The Unlikely Comeback: Star Wars: Battlefront II's Sudden Resurgence
You know nothing about what might just intrigue the gaming world. The greatest hits sometimes go down as flops, while the game everyone thought was dying had a very big comeback into the spotlight. This, exactly, is what happened in this case with Star Wars: Battlefront II.
Battlefront II has been quietly running along doing just fine with its tiny but devoted player base-the servers are still online, hello. We are looking at just slightly over a thousand of the people typically logging in at any hour of the day. That was until May.
Something shifted in the Force. Player numbers started to climb, and then they didn't just climb - they skyrocketed. On May 24th, a staggering 18,060 players were battling it out simultaneously. That's more than double its previous all-time peak. So, what caused this incredible second wind.
Many believe that this volume increase is attributed to the recently completed run for the Disney+ Andor series. It seems, having scratched that Star Wars itch, the audience was eager to return to that galaxy far, far away, and Battlefront II happened to be ready and waiting.
A New Hope for Battlefront III.
This sudden swell of popularity is well-known to the passionate community around the game. Fans are riding on the crest of this new wave and making their voices heard. An online petition is up and running, urging EA to create and release a Star Wars: Battlefront III. Thus far, over 12,000 signatures have been collected.
The fans behind the petition see huge potential, not just for innovative gameplay and storytelling, but also as a smart move for EA, given the ever-increasing love for all things Star Wars. "The potential of this game is limitless," the petition states, highlighting both creative and financial possibilities.
Will this much fanfare and surprise pleading sway EA into reviving the Battlefront series for another edition. Only time will tell, but one thing's for sure: Star Wars: Battlefront II has proven that sometimes even old favorites make the most epic of comebacks.
