Star Wars Battlefront 3: Is There Still Hope For A New Game?

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Is Star Wars Battlefront 3 coming? Well, the correct answer is yes, no and maybe. It’s been six years since the second instalment, and fans are still waiting for confirmation of another sequel.

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When the first game in the Star Wars: Battlefront series was released by LucasArts back in 2004, it was a hit with audiences everywhere. At its core, the first- and third-person shooter multiplayer Star Wars games are about the battle between two armies and their struggle for either power (in the case of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, The Galactic Empire, and the First Order) or freedom (in the case of the Galactic Republic, the Rebel Alliance, and the Resistance). Players are able to fight through a variety of extensive maps from the Star Wars universe, each of which offers its own advantages and disadvantages for either side. Playable heroes and villains specific to certain maps bring an interesting dynamic to the game.

Despite the poor AI and the lacking a single-player component, Star Wars: Battlefront was highly successful and LucasArts went on to publish a number of follow-up games that were developed through several gaming companies over the years. The games included Star Wars: Battlefront II (which was created in 2005 by Pandemic Studios), Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (released in 2007), Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (which was released for handheld consoles like the PSP in 2008) and Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons (which was developed for mobile devices and released in 2009).

The franchise’s success eventually led to talks about developing a third instalment of the original Battlefront games, but before the