New Star Wars Battlefront II content is going to hit the game very soon, EA and DICE confirmed today.

　　The new content, which is part of the Han Solo Season, will include a new map, Kessel, Extraction mode, Lando's Millenium Falcon and more. Plenty of other changes will also be coming.

　　NEW CONTENT

　　APPEARANCES

　　Han Solo - Corellia Escape (Legendary)

　　Han Solo - Beckett’s Crew (Legendary)

　　Lando - Professional "Sportsman" (Legendary)

　　Lando - Raconteur (Legendary)

　　Chewbacca - Vandor Heist (Epic)

　　FEATURES

　　Added Kessel as a new location

　　Added new Extraction game mode playable on Kessel and Jabba's Palace

　　Added Kessel to Blast, HvV, Hero Showdown, and Arcade

　　Added Lando's Millennium Falcon as a playable Vehicle

　　Removed the holograms from the deploy and MVP screens

　　Implemented a Character Inspector in the Collection screens

　　Timed Challenges are now displayed and accessible from the Home screen

　　HEROES AND VILLAINS

　　Emperor Palpatine

　　Fixed an issue where the CHAIN LIGHTNING Ability was not doing damage

　　Captain Phasma

　　The FIRST ORDER SENTRY DROID now only lasts for 5 seconds after Captain Phasma has been defeated

　　Lando Calrissian

　　Fixed an issue where the DISABLER failed to stun enemies

　　Fixed an issue where the DISABLER would sometimes affect friendlies

　　Rey

　　Fixed an issue where Rey could DASH through a lightsaber block

　　CLASSES, SPECIAL UNITS, & VEHICLES

　　GENERAL

　　Fixed an issue where an equipped Trooper Appearance was not applied when deploying into Vehicles

　　LOCK-ON SYSTEM

　　Updated the lock-on logic to now warn a player whenever an item is locking-on to them, not just when the weapon has already locked-on

　　ASSAULT

　　Combat Roll is blocked for a brief period when activating TOUGHEN UP so as to prevent discrepancies between animation, audio, and the Ability's activation

　　HEAVY

　　Fixed an issue where the Marksman Star Card incorrectly reset the Sentry Ability duration on headshot kills; Marksman is only intended to affect heat-based weapons

　　Gave the Ion Torpedo 3 shots per magazine instead of 1 to make it more reliable against air targets

　　Increased Ion Torpedo damage to make it more reliable against vehicles overall

　　OFFICER

　　Slightly reduced damage of the SE-44C and Blurrg-1120 with the intention to make these less viable in a situation where an Assault Rifle should be better suited

　　Slightly reduced the flash duration of the FLASH GRENADE

　　Fixed an issue where the IMPROVED FLASH GRENADE inadvertently caused a longer flash duration than the default version

　　SPECIALIST

　　Health Changes

　　We've increased the Specialist's health to be in line with the Officer and Assault classes. The intent with this change is to bring the Specialist's kill/death ratio up in line with the other Trooper Classes and to give Specialists the chance to improve their average score-per-minute as both values were the lowest of all the classes.

　　Base health increased from 100 to 150

　　Health regeneration per second decreased from 60 to 30

　　Sprint Recovery

　　When looking at the Specialist, one thing to note is that the intended gameplay is not for players to sprint and fire. As such we've slightly increased the sprint recovery penalty with all Specialist primary weapons. This now means that a Specialist will be somewhat slower to fire the first shot with their primary weapon when coming out of sprint.

　　This should also give other classes (except Heavy) a slight advantage when sprinting around a corner and suddenly meeting an enemy Specialist. For reference, the sprint recovery speeds are stack-ranked per weapon type as follows:

　　Pistols (Officer)

　　Rifles (Assault)

　　Longblasters (Specialist)

　　Heavy blasters (Heavy)

　　AERIALS

　　Reduced deploy time on rocket launchers from 1 to 0.8 seconds to make the timing, from activation to firing, snappier

　　Increased the time the player has control over the jump pack, giving them better air control while in the air

　　GAME MODES AND LOCATIONS

　　GALACTIC ASSAULT

　　Fixed an issue on PC where after shooting the MTT with the ION Disruptor, a "Playing the Objective" scoring event was shown after each respawn

　　Improved player rewards for completing objectives on the map

　　ARCADE

　　Fixed an issue where the Last Stand effect was not working on Jabba's Palace if one enemy was killed before dying

　　Fixed an issue with the Starfighter Arcade end-of-round screen where after a round of Starfighter Arcade had been completed the "Challenge Summary" screen was blank

　　Fixed an issue on Co-op Battle Scenarios where the enemy AI didn't engage the player at first sight

　　Fixed an issue in Starfighter Arcade - Onslaught where if one of the players was in the deploy screen after being defeated, time and kills were not tracked for either player

　　Fixed an issue in the Tutorial Mission where the AI would randomly die without any reason

　　Fixed an issue in split-screen where one of the players would not be able to deploy with any Character if both players tried to deploy with the same Hero at the start

　　HEROES VS VILLAINS

　　Fixed an issue on Takodana where Boba Fett could reach an invisible collision platform behind the castle where no other Hero could get to

　　Fixed an issue where players were sometimes respawned near enemies

　　HERO SHOWDOWN

　　Revised the HUD to show the timer permanently and changed the countdown timer circle to count each second when there is 30 seconds left

　　Now if time ends and both teams have the same score, it's a draw

　　JETPACK CARGO

　　Revised the HUD to show the timer permanently and changed the countdown timer circle to count each second when there is 30 seconds left

　　Now if time ends and both teams have the same score, it's a draw

　　Added a kill log

　　EWOK HUNT

　　Polished the Ewok jump attack

　　Updated audio near the end of a match to build up when the shuttle comes

　　Reduced the starting Score bonus for the first Ewok

　　Created a different crosshair color when under the effects of VALIANT HORN

　　Revised crate pickup locations so that there are less weapons in the cave

　　Fixed an issue where sometimes a Stormtrooper would change to an Ewok after dying by his own grenade

　　Decreased the hut interaction area, so that Ewoks don't activate the hut entrance by accident

　　Added in-world markers to the treetop exits for Ewoks to provide a better understanding of which door to take

　　LOCATIONS

　　Improved the combat area for both Hero Showdown and Heroes vs. Villains on Endor

　　Improved the spawn area for Imperials on Hoth during Strike

　　Fixed an issue where jumping up on and behind some pipes would get the player stuck on Jabba's Palace

　　Fixed an issue where Yoda could get stuck between the Rancor body and the cave wall on Jabba's Palace

　　Added the missing Gamorrean Guards in Jabba's Palace

　　GENERAL CHANGES

　　Added Animation to the XP bar when ranking up

　　Implement additional matchmaking information in the end-of-round

　　Fixed an issue on consoles where players could encounter an infinite black loading screen if quitting the server when the planet was shown during the end-of-round

　　Fixed an issue on PC where Chewbacca couldn't use any Emote in Arcade if the Wookie Smuggler appearance was equipped

　　Adjusted the Credit pay out for time spent in match by reducing the Time bonus by 20% in order to give more weight to actions during a match

　　A new trailer has also been released, and you can check it out below.

　　Star Wars Battlefront II is now available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in all regions.