Renewed calls for a contemporary Star Wars Battlefront game have been given a enhance by an actor from critically-acclaimed TV sequence Andor.
The previous month has seen followers flock back to 2017's Star Wars Battlefront 2 — producing the game's greatest participant rely on Steam in years, regardless of assist from developer DICE ending a long time in the past.
Now, Andor's Muhannad Ben Amor, who plays the heroic Wilmon Paak, has taken to social media to help marketing campaign for a fully-operational sequel.
"Star Wars gotta give us Battlefront 3 ASAP," Amor wrote on Instagram (thanks, Comicbook), revealing he had performed Battlefront 2 for 469 hours. That's great child, however don't get cocky.
"Grew up with Battlefront 2 — been a veteran since day one," Amor continued. "Let's HOPE Battlefront 3 happens."
The previous month has seen the recognition of Star Wars Battlefront 2 soar, thanks partially to the success of Andor's climactic second season, and different Star Wars exercise surrounding the franchise's annual May 4 celebrations.
After years averaging a Steam participant rely of round 2,000 gamers, the game's reputation has been steadily climbing over the previous few weeks, and is now close to topping its 10,000-player all-time concurrent Steam peak.
But does this imply a Star Wars Battlefront 3 is now more seemingly? For now, DICE is busy throwing all of its development weight into getting its big new Battlefield game out the door in the most effective form attainable. A correct reveal for the still-untitled next Battlefield, which is at the moment present process participant testing, is anticipated this summer time.
DICE may nonetheless maintain some reluctance to revisit the sequence, after Battlefront 2 initially launched amid a big controversy over its loot containers. Over time, nonetheless, sentiment in direction of the game has shifted. And whereas writer EA, DICE's proprietor, is no longer completely making Star Wars video games, Respawn remains to be at work within the galaxy far, distant making a Star Wars Jedi threequel.
"Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a redemption story worthy of the Skywalker saga," IGN wrote in its 2019 Star Wars Battlefront 2 re-review. "Overall, it’s a great package now that serves as one of the best and most thrilling ways to have an authentic Star Wars gaming experience."
Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can attain Tom at [email protected] or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social