To say that this week has been a rough one for Electronic Arts’ image would be putting things mildly. Since the release of Star Wars Battlefront 2 on EA Access, fans have been voicing their displeasure with the way the game unlocks in-game items and how those items impact multiplayer play. Fans were so aggravated, in fact, that they began to issue death threats to noted EA developers in Twitter…or did they?

After one self-proclaimed Electronic Arts developer took to Twitter to say that they had received numerous death threats and nasty Tweets, many assumed it was nothing new. It's unfortunate, but developer death threats are pretty common when frustrations are high. However, further digging revealed that this individual might not be associated with Electronic Arts.

In a new report on Kotaku, Jason Schreier attempted to contact the self-proclaimed EA developer that goes by BiggSean66 and found that none of EA’s studios have any idea who the person is. LinkedIn profiles and employee listings led to similar findings, or rather no findings. Whoever BigSean66 was, either his identity was a closely guarded secret or he didn’t work at EA at all.

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Schreier then reached out to the individual directly, but despite agreeing to speak off the record never ended up sending any type of response and removed the mention of EA from his Twitter bio. This was BiggSean66’s opportunity to set the record straight, but his silence said all it needed to. Currently, his Twitter account is now protected, so no further digging can be done through past Tweets to try and find any further flaws in his story.

While the fake death threats are certainly an issue, the greater question is why this person pretended to be an Electronic Arts developer? Was it to gain attention from Electronic Arts fans? Was it an attempt to get attention from the media? Or was it just pure boredom? Whatever the case may be, at least this person is unlikely to do any further damage.

Death threats or no death threats, the fact is that Star Wars Battlefront 2 is not drawing the right kind of attention from players. It may have the Star Wars license, but the game’s approach to heroes, despite a change to hero unlock prices, and multiplayer bonuses is not ideal.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 officially releases on November 17, 2017 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Source: Kotaku