Star Wars Battlefront 3 has been a long time coming, but a new report suggests that the wheels on the project are finally turning. While the Battlefront series was successful in both its original and rebooted incarnations, neither iteration made it past two games total.
The rebooted Battlefront titles were developed by DICE, an EA subsidiary known for the Battlefield series of FPS games. This year, EA was purchased in a deal involving Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner's private equity firm, and the company is now set for some major changes. Battlefront, at least, will apparently survive the transition.
According to Variety, EA will be bringing together Respawn and DICE, the studios behind the Star Wars Jedi games and the Battlefront reboots, respectively, to develop Star Wars Battlefront 3. This follows a public statement from EA about a collaboration between Respawn and DICE on an unnamed "future project," with Variety reporting that "multiple sources" have confirmed its identity as Battlefront 3.
Before any Battlefront 3 plans come to fruition, Respawn is presumably working on the next Star Wars Jedi game, which EA has confirmed but not officially unveiled. DICE, meanwhile, has been involved in the steady stream...
