Yesterday, as part of EA’s next chapter, which includes 400 jobs being cut and the closure of BioWare, it was revealed that DICE and Respawn are collaborating on “future project.” Variety is reporting that the game they will be working on is Star Wars: Battlefront 3. This comes after a report earlier this week suggested that DICE or Bungie would take on development on the next installment in the Battlefront franchise.
“Star Wars: Battlefront 3” is actively in development at Electronic Arts, multiple sources confirmed to Variety.
The news comes as EA undergoes its first major restructuring since going private this summer, with layoffs expected to affect about 400 staffers (3% of its global workforce).
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the news regarding Bungie and DICE being circled as the developers of Battlefront 3 comes from the rumour mill section in Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM). While this is a rumour, it has some credence, considering one rumour was that Diablo 4 would get a Nintendo Switch 2 port, which ended up being true.
Quarterman, a pen name for the editor of EGM said:
“Others are also telling the Q that Disney has big plans for the Star Wars Battlefront series. Recognizing how EA’s Battlefront 2 has sustained popularity that only other Star Wars media could only dream of, you’d think they green light Battlefront 3. You’d be wrong. According to what your rumor monger has dug up, the suits at Lucasfilm have been aggressively deploying probe droids for a development partner to take on the task of creating a follow-up.
So far, no one fully stepped up but yours truly is hearing two major game studios are circling the project like a couple of snow speeders led by completely unsurprisingly EA and DICE who we can hope learn from their loot box lesson. There is another: the Q man hears if the force is not trusted with DICE, it could land at none other than Halo, Destiny and Marathon Developer Bungie.”
DICE and Respawn are collaborating on a third entry in the Star Wars: Battlefront series, a new report has claimed.
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While nothing has been announced officially yet, multiple sources, while they did not identify the project, confirmed that the “future project” is Star Wars: Battlefront 3 for Lucasfilm.