'Star Wars: Battlefront' patch news: January 2017 patch now live; comes with fixes and enhancements

The "Star Wars: Battlefront" patch for January 2017 is now available. Electronic Arts recently rolled out the update for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC game versions. The latest patch comes with a number of fixes and enhancements.

(Star Wars Battlefront official web site)"Star Wars Battlefront" latest patch now available

The developers have finally fixed the UI issues and lighting problems in the game, as well as issues about the weapons, Star Cards, heroes, and various game modes.

For Walker Assault, the developers have adjusted the Hero spawn points in the "Rogue One: Scarif" maps. The AT-AT health and speed stats for all the available maps have also been tweaked.

For Infiltration, gamers will find that the glitch that restricted players from taking another Data Tape after using the Jump Pack has been fixed. But the developers didn't stop there. They also did a few tweaks on Hero Hunt, Heroes vs. Villains, Battle Station, and Private Match.

According to reports, the developers have updated the art for the "Rogue One: Scarif" maps in the game.

As for the defective weapons, gamers will find that the Sonic Imploder's blast radius has been changed to 4 meters from its previous 2-meter radius. Not only that, the team has upgraded its damage points. From 90, they have raised it to 100. The TIE Striker, on the other hand, received quite the significant upgrade. From an 800 meter/second projectile speed, it now has a 1,000 meter/second speed rate. To add, its damage points have been doubled.

Game heroes also received updates. This includes Bossk's micro grenades, which now has a 2.5-meter inner radius instead of 3 meters, and Chewbacca's Roar recharge that increased to 35 seconds from 28 and its explosion damage that decreased to 38 from 45.

Gamers can download the latest patch of "Star Wars: Battlefront" from Origin. The patch needs at least 2.44 GB of free space to be able to launch the update.

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