EA announced three new Star Wars games today, but the Battlefront series apparently did not make the cut. According to a VentureBeat report, DICE has no plans to make a third entry to the series to right now.
The report said DICE aiming their support back towards the Battlefield series in the future, with the development on EA’s Stars Wars games being handled by Respawn. A third Battlefront title from DICE was never really in the cards, Grubb said on Twitter.
EA has ambitious plans to grow the Battlefield series, so it would make sense that EA would have DICE focus on the franchise moving forward. Previously it was reported that Battlefront 3 would be happening anyway due to licensing costs, so it’s not completely surprising.
VentureBeat’s report mentions the licensing costs as well, saying EA is mitigating some of its risk by putting DICE on other projects. EA has always paid Disney a license fee for its Star Wars games, and this will continue for Respawn’s next three games. The terms for this arrangement have never been disclosed.
DICE’s Battlefront and Battlefront II combined sold more than 33 million copies, and the sequel still has a relatively active playerbase. Of course, many will likely recall when Battlefront II’s launch was stained by the controversy over its loot boxes, which DICE quickly removed.
In other news, Respawn will be overseeing the development of three new Star Wars titles. These include a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a new FPS, and a strategy game from an outside studio. EA no longer solely publishes Star Wars games for console and PC.
