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Blizzard throws shade at Star Wars Battlefront II on Twitter

Blizzard shows EA how free gaming is done.

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Over the past 48 hours, EA has experienced record breaking backlash on Reddit for a comment about why it charges so much to unlock Luke Skywalker and other main characters in its Star Wars Battlefront II, its latest game. The company has since lowered the prices by 75 percent. 

Some fans, however, still aren't satisfied.

Enter Blizzard Entertainment, which took to Twitter on Tuesday after seeing the controversy. Blizzard pointed out that its popular Star Craft II game recently went free-to-play. And just look at the tweets (and feel the burn):

Twitter followers didn't disappoint with their responses either:

To be fair, Starcraft II is a much older game. Still, we'll have to wait and see if EA has a response to this massive burn.