Star Wars: Battlefront III was meant to be the third (fifth if spin-offs are included) Star Wars: Battlefront game, and the third one to not be developed by Pandemic Studios. We'll have to wait and see.PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 2, Playstation Portable, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS " For the first time ever, one Battlefront, no Limits." - Internal slogan found on design documents Now that Visceral's project is cancelled, it could be Respawn's project and not a new Battlefront. It's not clear if it means this release cadence has changed, or if the uncertainty is a result of the backlash the Battlefront brand sustained in the last few months.ĮA has already confirmed that thanks to the game's problems with lootboxes and microtransactions, Battlefront 2 ended up selling less than the original, and definitely below expectations.Īs it stands, EA has not said what its next Star Wars game is going to be. "We haven't decided exactly timing for another Battlefront yet but clearly the next big Star Wars game would be the action game in fiscal 2020." "And most likely that would drop in fiscal 2020 versus another Battlefront. "We have not, obviously, announced product for our fiscal 2020 yet but remember that we have a Star Wars action game that the Respawn team has been working on for the last couple of years," said Jorgensen. Theoretically, this would put Battlefront 3 up for release sometime in 2019. For a while now, EA followed a two-year development/release schedule, with Battlefield and Battlefront alternating. Interestingly, CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed during the call that the publisher is not yet sure when Battlefront 3 will be released.
In November last year, EA acquired Respawn Entertainment, and the Star Wars game was reconfirmed to be in-development. We do know it's being lead by veteran Sony Santa Monica director Stig Asmussen. Little is known about Respawn's Star Wars title, as it was only ever mentioned in a supercut trailer of all of EA's in-development Star Wars game. EA has shared a few updates about some of its projects during last night's Q3 2018 earnings report.ĭuring a call to investors, EA confirmed that Anthem has been pushed to 2019, and that a new Battlefield game is coming this October.ĮA also confirmed that the Star Wars action game from Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment is shooting for a fiscal year 2020 launch, meaning it'll be released between April 2019, and March 2020.
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