, including the ones you’ve just used.

It’s a best out of five situation, so the first to win three rounds will claim victory. Think carefully about your pick, strategy is everything in this mode.

STARFIGHTER CUSTOM ARCADE

Starfighter Custom Arcade is where you’ll be able to become acquainted with all the Starfighters in the game. Take on AI and learn skills that will serve you well when you venture into Starfighter Assault and take on some of the best pilots in the galaxy. This will be available as soon as Season Two starts on May 16.

JABBA’S PALACE

Located in the Dune Sea on Tatooine, this sandblasted metal and stone structure strikes fear into anyone that finds themselves on the wrong side of Jabba the Hutt. Jabba’s Palace will be arriving in Star Wars Battlefront II and will be available in both Heroes vs Villains, Blast, and Arcade.

NEW APPEARANCES

Fans of Lando will be pleased to hear he’s going to be receiving an Epic, based around his Appearance within Jabba’s Palace. It’s also time that we welcome the very first Legendary Appearance into Star Wars Battlefront II.

The first ever Legendary Appearance will go to Leia and will come in the form of her iconic Boushh outfit from Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. As this is a Legendary Appearance, it’s not just her look that’s changed, while dressed in her Boushh appearance Leia will use a speech scrambler to speak Ubese. June is going to be quite…Legendary – DICE teases!

MENU AND UI UPDATES

With the launch of The Han Solo Season, DICE is introducing some quality of life changes to the front menu of the game. What this means, is that when you load up Star Wars Battlefront II, you’ll be able to get into your favorite game modes a lot quicker. The first big change you’ll notice is when you enter the Multiplayer menu, which is now broken up into three main categories; Assault, Heroes and Villains, and Operations. Hero and Villains is where you’ll find the core Heroes vs Villains game modes. Assault Modes, as you’ve probably guessed, is where you’ll find the likes of Starfighter and Galactic Assault, alongside Strike. Operations is where you’ll find Ewok Hunt, Blast, and it will also be the place to go for our limited-time game modes in the future.

The Holographic effects in the menu will be replaced with real images. This will be an update that will span across more than one patches and DICE is planning to change all of the holograms into realistic more appealing figures and silhouettes. This should arrive in June with the second part of The Han Solo Season. Spend Skill Points Pre-Round

Since the new Progression System launched, one of the key bits of feedback we’ve seen has talked about the ability to spend your Skill Points in between rounds. We’re pleased to confirm that this functionality will be launching once Season Two is released.

NEW MILESTONES

Alongside the release of the new Progression System came the arrival of a minor change that placed pop-ups within the game upon completion of a Milestone. The developers are adding Score Milestones for each Trooper, Hero and Specials. Troopers will receive three tiers, while Heroes and Specials will have two new tiers.

You can read the full patch notes for the launch of the Han Solo Season here:

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