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Star Wars: Battlefront II

Star Wars: Battlefront II is a second major title in EA and DICE's Battlefront series. It is a sequel which brings a single-player campaign for the first time in the modern series. It is available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. 
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Obi-Wan Kenobi to join Star Wars:Battlefront 2 in the next update

A picture of Obi Wan Kenobi Star Wars: Battlefront 2 trailer
EA DICE have announced that they will add Obi-Wan Kenobi to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 in the upcoming Battle of Geonosis updates. The legendary Jedi master needs no introductions, but you may want to glance over his in-game abilities.

The great debate: Are Assassin's Creed Odyssey XP boosts ethical?

Picture of Alexios and Socrates in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is garnering positive reviews across the board and Ubisoft even poked fun at EA for controversial microtransactions. Are Ubisoft blameless in the whole story though, as they have MTX in a singleplayer game?

Ubisoft has called EA out for their most hated Reddit comment

Kassandra is holding an Eagle on her right arm
Some mistakes stick forever, and the Star Wars: Battlefront II mistake is still sticking with EA as their rival, Ubisoft, called them out in their recently released Assassin's Creed: Odyssey for failed cover-up of pay-to-win loot boxes.

CoD: WWII has longest unbroken number one run since Black Ops 3

Bayek about to engage in a boss battle against Sekhmet
Call of Duty WWII now has the longest unbroken run at number one of the UK retail sales charts since Black Ops 3. FIFA 18 and Star Wars Battlefront II round off the top three. Gearbox Publishing’s Hello Neighbor debuted at number 37.

The State of Hawaii leads against 'gambling in video games'

Chris Lee's YouTube channel posted a video of the speech made to urge people to stand up against 'gambling in video games'. Lee continued his message using Reddit: 'key bases of political support across the country are on the same side'.

CoD: WWII rules UK sales chart for the third week in a row

Call of Duty WWII is still holding on to the first place of the UK retail sales chart. Star Wars Battlefront II debuts at number two with Bethesda’s Switch version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim all the way down at a flimsy number 26.

SW: Battlefront II in-game purchases temporarily disabled

Oskar Gabrielson stated in a blog post that DICE is turning off all in-game purchases. All progression will now be earned through gameplay. The ability to purchase crystals in-game will return after the team makes 'changes to the game'.

University of Adelaide finds loot boxes to be predatory gambling

A photoshop of the character Predator gambling
It appears that the Dutch have only added more fuel to the anti-loot box fire as University of Adelaide's School of Psychology found loot boxes to constitute predatory gambling, as part of their current study on microtransactions.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy hits no.1 on UK chart

Animated bandicoot sliding on a bear down an icy slope
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy's departure from PlayStation 4 pastures and arrival on PC, Xbox One and Switch were obviously a sure shot for Activision, helping Crash exchange its 22nd PS exclusive place for number one across all formats.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 has a roadmap for the first time

A trooper in a field
Ben Walke, EA's community manager, has been teasing Star Wars Battlefront 2 roadmap for a while now and finally shown it in the end. The picture details EA DICE's plans for the game in the remainder of 2018, including new heroes and maps.