DICE and Respawn Are Developing a New Star Wars Battlefront Game
Variety says multiple sources identified EA's unnamed DICE and Respawn collaboration as Battlefront 3, after EA shelved an earlier sequel over Disney's 20% licensing fee.
Multiple sources identified EA’s planned collaboration between DICE and Respawn as Star Wars: Battlefront 3 for Lucasfilm, Variety reports. EA’s memo left the game unnamed, saying only that executives Weber and Tinson would bring the two studios together for a future project.
Bloomberg’s October 21 report described DICE and Respawn as developing a new Battlefront game, but did not identify it specifically as Battlefront 3 or detail its contents.
Joe Brammer, CEO of Wardogs developer Bulkhead, had made a similar claim, saying DICE was working on Battlefront 3 and that Respawn was involved, though he described the Respawn detail as secondhand.
DICE and from what I’ve heard Respawn are working on Battlefront 3. Not sure what that means for Battlefield. https://t.co/1vOnaKeT85
— Joe Brammer (@Brammflakes) October 19, 2026
Brammer’s post followed an October 19 rumor that Lucasfilm was seeking a development partner, with DICE and Bungie named as possible candidates. Jeff Grubb relayed the Quartermann claim in the earlier partner-search rumor and discussed it at 22:09 in the video.
EA leadership shelved an earlier Battlefront 3 sequel soon after Battlefront II launched in 2017, citing Disney’s 20% licensing fee. Tom Henderson’s 2021 reporting said EA leadership believed it could make more money from Battlefield for the same amount of work. Brammer also said he was unsure what the Battlefront work could mean for Battlefield.
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