Titanfall and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment is going to be busy, busy, busy these next handful of years. Following the success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, publisher Electronic Arts seems intent on turning Respawn into its lead developer on all things related to Lucasfilm. Earlier today, EA announced that Respawn has not just one, but three Star Wars games on its schedule. One of which is, of course, the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order. But the company is also producing a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game.
“We are excited to continue working with the superbly talented developers at Respawn,” said Douglas Reilly, VP, Lucasfilm Games, in a press release. “They have demonstrated excellence in telling epic Star Warsstories along with best-in-class gameplay across different genres and we are looking forward to bringing more amazing experiences to the galaxy far, far away.”
The Jedi: Fallen Order sequel is predicted to release this year or next, and should be first out the gate. As mentioned, there are two others, which will likely launch sometime after. Respawn is working on a Star Wars FPS with Game Director Peter Hirschmann at the helm. The third game is part of a collaboration effort with the recently formed studio Bit Reactor. Made up of former Firaxis (XCOM) developers, Bit Reactor is in charge of creating a Star Wars RTS game. The studio was co-founded by Greg Foertsch, who promised the team would bring about “a golden age of turn-based games.”
All the new EA-produced Star Wars games aside, you have to wonder: where does this leave Star Wars Battlefront III? According to a report by VentureBeat, DICE is not making a new Battlefront game. Today’s announcement is a not-so-subtle hint that
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