Summary
Star Wars: Battlefront 2(2017) is witnessing a mini-renaissance as players flock back to the game. There appears to be an organic movement of players back to the game, possibly related to the solid Star Wars content fans have been getting recently, such as Andor’s second season.
Battlefront 2 has seen a resurgence of players on Steam, with the game approachingits all-time peak on the platform. Andor actor Muhanned Ben Amor (Wilmon)recently added fuel to the fireby posting his play time on Battlefront 2 (469 Hours) with the caption “Star Wars gotta give us Battlefront 3… ASAP. Grew up with Battlefront 2 — been a veteran since day one. Let’s hope Battlefront 3 happens.”
Run it Back
In a recent satirical thread on Reddit about the pressure on EA to make Battlefront 3,former EA developer Mats Helge Holm replied, saying he’s eager to create another Battlefront (nice spot,GamesRadar+). Holm is credited as a quality assurance analyst on Battlefront 2 and as an associate producer on the celebration edition of the game.
In response to someone asking which developer said they’d be up for coming back, Holm said, “Me, and having heard around my group of ex-colleagues, we want to get the gang back together.”
DICE developed the modern iteration of Battlefront 2 in 2017 and stopped supporting the game with additional content in 2019. DICE has since seen somewhat of an upheaval, essentially being subordinated to Ripple Effect Studios in the development of the (unnamed) Battlefield 6, following the underperformance of Battlefield 2041.
It’s unlikely that DICE still has the full trust and support of EA to pursue a relatively risky project like Battlefront 3. Still, the publisher has many studios that could potentially take over development.
For now, Battlefield 6 and the continued development of Apex Legends appear to be the focus of EA’s first-person-shooter portfolio. However, if Star Wars continues to have a resurgence in popularity, then anything is theoretically possible.
Personally, I still play the Battlefront 2 which released in 2005. There’s something endlessly satisfying about hearing “watch those wrist rockets” as I get blown up by the aforementioned wrist rockets.
