Star Wars: Battlefront 2 could be having fun with a participant resurgence, however followers should not count on a Battlefront 3 announcement anytime quickly.
That is in line with a former worker who labored on Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s stay operations at developer DICE, who has been responding to participant questions on reddit.
Star Wars: Battlefront 2, initially launched in 2017, has seen its participant rely rise quickly for the reason that begin of this month, fuelled by the franchise’s annual Might 4 celebrations and the critically-acclaimed return of Star Wars TV collection Andor.
The sport’s renewed recognition has followers clamouring for extra — and to be honest, after eight years, you would possibly count on writer EA to have one thing up its sleeve. However, in line with former stay producer of BF2, Mats Holm, that’s unlikely to be the case.
“I do not count on Battlefront 3 to be introduced on the finish of this rally,” Holm wrote, referring to the latest uptick in Battlefield 2 participant numbers. “However general, yeah, I believe there are people who find themselves speaking about it.”
In line with Holm, the largest situation holding up a brand new recreation is that almost all of the Battlefront 2 group are now not at DICE.
“We unfold throughout,” Holm revealed. “Just a few went to Ubisoft, some went impartial, some to King, Avalanche, Star Stables, Paradox, Starbreeze, Mojang to call just a few. Some left Stockholm to affix recreation firms overseas as nicely.
“Embark has a variety of the individuals who made base recreation, however the individuals who made the stay recreation didn’t go away in a pack. All of us slowly drifted after being placed on Battlefield.”
Requested whether or not DICE might nonetheless make a brand new Battlefront recreation with out its earlier group members, Holm admitted he was “sceptical.”
“The stay group ended up approaching the sport very otherwise than the unique devs,” Holm wrote, referring to how the group who continued making Battlefront 2 content material post-launch turned across the recreation’s fortunes following a shaky begin. “In the event that they went about it the identical means as earlier than, they won’t get how we introduced the sport again from the abyss.
“So, if their purpose was ‘let’s be taught every little thing from their work,’ maybe. If they’re ‘new recreation, Battlefield however in Star Wars outfits’ it will not end up nicely.”
As of now, solely “about three individuals” are left from Battlefront 2’s stay group at DICE, the developer continued. There’s additionally the difficulty that, for now DICE is busy throwing all of its improvement weight into getting its massive new Battlefield recreation completed.
Nonetheless, in an ideal universe, the developer mentioned they want to see the franchise proceed — though they would not make Battlefield 3 subsequent.
“Hear me out — no Battlefront 3 proper now, however Battlefront 2 Remaster for no matter future console is arriving in 2027-28,” the developer prompt. “Dev time is round 2-3 years. There’s a laundry checklist of enhancements that this recreation might get in my view, and getting it up to date was all the time on our wishlist.
“As soon as that may be a success, then begin work on 3. You could have a group accustomed to engine, property and actually might kick off creating a 3 inside a a lot shorter time span, and dealing on suggestions from a contemporary Battlefront 2 viewers base. This could be a 5-6 12 months plan, nevertheless it’s way more more likely to be a hit.”
Enhancements for Battlefront 2 would come with cross-play, day/evening cycles and dynamic climate for all planets, a 1-vs-1 mode and extra, the developer concluded.
“Checklist is countless, however [these options] have been off the desk as we have been in stay, not [original game] manufacturing,” the developer concluded.
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