Despite the recent surge in player counts in the acclaimed Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Battlefront 3 will not be out anytime in the near future, according to a former developer of DICE who has previously worked on Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s live operations.
“I don’t expect Battlefront 3 to be announced at the end of this rally, but overall, yeah, I think there are people who are talking about it,” wrote Mats Holm, the former live producer of Battlefront 2 while responding to fan questions on Reddit.
According to him, one of the biggest obstacles for a third Battlefront title is that most of the developers of the Battlefront 2 team are no longer a part of DICE.
“A few went to Ubisoft, some went independent, some to King, Avalanche, Star Stables, Paradox, Starbreeze, Mojang to name a few. Some left Stockholm to join game companies abroad as well.
“Embark has a lot of the people who made base game, but the people who made the live game did not leave in a pack. We all slowly drifted after being put on Battlefield”, Holm stated.
Also, according to him, a remaster of Battlefront 2 may release in the next couple of years.
“Hear me out — no Battlefront 3 right now, but Battlefront 2 Remaster for whatever future console is arriving in 2027-28,” he added. “Dev time is around 2-3 years. There is a laundry list of improvements that this game could get in my opinion, and getting it updated was always on our wishlist.
“Once that is a success, then start work on 3. You have a team familiar with engine, assets and really could kick off developing a 3 within a much shorter time span, and working on feedback from a fresh Battlefront 2 audience base. This would be a 5-6 year plan, but it’s far more likely to be a success.”
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 came out in 2017 and received generally positive reviews upon release.
