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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-battlefront\">Star Wars: Battlefront<\/a> game is reportedly in the works, and it&#8217;s said to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/apex-legends\">Apex Legends<\/a> and Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn working on it, as well as Battlefield and Battlefront developer DICE.<\/p>\n<p>The information comes from &#8220;multiple sources&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/ea-layoffs-bioware-shutting-down-respawn-dice-star-wars-battlefront-3-1236918715\/\">Variety<\/a>, and arrives in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-cancels-sims-skate-400-layoffs\">EA&#8217;s sudden decision to lay off 400 workers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bioware-closing-down-mass-effect-5-cancelled\">close iconic role-playing game studio BioWare<\/a>, and cancel several projects. As part of a memo to staff, EA executives confirmed that Respawn and DICE are collaborating on a new project, but stopped short of saying what it was.<\/p>\n<p>The report follows days of murmurings from different sources that a third Battlefront game is in the works. It started with a rumour from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/ladA0cCcOpA\">Giant Bomb<\/a>), which said Disney had been on the lookout for a studio to develop Battlefront 3. The names of potential teams included DICE, and Destiny and Marathon developer Bungie.<\/p>\n<p>Wardogs studio head Joe Brammer then responded to the rumour on X, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Brammflakes\/status\/2112287506301686114\">it was actually DICE and Respawn working together on Battlefront 3<\/a> &#8211; information that now appears to be true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-3-dead-as-dice-focuses-fully-on-battlefield-report\">In 2022, EA was said to have cancelled multiple Star Wars projects<\/a> in development at the time, including a follow-up to Battlefront 2. That most recent game in the Battlefront series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-2-review\">launched in 2017 to a mixed reception<\/a>. The launch version is mostly remembered for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-boxes-investigated-by-belgian-gaming-commission\">introducing loot boxes to the series<\/a> that assigned random chance to earning functional in-game characters and powers. It was universally disliked. The backlash was so disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-video-game-industrys-loot-box-problem-isnt-going-away\">it kicked off a wave of legislation worldwide that deemed loot boxes to be gambling mechanics<\/a>, the fallout of which persists to this day.<\/p>\n<p>DICE would end up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-dice-is-reworking-the-star-wars-battlefront-2-progression-system\">overhauling many of those systems<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-admits-it-got-it-wrong-over-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-boxes\">removing loot boxes altogether<\/a>. The developer turned Battlefront 2&#8217;s fortunes and player sentiment around, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dice-is-still-adding-to-star-wars-battlefront-2-two-years-after-launch\">continuing to support the game for years<\/a>, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-2-is-bringing-scarif-back-from-the-first-game\">releasing its final major update in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Battlefront 3 would be the first in the series to be published by the now Saudi-owned EA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-aquisition-55-complete-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-private\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Public Investment Fund, together with investment firm Silver Lake and private equity company Affinity Partners, acquired EA in the summer for $55bn<\/a> in a leveraged buyout deal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-battlefront\">Star Wars: Battlefront<\/a> game is reportedly in the works, and it&#8217;s said to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/apex-legends\">Apex Legends<\/a> and Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn working on it, as well as Battlefield and Battlefront developer DICE.<\/p>\n<p>The information comes from &#8220;multiple sources&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/digital\/news\/ea-layoffs-bioware-shutting-down-respawn-dice-star-wars-battlefront-3-1236918715\/\">Variety<\/a>, and arrives in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-cancels-sims-skate-400-layoffs\">EA&#8217;s sudden decision to lay off 400 workers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bioware-closing-down-mass-effect-5-cancelled\">close iconic role-playing game studio BioWare<\/a>, and cancel several projects. As part of a memo to staff, EA executives confirmed that Respawn and DICE are collaborating on a new project, but stopped short of saying what it was.<\/p>\n<p>The report follows days of murmurings from different sources that a third Battlefront game is in the works. It started with a rumour from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/ladA0cCcOpA\">Giant Bomb<\/a>), which said Disney had been on the lookout for a studio to develop Battlefront 3. The names of potential teams included DICE, and Destiny and Marathon developer Bungie.<\/p>\n<p>Wardogs studio head Joe Brammer then responded to the rumour on X, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Brammflakes\/status\/2112287506301686114\">it was actually DICE and Respawn working together on Battlefront 3<\/a> &#8211; information that now appears to be true.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-3-dead-as-dice-focuses-fully-on-battlefield-report\">In 2022, EA was said to have cancelled multiple Star Wars projects<\/a> in development at the time, including a follow-up to Battlefront 2. That most recent game in the Battlefront series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-2-review\">launched in 2017 to a mixed reception<\/a>. The launch version is mostly remembered for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-boxes-investigated-by-belgian-gaming-commission\">introducing loot boxes to the series<\/a> that assigned random chance to earning functional in-game characters and powers. It was universally disliked. The backlash was so disastrous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-video-game-industrys-loot-box-problem-isnt-going-away\">it kicked off a wave of legislation worldwide that deemed loot boxes to be gambling mechanics<\/a>, the fallout of which persists to this day.<\/p>\n<p>DICE would end up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-dice-is-reworking-the-star-wars-battlefront-2-progression-system\">overhauling many of those systems<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-admits-it-got-it-wrong-over-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-boxes\">removing loot boxes altogether<\/a>. The developer turned Battlefront 2&#8217;s fortunes and player sentiment around, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dice-is-still-adding-to-star-wars-battlefront-2-two-years-after-launch\">continuing to support the game for years<\/a>, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-battlefront-2-is-bringing-scarif-back-from-the-first-game\">releasing its final major update in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Battlefront 3 would be the first in the series to be published by the now Saudi-owned EA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-aquisition-55-complete-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-private\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Public Investment Fund, together with investment firm Silver Lake and private equity company Affinity Partners, acquired EA in the summer for $55bn<\/a> in a leveraged buyout deal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Star Wars: Battlefront II Star Wars: Battlefront 3 reportedly being co-developed by Battlefield studio DICE and Apex Legends studio Respawn Crait news. 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