RELATED: The Best Moments In Bioware Games However, a plethora of awesome updates have since turned the game from a blundering failure into a shining example of success. The game recently experienced its biggest popularity surge ever, thanks to Epic Games releasing the title for free, which added tens of thousands of new players into the mix. Star Wars: Battlefront II was deemed incredibly disappointing to fans and critics alike when it was first released in 2017.