It appears the old "Star Wars Battlefront 2" from 2005 is being brought back from the grave after the community backlash for 2017's "Star Wars Battlefront 2," as the developers have recently released an update for the 12-year-old game.
An announcement to Steam, which came from someone from Disney, states that a patch for the 2005 "Battlefront 2" is now online. The patch serves to introduce fixes for the multiplayer aspect of the game since it has recently seen a surge in player count, possibly due to how disappointing 2017's "Battlefront 2" was for the players, mostly because of the blatant paywalls.
The patch notes include minor bug fixes for a more optimized performance of the 12-year-old game, which come in the form of improved lobby functionality, correctly displayed Steam usernames, and more accurate Ping calculations. These update the game to have a more pleasant multiplayer experience.
Website Destructoid sees this as a sign of more updates to be added to the old game, mostly for the online play. Apparently, the biggest request from players is that the developers also add modding capability for the 2005 "Battlefront 2" in the form of Steam Workshop support. This will let players tinker with the game and even update its graphics and gameplay mechanics to bring it somewhat up to par with today's standards.
This also was not the first time the 12-year-old "Star Wars" game received an update, as this makes it the second update for the game in the span of four months. It seems Disney was the one responsible for the update since they have taken over the whole franchise including its games and are working with their partners to improve some of old "Star Wars" titles.
It also seems that this move from Disney was not a coincidence, as it has expressed disappointment with how Electronic Arts (EA) handled the 2017 remake of "Battlefront 2." It can be recalled that that game was perhaps the most controversial of 2017 due to how its implementation of microtransactions even led to some countries' legal systems tagging of in-game loot boxes as gambling.
In the future, depending on the popularity of the 2005 "Battlefront 2" game, players can expect incremental updates from Disney.
