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EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II may have launched towards the end of last year, but that hasn’t stopped the original Star Wars: Battlefront II from being improved. The classic game has just received a new update on PC, over 12 years after its launch.

The patch is relatively minor: Disney says it includes things like minor bug fixes and improved lobby functionality. Steam usernames should also now be displayed correctly in-game, while ping calculations will be more accurate going forward. Check out the full patch notes, via Disney, at the bottom of this article.

Star Wars: Battlefront II received a major update back in October, when online multiplayer support was restored after it being switched off years ago. It also added cross-play support between GOG and Steam users.

EA’s newer Battlefront II, meanwhile, recently received some free DLC centered around The latest Star Wars film, The Last Jedi. It added two new maps and new hero characters, among other things. As for the film itself, we thought the film had issues, but successfully developed the sequels’ characters and subverted series tropes well. For more, check out our Star Wars: Last Jedi review.

Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) Patch Notes

• Minor bug fixes and optimized performance, the most important fixes are:
  • Lobby functionality has been improved.
  • Steam usernames should now display correctly.
  • Ping calculations are more accurate.

As part of its continued effort to expand the amount of content available to non-DLC owners, Bungie has released a new Destiny 2 update on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Rather than address any bugs or exploits, this patch deals exclusively with undoing the studio’s previous decision to lock those who haven’t purchased Curse of Osiris out of content they had access to previously.

Bungie has shared patch notes for hotfix update 1.1.1.2, which is now available following a batch of server maintenance. It makes good on Bungie’s previous announcement to expand both Iron Banner and Faction Rally, which became inaccessible to non-DLC owners after Curse of Osiris’s release. The brief, complete patch notes for the new update follow at the bottom of this post, but they boil down to letting everyone access the two events.

Community manager David Dague recently teased that these changes were coming as part of this update. The most recent Faction Rally event, which would have been the first as part of the game’s Season 2 that started with Curse of Osiris, was scheduled to take place in mid-December. But Destiny 2 players were outraged over the newly imposed DLC paywall, and Bungie canceled the event “to ensure all of our players can access the activity and the appropriate rewards.”

A new date for the next Iron Banner or Faction Rally has not been announced, but Dague said, “Updates to the live calendar [will] come next week.” Once they do return, existing Season 1 rewards from the events will still be available to all players. But new seasonal rewards, which will include armor ornaments, will be limited to those who own Curse of Osiris.

Update 1.1.1.2 is now available on all platforms. Unfortunately, it doesn’t address the Warlock Super glitch in Crucible’s Mayhem mode, but Bungie warned players in December that it would not be able to fix it before The Dawning event comes to an end on January 9.

Destiny 2 Update 1.1.1.2 Patch Notes

Iron Banner

• Players who do not own Curse of Osiris may once again access Iron Banner when available

Faction Rallies

• Players who do not own Curse of Osiris may once again pledge to Factions during Faction Rally events