{"id":73429,"date":"2025-09-09T15:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2132702"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:10:44","slug":"star-wars-battlefront-2-servers-are-still-struggling-with-an-influx-of-new-players-courtesy-of-epics-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/star-wars-battlefront-2-servers-are-still-struggling-with-an-influx-of-new-players-courtesy-of-epics-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Battlefront 2 servers are still struggling with an influx of new players courtesy of Epic&#8217;s giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/star-wars-battlefront-2-servers-are-still-struggling-with-an-influx-of-new-players-courtesy-of-epics-giveaway.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A heap of shiny new Star Wars Battlefront II players courtesy of the latest Epic Games Store giveaway have crashed the servers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-07-star-wars-battlefront-2-is-next-weeks-epic-store-freebie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As we reported last week<\/a>, Epic&#8217;s current freebie &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2019-12-03-a-star-wars-celebration-edition-of-battlefront-2-leaks-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebration Edition<\/a> of Battlefront II &#8211; features all the post-launch additions, as well as all cosmetic content previously available as in-game purchases, right up to and including those released as part of the game&#8217;s Rise of Skywalker update.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the freebie was launched many players have had problems connecting to the online servers, reporting error codes 623, 918, and 721 &#8211; all of which translate to server issues. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-17-star-wars-battlefront-ii-servers-are-still-struggling-with-an-influx-of-new-players-courtesy-of-epics-giveaway\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-17-star-wars-battlefront-ii-servers-are-still-struggling-with-an-influx-of-new-players-courtesy-of-epics-giveaway\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heap of shiny new Star Wars Battlefront II players courtesy of the latest Epic Games Store giveaway have crashed the servers. As we reported last week, Epic&#8217;s current freebie &#8211; the Celebration Edition of Battlefront II &#8211; features all the post-launch additions, as well as all cosmetic content previously available as in-game purchases, right up to and including those released as part of the game&#8217;s Rise of Skywalker update. However, since the freebie was launched many players have had problems connecting to the online servers, reporting error codes 623, 918, and 721 &#8211; all of which translate to server issues. 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