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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection release date for all platforms revealed

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Marco Wutz

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection release date for all platforms revealed
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection release date for all platforms revealed /

One of the most exciting announcements during the latest Nintendo Direct was the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which isn’t just coming to Nintendo Switch. Players on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S will have to watch those wrist rockets and capture those command posts as well starting on March 14, 2024.

Developed by Aspyr, a studio specializing in remasters of older titles, the Classic Collection is not just bringing the two beloved Star Wars shooters to modern platforms, but is doing so with the bonus content that has been exclusive to Xbox in the past.

Screenshot from Star Wars Battlefront Classic showing the battle of Hoth.
It's time to relive your childhood nostalgia :: Aspyr / Disney

Battlefront will include the Jabba’s Palace bonus map, while Battlefront 2 will feature Cloud City, the two Rhen Var maps, and Yavin 4: Arena as additional battlefields. Plus: Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress, who were only available as heroes on Xbox back in the day, will be included as well.

As a cherry on top, Aspyr will enable players to dive into the Hero Assault game mode on all of the maps for the first time, not just a selection from the pool. Naturally, Galactic Conquest will make its return as a mode in Battlefront 2. Multiplayer will feature matches with up to 64 players.

And, not to forget, there are the campaigns as well. Battlefront 2’s depiction of the 501st Legion, which later became known as Vader’s Fist, living and fighting from the Clone Wars to the Battle of Endor is still regarded as one of the best stories told in Star Wars games. And you actually get to keep playing as the bad guys for once – take a hint, modern Battlefront 2.

You can watch the announcement trailer for the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection below:

This bundle should keep Star Wars fans busy while they wait on whatever offering the talented crew at Respawn Entertainment, which includes some of the developers working on these two Battlefront games, are currently working on.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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