Star Wars: Battlefront II Will Hit Origin Access Over a Week Before Launch | |
Star Wars: Battlefront II Will Hit Origin Access Over a Week Before Launch  Origin Access members will get to play Star Wars: Battlefront II over a week before it launches, and EA is showing off pre-order bonuses as well. Just like most EA games, Star Wars: Battlefront II will show up on Origin Access before it hits store shelves. For those of you who pay the $5 a month or $30 a year for EA's premium service, you'll be able to play the newest Battlefront game on November 9. The announcement came in a post on the game's pre-order website. In the same post, you can also find the pre-order bonuses for the game. Pre-order the Standard Edition ($59.99), and you'll get all of this:
If you pony up the extra $20 for the "Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition," you get the three bonuses from the Standard Edition, as well as all this:
There's no word yet on what limits will be placed on the Early Access period, but as the previous Battlefront title in 2015 and Mass Effect: Andromeda both had their early play limited to 10 hours, it's likely we'll see similar restrictions this time around. Star Wars: Battlefront II launches on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 17. 
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Apparently the no season pass things isn't definite. Here's hoping it's true though. | |
There's the first catch. Them tying gameplay modifiers to pre-order and certain editions. I do hope this is the only negative thing. | |
If the game can be played over a week earlier that doesn't mean that people who play for Origin Access get it earlier, it means that everybody else gets it later. It's a douchebag tactic of delaying the game for a week just so so you could squeeze a few more bucks from gamers without impulse control. | |
Looks like a $20 case of pay to win to me just for the weapon unlocks. Hard to say with the various 'upgrades', but sounds like a significant edge there too. | |
Battlefront II: Empire Strikes Back | |
