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Star Wars Battlefront II Just Refused to Leave the PS4 Charts

Star Wars Battlefront II-inspired header image showing clone troopers, battle droids, and large-scale multiplayer combat tied to the game returning to the PS4 download charts.

At this point, Star Wars Battlefront II is less a video game and more a Force ghost with a player base. According to PlayStation Blog’s official May 2026 PlayStation Store top downloads, Star Wars Battlefront II was the most downloaded PS4 game in US/Canada last month. In Europe, it landed at number two, just behind Red Dead Redemption 2. For a game released back in 2017, that is absurd in the best possible way. No major new expansion. No massive relaunch. No shiny sequel announcement. Just Battlefront II climbing back into the charts like it heard someone mention Battlefront 3 and decided to make a scene. The Game That Would Not Stay Buried The modern story of Battlefront II is still one of the strangest turnarounds in Star Wars gaming. It launched under a cloud of loot box controversy, became one of the most debated games of its generation, then…

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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Turns 9 — And It’s Still Full of Charm (and Bricks)

LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens game cover featuring Rey, Finn, Kylo Ren, and other characters in LEGO minifigure style

On this very day, nine years ago, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens crash-landed into our consoles like a Resistance pilot in need of an insurance claim. Developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive, it marked the triumphant return of the LEGO-Star Wars partnership after a bit of a break—and boy, did it deliver. June 28, 2016. A simpler time. A pre-Last Jedi world. A world where BB-8 was just an adorable new droid and not yet a spark for endless forum debates. But in LEGO form? Pure joy. A LEGO Game with Movie-Exclusive Filler (That Actually Works) One of the biggest surprises of this entry was its original content. Unlike previous LEGO Star Wars games that covered entire trilogies, this one focused solely on The Force Awakens. To flesh it out, TT Games inserted bridge content—new storylines not seen in the film but considered semi-canon at…

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