According to several users who spoke to GameWatcher, EA did a similar crackdown of Battlefront I forums when the DLC controversy started, and that practice in turn originated in the days of Battlefield 3. The worrisome part is that this sort of thing has purposely been happening for a long time. Discussions that have been on-going for a while and steer too close to negative criticism also mysteriously vanish overnight, and perhaps more weirdly, the Battlefront II forum is not even listed on EA's "All forums" page at the time of writing.
The community seems forbidden from criticising the game or talking about current non-technical issues, and any posts on the subject get either instantly deleted or blocked from being posted. Now, it seems EA has gone one step further than radio silence, and it's been actively censoring the community all along.īattlefront II Doesn't Reveal Who Rey's Parents Are, But It Shows Where Finn Came FromĪccording to several reports we received, the Electronic Arts Official Battlefront II forums have been under lockdown for the past month. While originally promising weekly updates, Q&A's, and dev diary communication, the Battlefront II team's presence has instead virtually disappeared from the internet, with the only interaction coming in the way of "we're aware" posts pertaining player-reported problems.
Since then, EA has mostly gone silent - aside from a couple of unfortunate comments.
Electronic Arts quickly apologised for the situation without changing anything, but a stern call from Disney caused the publisher to immediately backtrack and remove the game's microtransactions. Star Wars Battlefront II had a famously bad launch, what with the lootbox controversy and pay-to-win mechanics stealing all the thunder from what should have been the biggest gaming-related Star Wars event of the year.
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