A new Star Wars: Battlefront game is reportedly in the works, and it's said to have Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn working on it, as well as Battlefield and Battlefront developer DICE.
The information comes from "multiple sources" on Variety, and arrives in the wake of EA's sudden decision to lay off 400 workers, close iconic role-playing game studio BioWare, and cancel several projects. As part of a memo to staff, EA executives confirmed that Respawn and DICE are collaborating on a new project, but stopped short of saying what it was.
The report follows days of murmurings from different sources that a third Battlefront game is in the works. It started with a rumour from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine (via Giant Bomb), which said Disney had been on the lookout for a studio to develop Battlefront 3. The names of potential teams included DICE, and Destiny and Marathon developer Bungie.
Wardogs studio head Joe Brammer then responded to the rumour on X, saying it was actually DICE and Respawn working together on Battlefront 3 - information that now appears to be true.
In 2022, EA was said to have cancelled multiple Star Wars projects in development at the time, including a follow-up to Battlefront 2. That most recent game in the Battlefront series launched in 2017 to a mixed reception . The launch version is mostly remembered for introducing loot boxes to the series that assigned random chance to earning functional in-game characters and powers.
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