Can EA Salvage Star Wars Battlefront 2? | The Video Game Pals Episode 30

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is back in the news for all the wrong reasons and the pals are discussing whether it’s too late for EA to right this sinking ship. PLUS: A new Super Mario Bros. movie is in the works! RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK DA NEWS: 1. The nominees for The Game Awards have been revealed: http://thegameawards.com/awards/ 2. Deadline is reporting that Fox 21 and Hulu have teamed for a television series based on Hitman franchise by IO Interactive: http://deadline.com/2017/11/hitman-television-series-derek-kolstad-john-wick-creator-hulu-fox-21-pilot-script-1202206934/ 3. Rampage Trailer Reactions: b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOKvrsmQiI 4. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo has made a deal with Universal Pictures and their Illumination Entertainment studio is close to closing a deal for an animated Super Mario Bros. movie: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mario-bros-set-to-jump-to-big-screen-in-movie-deal-with-universals-illumination-1510675881 https://io9.gizmodo.com/nintendo-is-finally-making-another-super-mario-bros-mo-1820435189 5. Marvel Heroes, the Diablo-style free-to-play action RPG by Gazillion Entertainment is shutting down: https://kotaku.com/disney-shuts-down-marvel-heroes-1820475273 6. For what will hopefully be the last time, let’s jump into our last news item this week, the continued controversy around the release of DICE and EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7c6bjm/it_takes_40_hours_to_unlock_a_hero_spreadsheet/ https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/11/16637840/star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crates-cost-heroes https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/13/16643302/battlefront-2-40-hours-unlock-vader-luke-ea-response https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fan-outrage-spurs-changes-star-wars-battlefront-2/ https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/15/16656478/star-wars-battlefront-2-content-unlock-timecost https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/16/16658476/star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crate-costs-analysis https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/13/16646374/battlefront-2-40-hours-unlock-luke-vader-prices https://kotaku.com/ea-temporarily-removes-microtransactions-from-star-wars-1820528445 https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/status/931332890717143040 https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/battlefront/battlefront-2/news/pre-launch-update Meat and Potatoes: Can Star Wars Battlefront II still be salvaged? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW