This just in, the promised PC update for Star Wars: Battlefront II was been slightly delayed, according to this post from xtmn8r on the official LucasArts forums:

Posted: Jan 31, 2006 01:44 PM

Just wanted to give everyone an update since we are at the end of the month and yes, we do not yet have the patch to release. As the team has been making changes to the Mod Tools, we’ve had to sync up the game code to better support what the Mod Tools create. As a result, we’ve had to hold-off on the PC patch until we are fairly confident no other Mod Tool changes will affect the core game. We apologize for the delay but want to insure that when the Mod Tools are released, it works completely with the current version of the game. Our best estimate for release is likely the middle of next week.

Thanks again for your continual support of Star Wars Battlefront II

The Star Wars Battlefront II team

Special thanks to zerted of LucasForums for the heads up! Good luck to the Pandemic team…

It’s been nearly three months since the highly anticipated release of Star Wars Battlefront II, and since that time many of us, especially those who participated in the Beta test, have been hoping for a “patch” to fix up some issues in the game and tweak some other things we were concerned about.

And it looks like that day is finally going to arrive, in about a week or so, according to this recent announcement from the LucasArts forums:

The PC update and new Dedicated Server are fully in test right now. Assuming everything looks good, we should be rolling it out by the end of the month.

The PC Update will include many bugs fixes, performance improvements & minor gameplay tweaks and other miscellaneous changes.

With the release of this update, we will also be rolling out a new Dedicated Server that will be required to host PC games using this updated version. The New Dedicated Server will also have all its enhanced features fully functional. If you are curious on what features will be available, check out our PS2 Server update we just released as its features are very similar.

Shortly after the release of the PC update, we will be releasing the MOD Tools. The MOD Tools are almost done & is mostly waiting on the finalization of the PC Update & Server Update so we can insure it works properly with the current version of the game & vice versa. We should be able to give you a better timeline on the Mod Tools once the PC Update is released

Good luck Pandemic, and thank you! Also thanks to the forum members for bringing this to our attention.

We’ll be hopefully putting up our own download link for the file over at LucasFiles.com as soon as we can get our own copy.

LucasArts today announced its downloadable content plans for the Xbox version of Star Wars Battlefront II, the best-selling game of November.

Now available for free download, the newly added Assault mode on Kashyyyk adds another location for the Hero Free-For-All, a mode previously seen only when you selected Assault at Mos Eisley.

As the millions who have played the game already know, Hero Free-for-All pits all 17 of Battlefront II.

Have you ever wanted to see how many Star Wars Battlefront 2 servers there are or locate a player, without firing up the game? Or perhaps you don’t have the game installed but want to see how the community is doing?

Well Qtracker is your solution! A free program designed many years ago (and constantly updated) by Ron Mercer (DM Ohio), this is a nice app to have for all your SWBF 1 (and now 2!) needs. Of course it supports a multitude of other online games, including all the popular titles.

Here’s the latest update straight from Ron’s page:

Qracker 4.11 Released! November 10th, 2005 @ 11:35PM ET

This release fixes three major bugs that slipped into 4.1: Quake 4 query crashing, the inability to connect to a F.E.A.R. server, and server refreshes that would just die part way through. I’ve snuck Star Wars Battlefront II support into this release, plus a few new features. I hope you enjoy the release, and as you can tell from the screenshot I’m almost done with the Quake 4 Mapshot Pack. Expect that tomorrow. Frag on!

Another great thing about Qtracker is that it supports many games that no other tracker does, including old school titles like Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and X-Wing Alliance.

Features List:

- Server browser for the Internet or LAN.

- Easy server remote administration.
- PlayerWatch feature keeps tells you when and where your friends are playing.
- Mapshots show you what level is being played.
- Filters.
- Server-side filters including regions, modifications, and game types.
- Player names are shown using in-game fonts.
- Music (Shoutcast) support.
- HTML and PHP server list generation.
- Fast querying.
- PlayerWatch window is skinnable, and GUI is completely customizable.

Check it out over at Qtracker.com!

Ever since Star Wars Battlefront II was released last week, I’ve been hearing folks complaining about “lag” in the game.

Well, the best solution to your problems is to host your own server!

Thanks to the folks at Pandemic/LucasArts we now have one more way to host a game. Note that players could always host a dedicated (or non-dedicated) SWBF2 server through the in-game setup (multiplayer—>create game) or through creating a batch file, but now you have a nice complete launcher for all your hand-holding server hosting needs.

Filename:
swbattlefrontiipcserver.exe

Author:
LucasArts

Size:
152.81 MB (160230291 bytes)

Date:
2005-10-31 15:41:20

This beta standalone server software allows you to run a dedicated server for the PC version of Star Wars: Battlefront 2.

Download here from LucasFiles.com (no wait!).

Download here from FileShack (registration optional for faster speed and no wait).

Download here from 3DGamers.com.

Other mirrors posted as we recieve them.

Thanks to Wilhuf for the news!

As one might expect with the release of the full game, the PC beta of SWBF2 is closed. CD Keys for it ran out some time ago and now the beta can’t be downloaded anymore from Fileplanet.

So to everyone still curious about playing the game, you can check out the console demos through through magazine bundles or the ROTS DVD set.

Now that the full version should be out on store shelves, time to check it out!

As a side note: once I get the game I will be working on a feature that will introduce new players to the game and compare it to the previous installment.